He had an actual car alarm, but he had it removed just before he sold the car to Sarah. Things may get a bit awkward if Jonah and Nera need to go back into the building at some point.
Which is why I’m convinced that Mr. Green left things that way on purpose. Mistakes happen both in war and elsewhere but all the same my instincts are screaming that things that are too good to be true often are. >_>
I have picked Master padlocks, and also residential and commercial door locks. It’s not easy to do it with a single tool, but having a good knowledge of the inner workings of the lock and how to pick them makes it possible.
An underwire from a modern bra is not a “smooth” implement. It has higher friction (read plascticky or rubbery) bits on either end. Picking a lock with a single (albeit specialized) implement is done all the time by professional locksmiths. Anyone ever heard of a “SlimJim”? That being said, even a professional locksmith using a SlimJim probably couldn’t pick the car door lock quite that quickly. Perhaps Nera has some mojo.
A Slim Jim doesn’t pick anything. It manupulates the linkage in the car door, bypassing the key cylinder entirely. And a Slim Jim can’t open the trunk, which is what Nera just did.
A fireman was able to open my old car with a hanger. And so did I therafter. Since then I have a tendency not to lock may car, as it is all the same…
So what with thieves? Well I remarked upon my years in educating all sort of pertubated youth a certain sanctity of babies and young children. A visible plush is an affordable fetish to keep my car and whereabouts untouched by the hands of unorganized criminality. Of course, not having anything to steal because I’m rether poor helps a bit.
I like the idea of the plushie defense. Unfortunately I have three dogs, in short order I would end up with a car full of fluff and an empty plushie skin.
When I lived in a high car theft neighborhood in Phoenix, I had a Club on my steering wheel. It was the kind that required a key to lock or unlock: I never locked it. Anyone looked in my window, saw the Club, and moved on to a car without it. Lovely psychological deterrent, cost me 5 seconds max getting in or out.
Not really helpful. Those transmitters are semi-interchangeable, similar to Master Locks, which only have about 20 different lock tumblers per design. The part you need to break is in the car.
That is also not really helpful. You don’t need to break anything. Every car I’ve ever had with such a key fob has had options that you can modify — using the instrument panel or entertainment system screen — and as I already mentioned, you can change how the vehicle unlocks, relevant to the fob. Depending on which part of the system you were to disable, the fob may no longer function, and you might not be able to unlock the car at all. It’s possible you wouldn’t be able to start it either, but if you can’t unlock it, that’s really a moot point.
Oh jeez Jonah!
Jonah is clearly gazing into the Trumpiverse in panel four and exercising his future sight to make sure he does not end up in our world.
Best of luck to you then, Jonah.
A Gremlin that can turn into a robot? With propellers?
It’s already a car and a robot! What more do you want?! Sheesh!
A miracle with an underwire. Lol!
But, but, but… aren’t those made of plastic too these days…? Wait – is there mayhaps a corset in play…?
Some underwires are plastic, but some are metal too, well most of them are, because they can be adjusted more easily then plastic.
Well, technically Dave in the Gremlin and Nick in the chopper… I wonder if there was some tech exchanges going on somewhere
Mr Green’s car is a Gremlin, and so was Dave’s. So Mr Green is … Dave Davenport.
I don’t think this car is a Gremlin. I think she is just saying it would be cool if it was.
If it is Mr. Green in their sights. Could be anybody at this stage. (Anybody remember Mr. The Dane?)
I thought Dave drove a bug? A bug with a feature?
As Mell put it, “The Bug? That was like 12 wrecks ago.” And even the Gremlin is long gone, since Mell blew it up rescuing Dave from the Dave Patrol.
Picking a lock with a single, smooth implement? That’s im—plausible.
She’s using the art of Plot No Jutsu.
To defend his car against conventional lock-picks, Mr Green has a special lock that relies on the unique material properties of underwire… honest.
He had an actual car alarm, but he had it removed just before he sold the car to Sarah. Things may get a bit awkward if Jonah and Nera need to go back into the building at some point.
I have picked a lock with a single, smooth implement. What is troubling is that she did it so effortlessly.
What kind of lock? Because a properly made modern tumbler locks doesn’t work like way.
Which is why I’m convinced that Mr. Green left things that way on purpose. Mistakes happen both in war and elsewhere but all the same my instincts are screaming that things that are too good to be true often are. >_>
I have picked Master padlocks, and also residential and commercial door locks. It’s not easy to do it with a single tool, but having a good knowledge of the inner workings of the lock and how to pick them makes it possible.
An underwire from a modern bra is not a “smooth” implement. It has higher friction (read plascticky or rubbery) bits on either end. Picking a lock with a single (albeit specialized) implement is done all the time by professional locksmiths. Anyone ever heard of a “SlimJim”? That being said, even a professional locksmith using a SlimJim probably couldn’t pick the car door lock quite that quickly. Perhaps Nera has some mojo.
A Slim Jim doesn’t pick anything. It manupulates the linkage in the car door, bypassing the key cylinder entirely. And a Slim Jim can’t open the trunk, which is what Nera just did.
A fireman was able to open my old car with a hanger. And so did I therafter. Since then I have a tendency not to lock may car, as it is all the same…
So what with thieves? Well I remarked upon my years in educating all sort of pertubated youth a certain sanctity of babies and young children. A visible plush is an affordable fetish to keep my car and whereabouts untouched by the hands of unorganized criminality. Of course, not having anything to steal because I’m rether poor helps a bit.
I like the idea of the plushie defense. Unfortunately I have three dogs, in short order I would end up with a car full of fluff and an empty plushie skin.
When I lived in a high car theft neighborhood in Phoenix, I had a Club on my steering wheel. It was the kind that required a key to lock or unlock: I never locked it. Anyone looked in my window, saw the Club, and moved on to a car without it. Lovely psychological deterrent, cost me 5 seconds max getting in or out.
I never leave anything in my car worth more than a replacing a busted window, so yeah, unlocked.
My current car has one of those electronic key fobs—it opens when I and it are next to it.
I hate it.
Find something that will block the signal and carry it wrapped.
Not really helpful. Those transmitters are semi-interchangeable, similar to Master Locks, which only have about 20 different lock tumblers per design. The part you need to break is in the car.
That is also not really helpful. You don’t need to break anything. Every car I’ve ever had with such a key fob has had options that you can modify — using the instrument panel or entertainment system screen — and as I already mentioned, you can change how the vehicle unlocks, relevant to the fob. Depending on which part of the system you were to disable, the fob may no longer function, and you might not be able to unlock the car at all. It’s possible you wouldn’t be able to start it either, but if you can’t unlock it, that’s really a moot point.
You should be able to change the settings so that you have to actually press the unlock button on the fob.
I only use that tool for noble purposes… cross my heart!
Never count out the ability of the simplest things to screw up the most complicated of plots.
“The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain.”
I think I’m going to go with a military professional’s assessment of this sort of thing. ^_~
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=admiral+akbar+youtube&view=detail&mid=F32264BA0B8574AE811DF32264BA0B8574AE811D&FORM=VIRE
Jonah, that’s a good way to get yourself stabbed with an underwire.