Re: Things I won't tell a burglar

["HeyBub" <heybub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Van Chocstraw wrote:
> There is a free program called DorGem210
> (http://dorgem.sourceforge.net) that lets you configure your web cam
> for motion detection and save photos on your system and also to a
> remote FTP site. It can handle multiple web cams. So even if your
> computer is stolen you can access the FTP site with another computer
> and send the burglars pictures to the police. You should also upload
> all your serial numbers of computers, guns and anything else to a
> remote FTP site. There are some other free programs that do this too.
> AbleCam is
> another.

It's good that the sign warns "video stored off-site".

A few years ago, a couple of Maine teen-agers broke into a boat shed at a
boat repair shop. Their plan was to steal the radios from the boats to
listen in on police frequencies. Half-way through the caper, they noticed
the video camera.

What to do?

They burnt the boat shed to the water line!

Fortunately, the video was off-site and it took the local fuzz about two
minutes to identify the culprits. Then it got bad.

One of the boats belonged to George H.W. Bush and the Secret Service got on
the case. The 17-year old they let the state handle. After restitution, he
got five years probation.

The 16-year old was charged with domestic terrorism and sentenced to the
only maximum security federal prison for juveniles, somewhere in
Pennsylvania, until he turns 25.

So there he is, locked up for nine years with (mostly) drunk Indians.

Crime don't pay.