On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 08:52:32AM -0400, Roy M. Silvernail wrote:
On Saturday 09 August 2003 02:01, John Kozubik wrote:
On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, Tyler Durden wrote:
...in cahoots with the "authorities"?
Most intelligent and savvy people I know "roll their own" Tivo (PVR, etc.) - I think the answer to your question is that it would be reasonable (and trivial) to roll your own alarm system.
But it's not trivial to roll your own 24/7 monitoring company with the ability to call in the cops. If the monitoring company is compromised, you're \033653337357 anyway, but without them, all you have is one of those car alarms that everyone ignores.
But how important is that anyway? Most any half competent burglar knows enough to cut the phone wire before the B&E, so they don't get called. That means that, yes, if some dimwit middleschool kid is doing the job, the cops get called, otherwise no. -- Harmon Seaver CyberShamanix http://www.cybershamanix.com