[olug] Unix Tip: IS YOUR HARDWARE GETTING STOLEN?

Dave Hull dphull at insipid.com
Thu May 22 03:30:08 UTC 2003


On Wed, 21 May 2003, Unix Guru Universe wrote (more or less):

> 			      UNIX GURU UNIVERSE 
> 			         UNIX HOT TIP
> 			Unix Tip 1967 - May 21, 2003
> 		    http://www.ugu.com/sui/ugu/show?tip.today
> 
> IS YOUR HARDWARE GETTING STOLEN?
> Need to keep those Windows admins 
> away from your stuff. 
> Mark CD-R "Writes on Unix only"
> Mark your spare mice in a box labelled
> "Supports Linux only".
> Got a monitor you don't want stolen, 
> "Special VGA Sync'd for Unix workstations".
> The weird thing is that they will believe it!
> Seriously it works, because the don't know.


And to think I used to think these tips were lame. I'm printing this one.


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