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anyone ever thaught of using a cell phone as a locator for a stolen
bike? if the cell phone automatically sent out a email request say every 15 minutes and cell phones are gps enabled you probably could locate the bike to say within a circle of 50 feet---sounds like a kool way to locate a bike what do you thinK? peter |
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On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:06:37 -0800, ilaboo wrote:
anyone ever thaught of using a cell phone as a locator for a stolen bike? if the cell phone automatically sent out a email request say every 15 minutes and cell phones are gps enabled you probably could locate the bike to say within a circle of 50 feet---sounds like a kool way to locate a bike what do you thinK? Whaddya going to do, zip-tie the phone to the bike frame? Do you think the thief might notice that? -- "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org Ahhhhhhh!: http://brandybuck.site40.net/pics/relieve.jpg |
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ilaboo wrote:
anyone ever thaught of using a cell phone as a locator for a stolen bike? if the cell phone automatically sent out a email request say every 15 minutes and cell phones are gps enabled you probably could locate the bike to say within a circle of 50 feet---sounds like a kool way to locate a bike what do you thinK? BRILLIANT! |
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"Dan C" wrote: Whaddya going to do, zip-tie the phone to the bike frame? Do you think the thief might notice that? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I'll bet he would. Might very likely steal the phone and leave the bike. I kind of like having my cell phone with me, just in case I get a call. |
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Would be great if you could send an SMS message back that cut the
ignition. Or for bikes with electronic interface with the brakes (BMW's with ABS, for instance), you could just tell the bike to lock its brakes on. AsianDoll Since its my school semester break I have been using my free time playing games like a href=http://www.gamestotal.com http://www.gamestotal.com /a a href=http://uc.gamestotal.com http://uc.gamestotal.com /a a href=http://gc.gamestotal.com http://gc.gamestotal.com /a a href=http://3700ad.gamestotal.com http://3700ad.gamestotal.com /a a href=http://manga.gamestotal.com http://manga.gamestotal.com /a |
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On Jan 14, 6:06*pm, ilaboo wrote:
anyone ever thaught of using a cell phone as a locator for a stolen bike? if the cell phone automatically sent out a email request say every 15 minutes and cell phones are gps enabled you probably could locate the bike to say within a circle of 50 feet---sounds like a kool way to locate a bike what do you thinK? peter Seems a bit impractical, you'd lose not only your bike but your GPS cell phone too. Eric |
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Leo Lichtman wrote, On 1/14/2009 10:25 PM:
"Dan C" wrote: Whaddya going to do, zip-tie the phone to the bike frame? Do you think the thief might notice that? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I'll bet he would. Might very likely steal the phone and leave the bike. I kind of like having my cell phone with me, just in case I get a call. Also, if my bike gets stolen, I'm going to want to call someone to come and pick me up! -- Paul D Oosterhout I work for SAIC (but I don't speak for SAIC) |
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"Paul O" wrote: Also, if my bike gets stolen, I'm going to want to call someone to come and pick me up! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Or you could call the thief and ask him whether he has your bike, and would he please bring it back. |
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"Paul O" wrote: Also, if my bike gets stolen, I'm going to want to
call someone to come and pick me up! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Or you could call the thief and ask him whether he has your bike, and would he please bring it back. Recent variation of that- someone stole a car with someone's cell phone in it. So the sent a text message to the cell phone, along the lines of some woman meeting to finalize a drug transaction. The thieves bought it and showed up, and were arrested. --Mike Jacoubowsky Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA |
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bluezfolk wrote:
On Jan 14, 6:06*pm, ilaboo wrote: anyone ever thaught of using a cell phone as a locator for a stolen bike? if the cell phone automatically sent out a email request say every 15 minutes and cell phones are gps enabled you probably could locate the bike to say within a circle of 50 feet---sounds like a kool way to locate a bike what do you thinK? peter Seems a bit impractical, you'd lose not only your bike but your GPS cell phone too. Some late-model, high-end cars now come with a GPS unit. Many of them can be spotted by the minature "shark fin" antennas on the roof near the back window. The feature can be used to locate the car if it's stolen, or by repo people trying to get a car back from a delinquent customer. So I think the technology exists that could do the same for bicycles. The only questions, could it be concealed so that the thief wouldn't be aware of it, and would it be cost-effective? Unfortunately, I'm kind of leaning toward "no" in answer to both questions, at least for now. Bill "Frumiou __o | Better is a poor and a wise child than an old _`\(,_ | and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. (_)/ (_) | --Ecclesiastes 4: 13 |
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