From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 21 15:03:23 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 B43AA16A4CE for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 15:03:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.224.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB22043D53 for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 15:03:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-mobile@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BRI6r-00014U-00 for ; Sat, 22 May 2004 00:03:21 +0200 Received: from makrothumia.wingnet.net ([206.30.215.5]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 22 May 2004 00:03:21 +0200 Received: from jesse by makrothumia.wingnet.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 22 May 2004 00:03:21 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org From: Jesse Guardiani Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 18:03:18 -0400 Organization: WingNET Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: <40AE38AE.19330.B0469B2D@localhost> <20040521212321.617E45D08@ptavv.es.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: makrothumia.wingnet.net User-Agent: KNode/0.7.2 X-Mail-Copies-To: never Sender: news Subject: Re: stolen laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jesse@wingnet.net List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 22:03:23 -0000 Kevin Oberman wrote: >> 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. :-( I had a friend in Tennessee that got reimbursed for a stolen laptop (car) about 6 or 7 years ago, I think. Not sure if they still do that around here or not though. -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net