Hart House - Toronto Open - Results?

[John Coleman]

Are the results posted anywhere?

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: Hart House - Toronto Open - Results?

Hi John:

There may be a slight delay. During the last round, the TD's pairing laptop was stolen. Don't know how that will affect posting of results and submitting of tournament for rating.

Bob

[John Coleman]

Re: Hart House - Toronto Open - Results?

Wow! That makes my computer problem trivial in comparison.

I was running a tournament on Saturday, and for some reason I kept getting a "file sharing error" message. Nothing worked, closing sections, closing the program, re-booting. I ended up making a copy of the tournament, and that worked.

Wow, laptop stolen. Good luck.

[Caesar Posylek]

Re: Hart House - Toronto Open - Results?

"Wow, laptop stolen. Good luck. "

How is that possible!?? Was not kept an eye on it?

:(

[Alex Ferreira]

Re: Hart House - Toronto Open - Results?

Hi,

I'll try to post a report in a few hours.

Alex F.

[Eric Hansen]

Re: Hart House - Toronto Open - Results?

During the Canadian Open the TD's laptop was stolen as well!

[Fred Harvey]

Re: Hart House - Toronto Open - Results?

"Wow, laptop stolen. Good luck. "
How is that possible!?? Was not kept an eye on it?


O.K. this wins the prize as the dumbest post on here for a month! And the competion was severe....LOL!

[Kerry Liles]

Re: Hart House - Toronto Open - Results?

"Wow, laptop stolen. Good luck. "
How is that possible!?? Was not kept an eye on it?


O.K. this wins the prize as the dumbest post on here for a month! And the competion was severe....LOL!

Well, obviously whoever stole it had their eye on it! ;)

Seriously, if you are going to use your laptop at a tournament (or any other public place where there is even a slight chance it might be left alone for even a minute) you should seriously invest a few bucks in one of those laptop security cables. Make sure if you use the table leg, the table cannot simply be lifted up!

[Gary Ruben]

Re: Hart House - Toronto Open - Results?

Well, obviously whoever stole it had their eye on it! ;)

You can buy software to install on computers. It helps track and recover stolen computers.

[Kerry Liles]

Re: Hart House - Toronto Open - Results?

You can buy software to install on computers. It helps track and recover stolen computers.

Only if the person who steals the computer is stupid enough to mindlessly use it online as it was found; if they wipe the machine first there is no software on it...

I prefer the hardened steel cable and a good place to tether it... but as most bicycle owners can tell you: many of the cables are not strong enough.

Mind you, someone wandering around a chess tournament with bolt cutters ought to raise some sort of warning flag...

[Gary Ruben]

Re: Hart House - Toronto Open - Results?

Only if the person who steals the computer is stupid enough to mindlessly use it online as it was found; if they wipe the machine first there is no software on it...

Probably nothing is foolproof, but I'd imagine the chances of getting the computer back are improved with the software.

A few years back, my "missing" dog changed hands 3 times before I found her and that was in about 2 weeks. The one who originally "found" the dog thought it was a dog she had given away. (You'd have had to hear the conversation I had.)

I'd imagine a laptop would move around and many wouldn't even know the history.