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The Happy thread!

Lysrin

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I picked up a pair of old NAS devices but one of them all 7 drive bays were locked (it isn't stolen etc keys were simply lost in transit).

While i was downstairs trying to go through my growing project pile I grabbed the lockpick set the was gifted to me and watched a quick video on how these round cam locks operate. Took me about 5 minutes to get the first one open and that was with both kids making a lot of noise making it hard to focus etc. By the time I got to the 7th lock I think it took about 15 seconds even with the kids still running around.

I have opened maybe 3 padlocks before these 7 round locks and one of those was a really simple clear padlock that came with the picks. On one hand i'm really happy that I'm learning something that I have been able to use on a practical level, on the other hand it really concerns me how easy some of these locks are to open.
I believe there was a thread on here at one point in the past about lock picking, what locks are any good for home locks for example, etc.

It greatly disturbed me... lol
 

Entz

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Lock Picking Lawyer

 

Izerous

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LPL definitely makes it look easy, and him being able to pick his way into my house is one thing... with my limited experience and skills I should not be able to do the same.
 

Entz

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Yeah the reality is most locks are terrible and only act as a deterrent. Though most thieves aren't going to pick a lock anyways they are going to smash/jimmy open a window
 

SugarJ

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Like my grandfather used to say, locks keep the mostly-honest people out. A thief will always get in if they really want to. The trick is to make it hard enough that it's easier for them to move onto another target.
 

sswilson

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Finally got around to finding the setting to turn off push notification requests globally in FF. What an annoying piece of code / design element that was.... Just to be clear to any marketers out there.... I never want "push" anything without me actively going to look for it (as in subscribing to things like daily news headline emails).
 

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