Won't be coming back to XS for a long time...

[Rabbi_NZ]

Last night I came home from work to see my PC was not sitting on my desk... strange because everything else was still in my room basically untouched.
So I check out the back door of my flat, and sure enough it has been forced open.

This is actually the 4th time I have been burgled in the past 4 years and getting a bit tiresome... I didn't have insurance either because every time I get my house broken into I am too poor to think about insurance and by the time I have finally saved up enough to replace my gear it all happens again! Waaaaankers!

It seems a bit suspicious though, because I had 10 gigs of TwinMOS BH5 sitting right beside my PC and it hasn't been touched... ONLY the PC and Router were taken.
If the person that took my PC had of at least removed my HDDs before stealing my PC I wouldn't have lost 5 years worth of music... music I doubt I can replace...
Not only did they not take anything else in my room, they didnt take anything else in our entire house... the new DVD player, still there... my surfboard, still there... a digital camera in my room, still there... said TwinMOS, still there... my stereo, still there... strange.

Point of this thread is just to say good bye to everyone I have become friends with on this forum... It will take me a long time to get enough money to put towards an XS worthy PC, and to be honest I can't even afford to consider building a new PC now, I need to start thinking bout savings/travel/etc.

No doubt I will visit here on occasion but I will no longer be an active member unless some miracle happens.

So, to everyone on this forum I have helped or have been helped by, and most of all everyone on this forum I have become friends with...
Thanks man, this forum is a great place with a lot of great people, keep it this way!

Words of wisdom:
You are never too poor for insurance
Thieves a waaankers
On average strawberries have 200 seeds heehehhehe

Peace
Rabb

[FUGGER]

Rabbi, get me your address. I will donate a PC to you.

Sorry to hear about your troubles.

[HiJon89]

Man...thats a shame :(

[bake15]

ahh man that sucks :mad:

[masterofpuppets]

Awwwwww :( Let's all start a fund to buy him parts for a new rig!

[Rabbi_NZ]

FUGGER,HiJon89,bake15...
Thanks for dropping by, and FUGGER that is a massive offer and one I am not sure I deserve but you have PM none the less. :)

If anyone wants to get in touch with me in the future please email me at work:
alex.averbuch@fphcare.co.nz

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

wow dude that really sucks. me thinks the reason why your ram is still there is because the thief probably just some average dude with no knowledge of computers. guess maybe he might not take proper care of it or abuse it and hopefully the psu with blow and catch fire and burn that SOB's place down.

[trance565]

hey, if the dude that stole ur copm isnt too smart, and u have some sort of instant mesenger service on ur computer on autorun, then he may turn on the computer and have it start up, or sign on ur screen name and try to talk to ppl or sumthing, ive had it happen before for one of my old friends, so you may be able to get an IP address or something that lets you know his location and whatnot, then you can call the police.

[n00b 0f l337]

DId you file a police report? Even if you have no insurance, they can help, or try to. Trance has a good idea though.

[Malves]

Hey Rabbi,

Sorry for your troubles, bro. Hope everything turns out good for ya.:)

[Rabbi_NZ]

Cheers for all the suggestions, Trance's one is good... my mate and i have actually been planning this already.

I have contacted the police already, i did it 10 minutes after finding out. Also, one of my flatmates is in police college right now and has been very helpful in collecting info about the situation.

[Dissolved]

hey, if the dude that stole ur copm isnt too smart, and u have some sort of instant mesenger service on ur computer on autorun, then he may turn on the computer and have it start up, or sign on ur screen name and try to talk to ppl or sumthing, ive had it happen before for one of my old friends, so you may be able to get an IP address or something that lets you know his location and whatnot, then you can call the police.


or if he loggs into any of his email accounts. the email server will gain the ip addy as well.

