Re: laptop protection in an office network

From	Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: laptop protection in an office network
Date	2015-08-30 07:30 +0200
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On Sunday 30 August 2015 00:38:49 David Wright wrote:

> Quoting Gene Heskett (gheskett@wdtv.com):
> > I found an ACER keyboard that at first seemed to be ideal for such
> > an environment, but one often picks up the keyboard and takes it to
> > the machine so you can see what you are doing much more precisely
> > when doing the setup to run a job.  Unfortunately it has rows of
> > extra "media keys" along the edges, and picking it up without
> > pressing one of those is well nigh impossible.
>
> Can you not find out teir codes and redefine them no no-ops or
> something harmless? (I do this in my window manager.)
>
> Cheers,
> David.

That thought crossed my mind, very fleetingly though as it was a PS2 
wired keyboard, and the cord as always, was about 4 feet too short.
I have the workstation, monitor etc that runs it about 4 feet away just 
to help keep that area clean.  Clean however is relative. ;-)  The air 
hose gets used, frequently.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
-- 
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-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
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laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-29 07:00 +0200
  Re: laptop protection in an office network Riley Baird <BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4XiX@bitmessage.ch> - 2015-08-29 08:00 +0200
    Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-29 08:20 +0200
      Re: laptop protection in an office network Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2015-08-29 09:20 +0200
        Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-29 10:20 +0200
          Re: laptop protection in an office network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-08-29 14:00 +0200
            Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-29 18:20 +0200
              Re: laptop protection in an office network Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2015-08-29 18:30 +0200
            Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-29 20:30 +0200
              Re: laptop protection in an office network Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2015-08-29 20:40 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-29 21:10 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2015-08-29 21:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-29 21:50 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-30 02:40 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-30 03:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-30 03:40 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-30 04:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2015-08-30 04:50 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-30 05:00 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 00:20 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-30 05:10 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-08-30 06:40 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-30 07:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Martin Read <zen75502@zen.co.uk> - 2015-08-31 03:50 +0200
                quality keyboards rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-31 09:10 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2015-08-31 09:40 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards "Gian Uberto Lauri" <saint@eng.it>  - 2015-08-31 09:50 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2015-08-31 12:00 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 13:20 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2015-08-31 14:30 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards "Gian Uberto Lauri" <saint@eng.it>  - 2015-08-31 14:40 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 15:50 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2015-08-31 16:40 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards "Gian Uberto Lauri" <saint@eng.it>  - 2015-08-31 17:00 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Anthony Maples <anthonym7009@gmail.com> - 2015-09-01 00:10 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2015-08-31 16:10 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> - 2015-08-31 13:00 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2015-08-31 14:20 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 13:10 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-31 14:30 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2015-08-31 15:00 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards "Gian Uberto Lauri" <saint@eng.it>  - 2015-08-31 15:10 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 15:10 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Martin Read <zen75502@zen.co.uk> - 2015-08-31 13:20 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-08-31 17:40 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-08-31 18:30 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2015-08-31 21:50 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-08-29 21:10 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2015-08-29 21:20 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-08-29 21:50 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2015-08-29 22:00 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-08-30 00:10 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2015-08-30 00:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-08-30 00:50 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-08-30 09:40 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-08-30 16:10 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-08-30 18:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-08-30 20:50 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-29 21:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-08-29 22:00 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-29 22:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-29 22:50 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-08-29 23:40 +0200
              Re: laptop protection in an office network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-08-29 23:00 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-08-30 00:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-08-30 09:50 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2015-08-30 10:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-08-30 10:40 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-30 01:50 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-08-30 09:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-08-30 10:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-30 11:10 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-08-30 21:10 +0200

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