Re: Help with adding two window sensors to ADT alarm.

[Frank Kurz <tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 01/11/2010 7:22 AM, Jim wrote:
> On Nov 1, 1:04 am, mleuck<m.le...@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>> On Oct 31, 12:17 am, Frank Kurz<t...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
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>>> On 30/10/2010 4:45 PM, Jim wrote:
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>>>>> On 29/10/2010 8:38 AM, Jim wrote:
>>>>>> And, you'll tell him how to do it  ..... because  ......... ?
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>>>>> Because my instructions came with a proviso, which he may not see if
>>>>> he's searching for an online answer (or even if he searches this Group).
>>>>>     I don't like to do it, Jim, but anyone that's determined enough to
>>>>> ignore the warnings and does it anyway deserves what he gets.
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>>>>> --
>>>>> Frank Kurz
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>>>> It would seem to me that rather than be party to the event, it would
>>>> be preferable to not give him the means to do it in the first place.
>>>> If he wants to do it let him figure out how on his own.
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>>>> That brings to mind a very old simple story about the guy who finds
>>>> his friend hiding in a closet during a lightning storm. He says to his
>>>> friend, don't you know if lightning is going to strike you that
>>>> there's no way you can stop it? His friend says well if it's going to
>>>> strike me ..... let it look for me.
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>>>> Let the guy look for his own means to destruction, rather than
>>>> providing it.
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>>> Very wise.  But in times like this (where the answer to most peoples
>>> questions are readily available "online"), wouldn't it be nice if
>>> someone took the time to actually list the "riot act" along with the
>>> appropriate answer?  It seems to me that the Internet is "clogged" with
>>> "easy fixes".  You simply enter a few simple search terms and "voila!".
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>> Again irrelevant, like Jim says let the guy look for himself without
>> helping
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>>>    Hopefully when push comes to shove, the next individual looking for a
>>> "quick fix" to his home security system problem will actually stumble on
>>> this thread.  Call me "naive" if you want, but I was thinking about the
>>> OP having enough intelligence to recognize he was in "over his head".
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>> How exactly he going to know that? He see's he has a keypad, he thinks
>> it's an alphanumeric keypad...hey why not!
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>> Except you've gotten him into programming and without any other "help"
>> he'll look at a display showing "20" until the tech comes out to fix
>> it, better hope he doesn't punch any other keys until then.-
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> Don't worry about it.
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> This is a disease that all liberals suffer from.

Gagghhh  You just wrote the "L" word.

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Frank Kurz
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