[ale] lojack for laptops?

[Jim Kinney]

I think use the solenoid to keep a pin in place that prevents the battery
from falling out. When the battery falls out, it has a large red sticker
that says "Dead Battery - Call 555-DUMB for replacement".

Or the solenoid keeps a pin in place that prevents the "any" key from being
ejected from the keyboard...

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Jeff Lightner <jlightner at water.com> wrote:

> By the way it might be possible to satisfy Dilbert's PHB.
>
> If you had a solenoid that was held open by power (battery or AC) all
> the time that closed on a piezoelectric device when that power was off
> the piezoelectric device could be used to power a light to tell him the
> battery was dead.  I'm wondering how many PHBs would ignore the extra
> weight of all that for the "benefit" of such a light.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Preston Boyington
> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:52 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> Subject: Re: [ale] lojack for laptops?
>
> Bob Toxen wrote:
> <snipped>
> > Seriously, this would be a device physically attached to this but not
> > electrically connected -- since all such PCMCIA cards and such don't
> > have power unless the laptop is running.  Hence, it's not really
> laptop
> > related as you could just as easily attach it to your pen (if it were
> > small enough).
>
> well my thought was more of something that was small and self powered
> that would be inside the laptop.  that way the laptop in question would
> not need to be powered on for it to activate.
>
> if a laptop gets stolen a software solution is not good since it has a
> high chance of being wiped.  if parted out then the wiped drive would
> just go on eBay along with the ram, mobo, screen, etc.
>
>
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