Accidentally picked a lock today haha

[Phatphish]

Consider this my last attempt to explain my opinion.

Well at least you had the decency to leave.

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archie_summers

Lets see if he tries to make another account and start again on the right foot

[unlisted]

Well, that was interesting..


Just for all members here- we have a lovely little "REPORT BUTTON" - please use it when weird people like this show up. We do like to keep on top of "trouble makers", etc.

I also checked his IP address, and wow, his college is rather close to me (within 3 hours) I will keep my eyes on his/her areas local news, and may even put a call into the college and local police to advise them of these posts, if I hear of anything going down.


(and no new user has used those IP address' with a new acct)

[yng_pick]

Late to the party, as usual, but..

Most switch locks I see are wafer locks. I regularly see broken wafer locks through normal use. I have seen too many in the shop I work in that have broken whilst being picked due to being made of pot metal, having weak wafers, and occasionally from a heavy hand.

The point is somewhat moot, because the quality or likelihood of the lock breaking is a non-issue when you look at the primary one- the action you are committing is illegal.

That being said, even if you own the lock, it is not suggested you practice your picking on it if it is in use. If it is broken, you may have to dish out some money to have a locksmith repair it, or gain access to whatever it is securing.

[E1001]

I'd like to share this quote I ran across earlier today while reading LSS:

"To open one takes skill and knowledge, sensitive fingers, inventive ingenuity to contrive tools that will circumvent mathematics. This gives the locksmith the intoxicating feeling of using his skill to the utmost. When I confront a drillproof safe with dynamite triggers and the most exacting mechanism that has been contrived, I feel a shiver of expectancy down my spine, waiting for the moment when the bolts fly back and the door opens. Whatever may be inside - and the contents are often fabulous - it is never as stirring to the imagination as the moment when the lock gives."

- Charles Courtney, opening quote to chapter 28 in Locks, Safes, and Security