From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 21 14:23:22 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8946016A4CE for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 14:23:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from postal1.es.net (postal1.es.net [198.128.3.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AE3143D45 for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 14:23:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net ([198.128.4.29]) by postal1.es.net (Postal Node 1) with ESMTP (SSL) id IBA74465; Fri, 21 May 2004 14:23:21 -0700 Received: from ptavv (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id 617E45D08; Fri, 21 May 2004 14:23:21 -0700 (PDT) To: "Dan Langille" In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 21 May 2004 17:13:18 EDT." <40AE38AE.19330.B0469B2D@localhost> Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 14:23:21 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20040521212321.617E45D08@ptavv.es.net> cc: Randy Bush cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: stolen laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 21:23:22 -0000 > From: "Dan Langille" > Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 17:13:18 -0400 > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > On 21 May 2004 at 14:09, Randy Bush wrote: > > > > Doesn't car insurance normally cover theft-from-auto? > > > > no, household > > This I can confirm. My insurance broker said car insurance covers > only that which is normally afixed to the car (e.g. radio). > Everything else is household. This depends on the state where the insurance is issued. While this may be the case for Dan and Randy, it's not true in all cases. In Colorado such losses are covered by auto "comprehensive" coverage which is only available if you have collision coverage. I think that's true in California, too, but I have yet to have my car broken into since I moved here many years ago (knock wood). Guess I should check on it. In Colorado, homeowners explicitly excluded anything stolen from an auto, RV, boat, motorcycle, or anything that is normally on wheels. Real bummer, Dan. You should be able to replace the wireless cards with others that are very good (better than the "Silver") for under $50 each...unless you needed those specific cards for your article. Wired PCMCIA are available for $10 or $15. Look on ebay or watch the Sunday ads for Best Buy and CompUSA. You might even end up buying your old hardware on ebay. :-( -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634