Do you lock your computer to your desk?

[Firehorse]

So do you? I do.

Just curious to see how many people on here take these precations.

[addiction]

err no? :S

[Flisker]

I don't see the point really...

[Brody]

nope never even thought about it

[today]

laptop baby (:

[myke]

Nope, I don't.

[jesus]

How do you do that? No!

[Minstrels]

I use a laptop and so do my mum and dad... so no. However the desktop downstairs isn't locked on the desk. >.>

[GommeInc]

Nope, if you try to remove the PC fast you'll just end up destroying it. You have undo the things slowly so if anything I'll need a new desk because of the frustration they've taken on on it (it's in a slot an you have to climb round the back, on the floor, to get anything removed)...

Would be interesting to see how you can lock a PC to a desk, I'm sure a burglar would just smash up the desk and take the tower + the lock with it :P

[Flisker]

Nope, if you try to remove the PC fast you'll just end up destroying it. You have undo the things slowly so if anything I'll need a new desk because of the frustration they've taken on on it (it's in a slot an you have to climb round the back, on the floor, to get anything removed)...

Would be interesting to see how you can lock a PC to a desk, I'm sure a burglar would just smash up the desk and take the tower + the lock with it :P
Great post lmao Made me laugh xD

[Technologic]

I dont want to drill them stupid band things you put over it to me desk so no

[Kevin]

No i dont lock my laptop to the desk, as i dont feel the need to do it, as i use it at home, and if i'm using it from a public space ill allways be with it.

And if somone was going to rob you're laptop, im sure they wouldent have a problem as there not very thick and kiddy scissors could nearly cut them.

[Firehorse]

For those wondering this is how mine is locked to my desk. Theres two locking rings in the back of my tower which also locks the case shut aswell as to the table. Stops oppertunistic thieves. You need some heavy tools to get through that table leg.

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/997/imgp1493ff8.jpg

[Kevin]

For those wondering this is how mine is locked to my desk. Theres two locking rings in the back of my tower which also locks the case shut aswell as to the table. Stops oppertunistic thieves. You need some heavy tools to get through that table leg.

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/997/imgp1493ff8.jpg

Wood is eaisyly cut through?, id say it would be more secure if it was looped through the radiator, if its a good one it shouldent melt

[DaveTaylor]

I actually laughed, it's something you do in shops, not at home :|

[xxMATTGxx]

What the hell. You don't lock your computers to the desk like that at home LOL. Even if you did, you did a poor attempt. You could of made it good looking? Meh.

[GommeInc]

For those wondering this is how mine is locked to my desk. Theres two locking rings in the back of my tower which also locks the case shut aswell as to the table. Stops oppertunistic thieves. You need some heavy tools to get through that table leg.

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/997/imgp1493ff8.jpg
Get a block of wood and a hammer, put the block against the underneath of the flat piece of wood that is the table top and get whacking. You could even do that with your fist. If that fails, kick the table leg until it snaps off. Not only do you get a computer but you get a free leg to destroy stuff with :D

[Redacted]

Lol.. why would you lock your pc??

Do you think the porn is safe now?

[OrangeMobile]

Ermm, simple answer: No

Long answer:
he Church of Scientology was founded in 1954 based on the teachings of an American author named L. Ron Hubbard. Lafayette Ronald Hubbard was born on March 13, 1911, in Tilden, Nebraska. The son of a naval commander, Hubbard moved to Montana at the age of two and traveled with his family over much of the country. His mother, who had attended teacher's college, tutored Hubbard at home, and he learned to read and write at a young age.

As a young boy, Hubbard established a friendship with a tribe of Blackfoot Indians living near his Helena, Montana home. This unique opportunity enabled him to learn much about the culture, customs and legends of the tribe. At the age of six, Hubbard was given the rare honor of becoming a blood brother of the Blackfoot Indians.

In 1923, Hubbard moved with his family to Seattle, Washington, where he joined the Boy Scouts. At the age of 13, he became the youngest Eagle Scout ever. The same year, the young Hubbard traveled to Washington, D.C. by way of the Panama Canal. Along the way, he established another influential friendship, this time with Naval Commander Joseph C. Thompson. Commander Thompson had been sent by the US Navy Marine Corps to study under Sigmund Freud, and he taught Hubbard much about Freudian theory.

