Re: Writer needs info on burglar alarms

[Crash Gordon® <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Besides it would be counter productive to provide instructions on how to =
really circumvent an alarm.

I can't remember what movie it was...maybe an Eddie Murphy one...where =
he circumvented an alarm system with a piece of chewing-gum tin =
foil..:-)...that works great...just try it!


"Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message =
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> There no need for space when you deal with fictional writing. Let =
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> imagination do the rest. Electronics has become smaller and smaller =
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> every passing decade. The keypad on the wall was probably designed =
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> years ago. I would not be surprised if space was an issue, it could be =
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> real small like a credit card size calculator.
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> Take the space shuttle for example. Nasa has reduced the weigh of the =
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> shuttles by almost 1/3, due to advancements in electronics. A 2 lb =
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> can run the entire ship. When it was originally designed, the computer =

> probably weighed 50 lbs, and was bulky.
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> "Tim Walters" <tim.walters@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message=20
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> > Hm. This is interesting. But how does the false keypad register the =
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> > of
> > the keys pressed? There's not going to be a lot of space available =
for
> > anything complicated.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> >
> > "Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:vXvhe.14263$qn1.10537@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >> That's an easy one. I also saw something like this on an old =
Mission
> >> Impossible episode.
> >>
> >> Mount an identical phoney keypad on top of the real one. The phoney =

> >> keypad
> >> will capture a code and act as a real keypad. The theif can then go =
back
> > at
> >> anytime, remove the phoney keypad, whuch will display the code, =
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> >> break
> >> in at will. The same keypad can also have the ability to show armed =
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> >> all
> >> times after hours, just in case there is a guard making a tour of =
the
> >> building. Not far fetched at all.
> >>
> >> Jim Rojas
> >>
> >>
> >> "Tim Walters" <tim.walters@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:d660bm$ac$0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > I'm writing a story set in 1988. One of the characters has to =
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> >> > into
> >> > someone's house. He's not a burglar, but a professional architect =
who's
> >> > kept
> >> > abreast of the latest developments in household security. The =
alarm he
> > has
> >> > to disarm is up-to-date at that time. But he needs not only to
> > deactivate
> >> > the alarm, but also to conceal the fact that it's been disarmed.
> >> >
> >> > If it's an infrared heat detector with a four-digit disarming =
code, it
> >> > would
> >> > also be helpful if, after disarming the device once, he could now =
work
> > out
> >> > what that code was so as to break in again more easily later on.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> >> >
> >> > Tim
> >> > (For e-mail s u b r u b)
> >> >
> >> >
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