Re: Hollywood and Alarm Systems

[JoeRaisin <joeraisin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

ABLE_1 wrote:
> Hey everybody, I just came back from seeing the movie "National Treasure".
> (Yea I know I am a little late)  Anyhow there is the part when they have 30
> seconds to disarm the security system in the house of the love interest.
>
> Anyhow, (if you saw it) did you notice that it was a NX-148E Keypad.
>
> And did you notice that by removing the cover the circuit board, keys and
> display still hang on the wall.
>
> And did you notice that a couple of alligator clips and something the size
> of 9 volt battery attached to the top left corner of the keypad cracked the
> code in less than 30 seconds.
>
> Now I want me one of them things.    Or maybe that is one of those thingies
> that was being discussed a while
> back..............................................
>
> If you did not see the movie I hope this did not spoil it for you.
>
> Have a good week.
>
> Les
>
>

Well at least they didn't pull the old trick of bypassing the alarm
panel, which is conveniently mounted on the outside of the building or
in an unprotected mechanical/electrical area or basement.

That drives me crazy.  Almost as much as when I see actors using the
same Motorola radios I use and they are pressing the headset connector
cover to talk - as well as holding the damned things to their ears like
cell phones.

Frankly, it has to be a pretty good movie for me to overlook the
ridiculous stuff that is there because they fail to do their homework.

It used to be military gaffs screwed up a movie (like Will Smith in
'Independence Day' wearing a Kuwait Liberation medal but not wearing the
Southwest Asia Service Ribbon - how could he free Kuwait if he wasn't in
the area?  I liked the movie enough to more or less overlook it) but now
that I am  in the alarm industry even more movies are ruined or semi-ruined.