[hipro5]

That's not good........I hope the one who did it, to break his both arms....... :slapass:

Sorry to hear that M8........F****** thieves......... :slapass:

They stole my motorbike previus week too........It was outside my working place......They did it at noon!.........BUT my daughter's friends found it next day........When I spread around that someone stolen it, they ALLREADY knew who might have done it........They searched around his house and they found it next noon...... :D

[Rabbi_NZ]

That's not good........I hope the one who did it, to break his both arms....... :slapass:

Sorry to hear that M8........F******* thieves......... :slapass:

They stole my motorbike previus week too........It was outside my working place......They did it at noon!.........BUT my daughter's friends found it next day........When I spread around that someone stolen it, they ALLREADY knew who might have done it........They searched around his house and they found it next noon...... :D
Oh man that is a great story... always good to have blind hope! hehehe

I only wish they were still at home when i arrived...

[BMORIN]

Rabbi, get me your address. I will donate a PC to you.

Sorry to hear about your troubles.

Very noble of your Fugger :toast:

[KoolDrew]

That sucks man. Hope everything turns out well.

[n00b 0f l337]

I may also have some spare parts around if you need em for a new rig.

[Crankster]

I'll give a few $, not enough for something big. My cash i rather limited atm.

[FUGGER]

I am short a hard drive to send him. If someone wants to send a HD that would help.

If you want to send to me to cover the international shipping costs that is fine as well.

I expect to ship on tuesday/wednesday.

[amduser]

mayby a dumb question, but what for is a home insurance (*don'T know right spelling, on german it'l be hausehaltsversicherung*) :stick: . anyway, to be in such a forum doesn'T contain to have a good pc (*anyway does not cost much if you got a highly-paid work, and other people don'T have even enough mony*) but is all about the knowledge ... . hm, strange burglers are there in new zeeland. in europe they wouldn'T take a computer and stuff like that but mony , jewelry and clocks because stuff like this is easier to get off again.

[CrazyXP1700]

FUGGER... i gotta say it... your the man... you look out for the members of your site... thats awesome... just dont see that at all the forums...

and soo sorry to see you loose your comp Rabbi... i hope the ones responcible get what they deserve...

[trance565]

mayby a dumb question, but what for is a home insurance (*don'T know right spelling, on german it'l be hausehaltsversicherung*) :stick: . anyway, to be in such a forum doesn'T contain to have a good pc (*anyway does not cost much if you got a highly-paid work, and other people don'T have even enough mony*) but is all about the knowledge ... . hm, strange burglers are there in new zeeland. in europe they wouldn'T take a computer and stuff like that but mony , jewelry and clocks because stuff like this is easier to get off again.
home insurance basically, if anything happens to your house, burglary, flood, volcanoe ... etc. they replace whatever you lost in teh accident.

also, you might wanna keep a close eye on the ppl that live around your flat, cuz alot of theives i think, dun wanna go very far from their own home to steal something, unless it's something they can pawn for alot of money, which reminds me, check the local pawn shops.

[perkam]

You should sell some of that Twinmos Bh-5 at over retail prices and we'd buy them to help you out :)

Though do one thing...hmmm...wait....did they touch the memory??? The Heatspreaders might still have fingerprints on them !!!

But whatever you do...pls oh pls...dont let it be true !!! :cry:


Won't be coming back to XS for a long time...

Perkam

[Disposibleteen]

with fugger stepping up to the plate like that in a huge way maybe the thread title is wrong, i hope so ;)

[QuikSilver]

Wow, FUGGER is so genourous to members :clap:
Sorry to hear they took your comp dude, I suggest investing in a cheap security camera (if you can afford one) just in case this happens again, I hope they catch that bizatch

[Playful_Buffalo]

sorry about your loss :(

i hope things get better for you

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

wow fugger, thats so generous, something should be done to....... cant remember the word. im tired. but anyways do something to show your kick ass

[WTF]

great gesture FUGGER and sorry for your loss Rabbi, write some scarry stuff on your electronics next time, stuff like "under constant surveilance !!!", or "I can see you, oh no, nooo, not the computer again!, take something else please" :p: lolz. Sorry again for your loss though, wish I could help.

