As I locksmith, this has always bothered me......

..and that is how when you see a sfe dial ebing turned in the movie or on TV, they click as they turn them, passing every number. Okay, THERE IS NO SAFE DIAL THAT DOES THAT. None. They do not click. Not one of them. They are silent. Sargent and Greenleaf, the premier maker of all safe and vault combination locks that you see on every safe outside of those piece-of-shit stash boxes you see at the hardware store, does not make one that clicks like that. They make some that make some kind of quioet internal noise which can make manipulation attacks (safe cracking) more difficult by disgusing the sounds of the iunner workings of the lock (which you can tell a LOT from, by the way) and they make a safe lock that has plastic combination rings so it can't be X-rayed while closed in an effort to figure out the combo. Plastic rings do not show up on an X-ray. Some of the technology that goes into safes to thwart surreptitious entry into them is amazing. But the locks on them do not click. Thank you.

Damn!!

That is just hollywood!
I remember when I was in the army I started laughin at all the incorrect use of wepon, and I still laugh at it. When I started medical school I started laughin at all the medical/hospital shows to. That is just the way it works...

im extremely bothered.

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Originally posted by Jeff613

..and that is how when you see a sfe dial ebing turned in the movie or on TV, they click as they turn them, passing every number. Okay, THERE IS NO SAFE DIAL THAT DOES THAT. None. They do not click. Not one of them. They are silent. Sargent and Greenleaf, the premier maker of all safe and vault combination locks that you see on every safe outside of those piece-of-shit stash boxes you see at the hardware store, does not make one that clicks like that. They make some that make some kind of quioet internal noise which can make manipulation attacks (safe cracking) more difficult by disgusing the sounds of the iunner workings of the lock (which you can tell a LOT from, by the way) and they make a safe lock that has plastic combination rings so it can't be X-rayed while closed in an effort to figure out the combo. Plastic rings do not show up on an X-ray. Some of the technology that goes into safes to thwart surreptitious entry into them is amazing. But the locks on them do not click. Thank you.

Robodick wins if you're a spoof, but if not, you're the winner.

mythbusted!

only jeff...

Feel better now?

a few months ago i attended an interesting lecture which first showed 'good will hunting' then proceeded to tear apart the math involved :P lets face it, most people dont know the specifics of things like lockpicking, actual combat, law, philosophy, mathematics and science... whatever looks good is what works.

the magic of hollywood!

We have a safe at work that makes a quiet clicking sound when you turn the dial

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Originally posted by TickLes

We have a safe at work that makes a quiet clicking sound when you turn the dial

*turns the dial on dickler's safe so it clicks to annoy jeff*

has anyone else noticed that jeff has been every profession imaginable?

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Originally posted by FeFeHumHum

im extremely bothered.

Great thread!

jeff you should write a book....

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Originally posted by TickLes

We have a safe at work that makes a quiet clicking sound when you turn the dial

we also had a safe in the office at work that had a slight clicking noise, especially when spinning the dial quickly.

Now Jeff, did you try every safe before you posted this??

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jeff you should write a book....

but for the love of god, dont post it

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Originally posted by Watty

[reply=[Sic]]
jeff you should write a book....

but for the love of god, dont post it
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ohhh that goes without saying....

i was thinking the book would take up all his free time....

good point, please continue

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Originally posted by [Sic

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[reply=Watty]
[reply=[Sic]]
jeff you should write a book....

but for the love of god, dont post it
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ohhh that goes without saying....

i was thinking the book would take up all his free time....
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be careful, he might just post that book on wbw