In 1927, Hubbard embarked on the first of his many journeys to Asia. By the age of 19, he had traveled more than 250,000 miles - including China, Japan, Guam, and the Philippines. In the course of these travels, he befriended Old Mayo, a Beijing magician, spent time at Buddhist lamaseries in the Western Hills of China, and spent time with nomadic bandits of Mongolian descent.

Clearly, Hubbard learned and experienced much during his Asian travels, but he was left discouraged by what he observed:

For all the wonders of these lands and all his respect for those whom he encountered, he still saw much that concerned him: Chinese beggars willing themselves to die above open graves in Beijing, children who were less than rags, widespread ignorance and despair. And in the end, he came to the inescapable conclusion that despite the wisdom of its ancient texts, the East did not have the answers to the miseries of the human condition. It remained evident in the degradation and sorrow of its people. ( www.aboutlronhubbard.org (http://www.aboutlronhubbard.org) )

In 1929, Hubbard returned to the United States and resumed his formal education. After graduating from the Woodword School for Boys in Washington, D.C., he enrolled in the mathematics and engineering program at George Washington University. In the course of this study, Hubbard theorized that subatomic particles might assist in understanding how the human mind worked, and recognized the great importance of keeping mankind under control in light of atomic studies. He also became keenly disappointed with the knowledge of the psychologists he consulted with. As Hubbard described it:

To be very blunt, it was very obvious that I was dealing with and living in a culture which knew less about the mind than the lowest primitive tribe I had ever come in contact with. Knowing also that people in the East were not able to reach as deeply and predictably into the riddles of the mind as I had been led to expect, I knew I would have to do a lot of research.

Thus, the result of Hubbard's many travels, experiences, and studies was a determination to discover how the human mind works. Hubbard left college before graduating and made the world his research laboratory. His research was financed by becoming one of the most famous authors of the 1930s. He wrote well over 200 novels and short stories in the genres of science fiction, western, mystery and adventure.

In 1938, Hubbard discovered what he believed to be the common denominator of existence, which was: SURVIVE. In a philosophic work entitled "Excalibur," Hubbard wrote:

I suddenly realized that survival was the pin on which you could hang the rest of this with adequate and ample proof. It’s a very simple problem. Idiotically simple! That’s why it never got solved. Nobody has ever looked at anything being that simple to do that much. So what do we find as the simplicities of solution? The simplicities of solution lie in this: that life, all life, is trying to survive. And life is composed of two things: the material universe and an X-factor. And this X-factor is something that can evidently organize, and mobilize the material universe.

Hubbard served as a Navy Lieutenant in World War II, and the bloodshed and its effects on man's mind that he observed made him more determined than ever to discover the answers to the human mind. In 1945, he was hospitalized at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oakland, California. While recovering, he took the opportunity to experiment with the idea that mental blocks can prevent medical treatments from being effective. He found this theory to work on numerous patients, and concluded: "Thought is boss."

After the war, Hubbard continued to test his hypotheses on a broad sample of people from all over the United States. He is said to have helped over 400 hundred people become healthier with the procedures he had developed, including himself. These procedures came to be called "Dianetics."

In 1949, Hubbard's first published article on Dianetics appeared in the Explorers Club Journal. He also presented his findings to the American Medical Association and American Psychiatric Association, but neither were interested in his work. Hubbard and his friends concluded that the medical establishment felt their way of life threatened by the simplicity of Dianetics and were motivated by greed rather than helping others. Hubbard therefore presented his findings directly to the public.

In May 1950, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health was published, and went on to sell over 17 million copies. He wrote six books in 1951 on Dianetics technology and began lecturing all over the country. According to the Church of Scientology, over 750 groups were putting Dianetics technology into practice by the end of 1950.

Despite this success, Hubbard still puzzled over some unanswered questions. Although he felt he had discovered the mechanism of the mind, he wrote that "the further one investigated, the more one came to understand that here, in this creature Homo sapiens, were far too many unknowns. This new avenue of research, into the human spirit, was the focus of the next three decades of Hubbard's study and writing. It is out of this period that Scientology was born.