[DudeMiester]

Rabbi, I hope you find that theif and dole out the ownage to him. Also, FUGGER that's awesome!

[Rabbi_NZ]

Everyone's generosity and support is amazing... serious, I'm overwhelmed! :worship:

I'd love to sell you guys the BH5, but it is already all sold in advance.
Unfortunately two of the TwinMOS BH5 modules were in the PC at the time so I will need to wait for the next shipment before I can send one of my customers his RAM.

I have been talking with the police and have an officer meeting me at home tomorrow bright and early... I have prepared a report of everything I remember seeing, all things that have been taken, all suspicions I have, etc... Hopefully the police appreciate the effort I put in and will try harder.

One of my flatmates, the one that is at Police training college, has been very helpful too... He gave me the police procedures for preserving evidense and things to look for.

FUGGER,
you ARE the man! I will do my best to continue to help & contribute to this site as much as I can!

Everyone,
I won't be able to check the site much for obvious reasons (I am at a friends house right now), so don't be offended if I don't reply to your posts.
Also, I'm going to New York for 3 weeks from the 6th of June, so during that time I will be unreachable.

My email address is:
alex.averbuch@fphcare.co.nz

THANK YOU

[[XC] leviathan18]

i have 40gig HHD is not big deal but i can send to you also i have 512mb of pc 333 i know is not the best but is all the spare things i have o also a sound blaster and a voodoo 2 xD i dont think you may want those but they work just fine

[perry_78]

An average bloke won't know what 10gigs of TwinMOS are good for :)

If an average person saw a set of Shimano Sora and Shimano XTR gear shifters (for a bicylce) on my desk he wouldn't know they are worth a killing either :)

[jmg823]

hey, if the dude that stole ur copm isnt too smart, and u have some sort of instant mesenger service on ur computer on autorun, then he may turn on the computer and have it start up, or sign on ur screen name and try to talk to ppl or sumthing, ive had it happen before for one of my old friends, so you may be able to get an IP address or something that lets you know his location and whatnot, then you can call the police.

sounds like a job for a hacker to me :D

[eva2000]

ouch Rabbi, that suxs... strange that they didn't take the ram lying right next to the pc - at least you can sell off some ram to tie you over for a while

great offer by Fugger too :up:

[trance565]

sounds like a job for a hacker to me :D

if i could hack, i would help out by doing so, but sadly, i can only build things, not destroy them, well, unless i use a hard physical object, otherwise, programing and whatnot is out of my league, tho i hope u get the sob

[5-Clicks]

man, real sorry to hear that! wow, what morons to just leave a key part of a computer just lying there on the desk. how could they even tell it was a computer? :wth:

awesome FUGGER!! although i'm relatively new here, this place doesn't cease to amaze me.

[charlie]

Rabbi, get me your address. I will donate a PC to you.

Sorry to hear about your troubles.

You da' man FUGGER... bottom line.

C

[mrzee]

I know how it feels Rabbi, my ex has broken into my house six times in the past
2.5 years, she got me for 3 extreme water cooled setups and about 6 grand in
loose hardware. I could go on about this for hours, but I won't bore you

[trance565]

mrzee, u sound like u need a lawyer

[mrzee]

I have 3 lawyers in my family. In michigan, divorce is no fault when there are no minor children invovled. It's a long story.....

[MAValpha]

Bravo, FUGGER! I can't chip in much (Poor College Student Syndrome), but I'll try to set aside $10 next payday to ship your way. And even if there's no such thing as karma for the rest of us, you're an exception! ;)

(BTW, random coincidence: you and I celebrate our birthdays the same day- although mine's July 2, 1985. Remind me to also PayPal a few bucks to buy yourself a couple of beers, and down one of them for me. :) I'll be in Europe the whole month of July, whoring- I mean, backpacking :D- around the continent.)

