That is the point I'm trying to make. Anyone serious about using a keyed lock for security will use a key that is controlled. Consumer stuff at Home Depot or Lowes or hardware stores do not have controls on the blank keys. What makes it worse is they don't even utilize the number of potential tumblers they could use. A 5 tumbler lock with only 3 tumblers installed is trivial to pick just by raking. If you don't care about leaving evidence of breaking in, then no lock will help you against forced entry.

They do cheap ass shit like put only 3 of the 5 possible tumblers in them. The key still has 5 cuts for 5 potential tumblers, but they only use 3 of the 5.

The lock companies only use so many potential combinations anyway.

I'm betting they won't be able to reproduce a 7 tumbler Best key with the "do not duplicate" stamped on it.

Don't know about dead tree editions, but a lot of online "newspapers" don't publish hi-res images on the website. Instead I often see low-res images with no option to enlarge.

That's not taking advantage of the web. Some of these guys are dinosaurs and don't know what to make of online media. I'm not speaking of Chicago Sun Times specifically, but other newspapers suck when it comes to images on their online presence.

Well, I need them even if my vision was 20/20. Keeps stuff from flying into my eyes. They're called safety glasses. Sexier than an eye patch, for most of us.

What about the water? I know it is the national drink in Germany, but they do drink water too, correct?

And, if you have the proper credentials and paperwork and taxes paid, one can own damn near anything, I'm specifically referring to firearms that the average joe can own with the basic background check at commercial purchase.

Yeah, but non sporting weapons over .50 cal have issues with rifling, IIRC. 12ga. with rifled barrel is way over .50" cal. But it gets a sporting purposes exemption. The rules are tricky.

I believe you'll find that they are chambered in .45 long colt, with a rifled barrel. A .410 just happens to drop right in and function.

There are some weird exceptions to the smoothbore rule, I'm an not an expert.

Start driving wooden stakes through their hearts? Or maybe the zombie approach, shots to the head?

By the time you get 1/3 of the population involved, there is bound to be a plateau of some sort, corruption, insider information trading, etc.

Which makes me wonder, when someone with access to the information is able to exploit in for personal gain will come back to bite us in the ass. It's a matter of when, not if.

I dim my lights with a Variac, you insensitive clod!

(I'll have to make my own custom solution)

Nice links. They need an omnidirectional treadmill on a Stewart platform, then you can simulate grades. maybe accommodate jumping and rolling.

The same people and companies were involved, but there was separation as I understood it between the black side stuff and the civilian stuff. My father made a comment to the effect of, the classified stuff is better than the civilian stuff, gyroscope wise. Star trackers and such are probably not much different.

sitesucker rules

Dammit. now I'm gonna need more HD storage. Thanks?

Is with the towing trailer set. Or the pickup truck set. Try backing up a grade with a loaded pickup or with a trailer with a stick vs an automatic. The torque converter is a beautiful piece of engineering.

With a stick, you'll burn the clutch trying to creep with it. With an auto, you get inching capability.

In my automobile, I prefer a stick for reliability and control. I think autos have become more reliable than sticks today however.