Arvana, videosifter and gentleman thief.

I do have a subversive streak in me.

Security does not make a person completely safe. It only makes them less likely to be unsafe.

But the purpose of the chain is to give an occupant time to setup a proper defense, or make good an escape.

Still an excellent video, Full Disclosure.

Heh, a cat burglar. His next avatar will have a thin black moustache.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

Arvana, videosifter and gentleman thief

*howto

Adding video to channels (Howto) - requested by EDD.

@gwiz665: Great idea!

umm... so what person ever leaves the door unlocked but chained.

You realize the point of those chains is so you can open the door a crack and talk to someone without them attacking you. You'd never leave the door unlocked and that thing as your only lock... This is idiotic.

^that and a ten year old could defeat that chain with one swift kick to the door.
What I want to see is a method to Lock the chain from the outside. That might be more useful for making a cookie theft look like an inside job, or for pulling a prank on you dick landlord.

What if you have an actual doorknob instead of a handle?

Could it be?? Arvana, Le Jaguar?

Useful if you have a key but the chain is on, like if your roommate locked the door and fell asleep. Or, the chain is on the back door and your creepy neighbor is sitting in front of the building.


>> ^joedirt:

umm... so what person ever leaves the door unlocked but chained.
You realize the point of those chains is so you can open the door a crack and talk to someone without them attacking you. You'd never leave the door unlocked and that thing as your only lock... This is idiotic.

Whoa.

>> ^atara:

What if you have an actual doorknob instead of a handle?


Aren't those unlawful in public buildings in the US due to the American Disabilities Act?

>> ^Wingoguy:

>> ^atara:
What if you have an actual doorknob instead of a handle?

Aren't those unlawful in public buildings in the US due to the American Disabilities Act?


I hate myself for posting this:

4.13.9* Door Hardware. Handles, pulls, latches, locks, and other operating devices on accessible doors shall have a shape that is easy to grasp with one hand and does not require tight grasping, tight pinching, or twisting of the wrist to operate. Lever-operated mechanisms, push-type mechanisms, and U-shaped handles are acceptable designs.

^No tight pinching? How does one go to the bathroom cleanly without it!

I'd like to see you attempt that when someone is present inside. *slams door with arm caught in it*

Sure, now you've gotten past my security chain, but how will you fare against the Rottweiler and the twin smoking barrels of TriBall?

Some doors have a bar instead of a chain (still only lets the door open slightly). I've seen people get locked out of their room because their dog jumped up and knocked it into position.

A similar method could unlock the bar, though it would have to pull in the opposite direction.

I prefer the simple and more elegant method of simply kicking the door. Those chains don't hold for crap. And of course it stuns my victim when the door whacks them in the head.

Ahem, I mean it stuns the person... Yeah the person on the other side of the door... My victim heh... I didn't really say that did I?