On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 03:52:36PM -0500, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > Lamar Owen wrote: > > On 11/28/2017 12:04 PM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > >> Thanks, Lamar! that is very instructive. > > You're welcome. > > > >> I was always unimpressed with > >> persistence of attempts to make more secure (less pickable) cylinder > >> cased > >> locks (precision, multi-level, pins at a weird locations/angles). > > > > The best way to make an unpickable lock is to make the tolerances of the > > pins and the cylinder bore as tight as possible, since picking relies on > > part tolerances to work. But several sidebar designs are out there that > > are pretty hard to pick, including Schlage Primus, the various Medeco > > styles, and others, such as the Kaba dimple locks used on Cisco Metro > > 1500 DWDM gear for power switches (the lasers are powerful enough to > > permanently damage your eyes in short order in those). > <snip> > Whenever I get a CAT scan, I point out to the techs that half the warning > label is missing: all I see is "Do not start into laser", and not the rest > that reads "with remaining eye". > > Don't mind me: I just spent *far* too long doing my "mid-year performance > checkin" for my employer, in Workday (the sooner that dies, the better), > and it was designed by idiots, and is not suitable for what 90% of the > company does.... And I'm *really* aggravated. Hah! I'm now being forced to use it to record my hours. And I thought I hated the abomination at elabor.com! I may retire sooner because of it. -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ------------------------------- Romans 5:8 (niv) ------------------------------