[Crankster]

I'll set up a paypal account and donate 10 $ towards shipping and a harddrive.

[n00b 0f l337]

Wait do you have your IP from the computer writen anywhere...?

[Astral7]

Very sorry to hear of your loss. But I'm glad to see you won't be leaving XS, you are one of the good guys.



Wait do you have your IP from the computer writen anywhere...?

I think you mean MAC addy. But that is a good idea, as it can't be changed. ;)

[Spanners]

Sorry to hear about that rabbi ;(
Fugger some good guy credits for you ;)

[conrad.maranan]

Alex

I was out all weekend so I only got wind of this because of your e-mail to me. If you need some IDE drives just to get started, I'll hook you up. I've got two 10GB drives and some yellow DFI cables that I can ship to you.

I'm also going to pick up another Newark 3700+, so you can have the one I'm running now if you decide to go the 754 route again.

Let me know how I can help you out, bro. We've always been cool so I'm hear for you, man. :up:

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

Alex

I was out all weekend so I only got wind of this because of your e-mail to me. If you need some IDE drives just to get started, I'll hook you up. I've got two 10GB drives and some yellow DFI cables that I can ship to you.

I'm also going to pick up another Newark 3700+, so you can have the one I'm running now if you decide to go the 754 route again.

Let me know how I can help you out, bro. We've always been cool so I'm hear for you, man. :up:

wow, VERY generous offers! :toast:

[hipro5]

OK.........I see you guys are OK guys and contribute to Rabbi_NZ .......So I must do so........Alright......As soon as the DDR Maximizers are ready for shipping, I'll send you one as a gift so as to play with and remember me from time to time........At least I can do something about this situation too....Rabbi_NZ PM me please...... ;)

EDIT:.........Yes........I was watching 4 theads at the same time....... :D

[afireinside]

OK.........I see you guys are OK guys and contribute to Revv23.......So I must do so........Alright......As soon as the DDR Maximizers are ready for shipping, I'll send you one as a gift so as to play with and remember me from time to time........At least I can do something about this situation too....Revv23 PM me please...... ;)

Wrong thread or something?

*******removed********

Good luck!

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

Wrong thread or something?

Fugger, what you're doing is awesome. And to think we went against you and made the "other" site...

Good luck!

yeah, who is revv23?? :confused:

and what do you mean went against fugger and made the other site? :confused:

[hipro5]

Yes........I was watching 4 theads at the same time....... :D

[perkam]

and what do you mean went against fugger and made the other site? :confused:

This is the last thread on XS to bring that up...Nice going AFireInside :rolleyes:

Anyhoo, I'm just surprised he saw 10 GB of TwinMos bh-5 and HE TOOK THE COMP ???? OMG..you but 1GB of those in ANY BS comp and its gonna fly.

Meh...well at least your loss doesnt further your liability to anyone i.e. the loss was your assets, which happens to everyone once in a while, and I'm sure with the support here, you'll be back with a killer rig in no time.

K so whos gonna start the "XtremeSystems.Org NZ Hardware Assistance" Paypal account??? Cos ME wants to contribute...NOW.

Perkam

[MAValpha]

Seriously, where should we send the money? I presume PayPal is preferred...

[afireinside]

Sorry god perkam, I never knew you're not allowed to talk about the past :stick: I'll keep this noted. At least not paying attention in history class is justified now :rolleyes:

[conrad.maranan]

Alex requested that I post his message here since his firewall at work is restricting his access to our forum. Please contact him via e-mail until his home system is operational.




Thanks a lot for all the money offers, but it won't be necessary... I'm not the first and won't be the last member to have something like this happen to them... as stoked as I am to have everyone offer so much help, I don't feel right accepting your money.

