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In article <1992Sep10.034159.1617@qiclab.scn.rain.com:, leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson) writes:
: karn@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Phil Karn) writes:
: >It sounds like that scene was written by the same guy who did the
: >climax of "War Games". Remember how the computer (Joshua?) cracked the
: >missile launch code ONE CHARACTER AT A TIME?
: most cheap "number wheel" bike locks *do* work that way. Put tension
: on the lock, then spin the cylinders. One will bind as it hits the 
: correct number. Then you spin the remaining ones. One of *them* will
: bind. Etc. It takes about a minute to open. :-)
: I know of no *decent* lock that behaves this way. But there are a lot
: of junk locks out there!

Most decent locks are resistent to the tension method of breaking the lock
numbers.  But the ironic thing is that the cheaper locks are *HARDER* to
break in some ways.  This is because the tolerances are so lousy that it
is hard to get a good feel of which element is next.  But then, I'm talking
about pin or wafer locks.

Now, how does one put tension on an electronic lock? :-)

-- 
Kenneth Ng
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