In 1954, Scientologists, not Hubbard, founded the first Church of Scientology in Los Angeles. As Scientologists describe it, "L. Ron Hubbard founded the subject - early Scientologists founded the church."

In 1959 Hubbard and his family moved to England. He bought the Saint Hill Manor in Sussex, which was to be his home for the next seven years and the worldwide headquarters of the Church of Scientology.

In the 1960s, Hubbard developed a step-by-step method for reaching higher spiritual awareness and ability, and trained Scientologists in this method. Hubbard also designed administrative principles for Scientology organizations.

On September 1, 1966, Hubbard resigned as Executive Director of the Church of Scientology, and spent the next seven years at sea devoted to research. During this time, he developed a drug rehabilitation program, as well as the highest levels of Scientology and further administrative principles.

From 1975 to 1979, Hubbard lived in La Quinta, California, where he wrote (and in many cases directed) numerous training films on the application of his principles.

In 1980, Hubbard published The Way to Happiness, a "nonreligious moral code based on common sense," of which over 35 million copies have been printed. About this book Hubbard commented: Do not lock thy computer to thy desk!

[e5]

lol. no I don't but I put a non-slip mat underneath :D!

[Redacted]

i lock my bike.

[Nick.]

Mac's have a special slot on them (the iMac and Macbook range) for a Magsafe security adapter thing but I don't use it.

[Shawnstra]

I was thinking something more along the lines of
http://www.yourpcguardian.com/i/detail_keyed1.jpg

[Stephen!]

No because my PC is too big to put on my desk.

[Stevehere]

i lock my bike.

Nice spam, have a cookie :rolleyes:

I don't lock my computer and I've never even thought about doing it :P

[Zaub]

No I don't. I don't see the point really unless you live in a really bad neighbourhood.

[Andys]

No, I do not :|

[shizzle]

No, once again like "do you have a lock on your bedroom door" (something like that) there is no need tbh.

[Leetzgirl]

I serouisly laughed at all the replys.

and no, i dont lock it lolol

[prada]

lmao no..

[Recursion]

I have no need to, the alarm sensor is just out side my bedroom door, and I think it would be pretty hard carrying my desktop out through my window and down a ladder!

[Plank]

I don't lock my own laptop because if it did get stolen theres always insurance.

[joshuar]

Maybe if it was an office or a shop, but I live in a house so no.

[hiyaimthebest]

lol. no I don't but I put a non-slip mat underneath :D!

does anyone else really not understand what a non slip mat has to do with locking your pc to your desk lol

and i dont lock it no
considering i always take my laptop up to my dads and back home every other day it would seem very pointless

[Lycan]

I would infact its a brilliant idea as insurance doesn't recover lost files and data ;)

Sadly i spend alot of the time working on computers (as in repair) so constantly having to lock and unlock devices seems a bit stupid.. Sadly i havn't seen one for monitors... and it would take the mobility from my laptop if i locked it up..

And so the person understand from earlier, you can't cut through them with "kiddie scissors"

[Metric1]

What do you mean by that? Like locking it down with like cables?

[Recursion]

You get security chains, usually it with have a locking thing on, if you look at one of the sides/back of your laptop you will see a hole, kind of oval shaped, that is the standard lock for a piece of technology.

[Metric1]

haha, I shove my laptop under my car seat if I have to go anywhere!

[Hitman]

Nope, I have a laptop. Desktop isn't either.

[Judge Judy]

I lock my user account if that counts :P

But physically I don't have a lock for my laptop to keep secure, I've seen them in shops though (makes sense really)

[Fehm]

I have a laptop, so it wud be stupid of me to lock it to desk :P all though i lock the laptop case with a padlock at night..

[Axel]

Why would I want to?

[Agnostic Bear]

Nah, dude gotta get past my huge bed before he can grab my pc, and I'm usually at my pc or in my bed.

[Decode]

No, ive got a laptop so because i move arroud with it quite alot there isnt much point.