Conrad & Fugger have already been generous enough to donate PC parts so I can get back online, I don't need money on top of that. :)

Thanks a lot

Rabb

----------

Hipro5, thanks a lot man!! Once I get a new system together that Maximizer will get a lot of use! Conrad, could you contact Hipro5 to give him my postal address? Cheers bro

Everyone, thanks again for all the support and generous offers... I'll drop by the forum as soon as I get back from my holiday... round the end of June.

Rabb

[[XC]thewildblue]

Sorry to hear about your stuff, I lost loads of car stereo stuff years back, but found out who is was, confronted him, he threatened to burn down my house so it was left, strangely nothing went again. But what goes around comes around and earlier this year he was killed in a motorcycle accident the day after he lost his license. The crime rate in the area dropped by about 50% after this. Not many ppl were sorry to see him go.

Wouldnt surprise me if it was the same person, coming back each time, specially if they only took the PC and nothing else. You could even know the theif without realising, going on what you have said, each time you get a nice setup it goes....But realistically after the first theft you should have made insurance your priority....

Contents insurance is cheap in the long run and only about £20 a month over here.

[Zebo]

Too cool Fugger:)



Words of wisdom:
You are never too poor for insurance

Yea insurance *is* very important I have sig 220, sig 226, a couple 12Ga, 300 win mag and some other "policies."
Thieves a waaankers Too bad I could'nt help.:(:D

[Zebo]

Fugger if you hav'nt sent his package I got some xtra HDD's round here... My house is Buffalo & Craig

[masterofpuppets]

I've got some spare stuff, but too old to be useful (unless you wanna overclock an old 8088 or two)

[MaxxxRacer]

about the theft. it seems to me that someone you might know is doing this. or atleats sommeone in ur neighborhood as it is very odd that the person would leave all the other stuff and take the computer. this was clearly not about money but about revenge or hate of some sort.

[saaya]

best wishes man! :toast:
and get an insurance or at least a better back door! :D

[Quanticles]

i will never understand the mindset that it takes to steal from people. You'd have to think of them as less than people i suppose.

[chilly1]

Charles lets see if we can get him an XS worthy machine!..

[STEvil]

Just a suggestion: set up a video camera system attached to some little machine in a closet...

[Korpse]

why dont you sell the twinmos? thatll get you quite a bit of cash :)

[saaya]

Just a suggestion: set up a video camera system attached to some little machine in a closet...

and you have a blurry video of a random guy with a ski mask wear away your machine in 5 seconds? hows that gonna help :P
even if he doesnt wear a mask you couldnt see enough of his face to identify him i guess...

nah i say get a decent backdoor! :P

[dsecrieru]

Or a big, ferocious dog :).

[chilly1]

and you have a blurry video of a random guy with a ski mask wear away your machine in 5 seconds? hows that gonna help :P
even if he doesnt wear a mask you couldnt see enough of his face to identify him i guess...

nah i say get a decent backdoor! :P
Exactly .... trace them through the backdoor!
Well if someone steals your compouter, put a trojan on it that sends your IP to your home every 5 to 10 days and hide the startup proggie. IF they are stupid enough to steal your computer they will probably be stupid enough to use use it with out cleaning it.

[STEvil]

I guess if you used a cruddy camera, saaya... ;)

[saaya]

I guess if you used a cruddy camera, saaya... ;)

well wheres he gonna get a really decent cam and the equipment to record the cam images with if hes broke? :P
and if he does what if the guy sees the cam somehow and steals it as well? :doh: :lol:

well i have to admit, if this would have happened to me id also set up some kind of trap to catch that guy and beat him up :P
...and then call the police :D hehe

[diabloII]

check ebay to see if you're comp has been posted

if it has, report to police and his ass is gone

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

:D FUGGER - You're the man !!! :clap: :clap: :clap:

Just an idea: How about a LAPTOP? Can be taken to work and what is not at home can not be stolen..........

:toast:

[diabloII]

bah, laptop?

laptop = no oc = no fun :(

well techinically they could be oc'd..

