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I've actually been going out most weekends this month. While I wouldn't mind something today, I think I need a chance to sit down and do some stuff I've been not getting around to. For example, I keep telling people I'm going to create another Na'vi language lesson, but I haven't gotten around to it in a month.
Tomorrow, I have plans though.
In other matters, as I started going to a gym regularly, I needed a lock to keep my stuff safe. So I picked up a combination lock at the store for a few bucks, since the lock I had I didn't know the combination to. I did try briefly to find something online to help me recover the combination, but it was a fruitless search in the time I had then.
Well last night, I went over what was there again, and it is somewhat shocking just how easy it is to get into a combination lock. There are a couple methods using simple tools which can open it in seconds, but won't give you the combination.
But even finding the combination isn't hard. On Master locks, it is possible to guess all three numbers individually and test if each is correct without having to enter the whole combination. I tried the techniques on my new lock (Which of course I know the combination to) and sure enough, when I entered the correct numbers I could tell the difference compared to when I entered the wrong numbers, even without entering the whole combination.
However, my old lock was an American lock, not a Master, and the technique to find the numbers individually did not work. However, the technique to test if the first two numbers were correct worked better than it did on the Master lock, and I quickly discovered I remembered the first two numbers, and had just forgotten the last number. So a few quick guesses and I had the combination. If I hadn't remembered the first two numbers, I probably would have been in for a good five to ten minutes guessing them.
Still, despite the fact that the new lock was easier to guess the combination on, I'll stick with it. The old one was from school, and as such it is a keyed combination lock so the school administration could open it if needed. And a simple set of lock picks would get the thing open far faster than trying to guess the combination. If I do end up using the thing again, I'll probably take some super glue to the key hole first.
Tomorrow, I have plans though.
In other matters, as I started going to a gym regularly, I needed a lock to keep my stuff safe. So I picked up a combination lock at the store for a few bucks, since the lock I had I didn't know the combination to. I did try briefly to find something online to help me recover the combination, but it was a fruitless search in the time I had then.
Well last night, I went over what was there again, and it is somewhat shocking just how easy it is to get into a combination lock. There are a couple methods using simple tools which can open it in seconds, but won't give you the combination.
But even finding the combination isn't hard. On Master locks, it is possible to guess all three numbers individually and test if each is correct without having to enter the whole combination. I tried the techniques on my new lock (Which of course I know the combination to) and sure enough, when I entered the correct numbers I could tell the difference compared to when I entered the wrong numbers, even without entering the whole combination.
However, my old lock was an American lock, not a Master, and the technique to find the numbers individually did not work. However, the technique to test if the first two numbers were correct worked better than it did on the Master lock, and I quickly discovered I remembered the first two numbers, and had just forgotten the last number. So a few quick guesses and I had the combination. If I hadn't remembered the first two numbers, I probably would have been in for a good five to ten minutes guessing them.
Still, despite the fact that the new lock was easier to guess the combination on, I'll stick with it. The old one was from school, and as such it is a keyed combination lock so the school administration could open it if needed. And a simple set of lock picks would get the thing open far faster than trying to guess the combination. If I do end up using the thing again, I'll probably take some super glue to the key hole first.