[STEvil]

an old ~2.0mp digital camera (that supports operation as a web cam when connected to a PC) would do the trick.. put it behind a peice of 1-way (or is it 2-way?) glass.

[Rabbi_NZ]

Just a quick post... I'm still on holiday but in an Internet Cafe on 42nd & 7th in NYC. I love your street layout in this country.. not more names to remember, jus MASSIVE grids.

Will be in NYC until this Sunday and then back through Taipei on my way home.
Both NYC & Taipei are MENTAL after living in Auckland New Zealand for so long... Auckland is the biggest city in NZ and it looks like a little suburb in comparison with these two places.

I'll post again when I get home... the PC parts should be there by then.

Cheers again everyone.

Peace
Rabb

[Rabbi_NZ]

FUGGER,
I don't have much time online cos this isn't my PC... Jus stopped by to let you know the components haven't arrived... you may want to track them down, it would be a shame to lose all that gear.
I tried to contact you by email but haven't heard back. Our work email servers are going mental at the moment so maybe it didn't get through.

[IYP]

you were in NYC and dident visit :P: lol jk but that really sucks....ive got a security camera to donate if you need it....its chip is a bit larger then a postage stamp and the lens comes up an inch or so from that. one of the wires on it needs re soldering to the plug. but ill ship iit up there if you want just pm me the adress

[HungryForHertz]

Rabbi, get me your address. I will donate a PC to you.

Sorry to hear about your troubles.

That sir, is amazing. Respect. Not only do you break records but you are an excellent guy too, if i'm ever in L.V. I'll buy you several beers.
:toast:

Sorry to hear about your loss Rabbi and I hope the bastards can be tracked down. Good luck.

[conrad.maranan]

Don't ship anything to Rabbi_NZ right now. FUGGER shipped him a PC and I shipped him a hard drive and he hasn't received any of our parcels to this day. I filed a report with my post office this morning to see what's going on. I'm still hoping that they can iron it out but, at this point, it's not looking good if after a month he still hasn't received anything. :(

[happyhero]

sorry to hear about the mis fortune. hope to see you on the forums again one day.

[Ugly n Grey]

Expect shipping to be up to six-twelve weeks, I have shipped a lot of stuff to and from Australia and New Zealand and it's never quick, but definitely slower to New Zealand. Be patient it will arrive.

[Rabbi_NZ]

Expect shipping to be up to six-twelve weeks, I have shipped a lot of stuff to and from Australia and New Zealand and it's never quick, but definitely slower to New Zealand. Be patient it will arrive.
Oh man! Thanks for that Ugly... uuhhh... Grey... How bout UG? hehe

I've shipped a lot as well but never something of this size.

I send parcels to my sis in the UK and it gets there in a couple weeks for quite cheap usually...

At least you give new hope bro. Cheers :toast:

[Ugly n Grey]

Ugly works for me :toast:

yeah bigger stuff takes a long time, I shipped a guitar signed by the original members of INXS to Australia once and it took seven weeks. I shipped a small server (well a SUN E450 is small to me) to New Zeland and it took 10.... I hope your stuff is faster :) .

On your point about shipping to from the UK, I've noticed that myself, it's like shipping is set up to work well to the UK or something. Weird.

[red_dragon]

good luck with your stuff Rabbi!

And Fugger, props to u for lookin out for your members. Makes me feel all the more better about the XS community :)

[JBREAKS]

bah i will come up to you and help you find and kill those maggots

[Judaeus Apella]

Man, that sucks. Someone stole a bunch of stuff from our home in CA years ago when I was just a little guy. It really sucks to have that happen to you. Best of luck to you NZ. :)

They weren't the brightest theives either. They stole our really nice VCR that was a wedding gift for my parents, and left the big screen, but stole the big screen's remote and left us the VCR remote... which was sitting right in plain sight. I still have that TV to this day, but my cable remote works on it. :p: