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    Fridge Locker Secures Your Snacks From Crappy Roommates and Co-Workers

    Make Your Own Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock

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    11/09/09

    In reply to Fridge Locker Secures Your Snacks From Crappy Roommates and Co-Workers
    All you need to do is judiciously lace one leftover item with habañero. Henceforth, your food is SAFE.

    Thievery can lead to teachable moments. #fridgelocker
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    11/09/09

    @beercheck: i did that to a co worker. i spiked some salsa in the fridge with 4 dried ground up habanero peppers. to quote her reaction "This salsa is hot as the dickens!" HR caught word and all i got was a "warning". #fridgelocker
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    11/09/09

    @yungjerry703: Hey, sometimes you gotta kick it up a notch. Bam! #fridgelocker
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    09:25 AM

    @beercheck: I eat habañero peppers like candy, but I've seen those not used to them drop to the ground in tears, so your advice seems solid for me. Having built up a tolerance, I could enjoy a meal that would inflict pain on others.

    For those who want to take this a step farther, here's some ideas:

    The Sneak Attack
    Dry (by roasting) and grind 10 habañeros into a powder. Mix with 1 tsp Jamaican Curry, 1 tsp Gram Marsala, and ¼ Cup Brown sugar. Add ¼ Cup of Vinegar. Cook down to a thick sauce. It's excellent on grilled chicken or Salmon. But you won't know it's hot until half way through your meal. The mixture of the curry and sugar traps the capsaicin (the molecules that give the pepper it heat). It takes anywhere from 30 seconds to 5 minutes for the glaze that encapsulates the capsaicin to break down and release the heat. It dulls the heat a bit, but that is more than compensated for by the increased amount you (or in this case your victim) will consume.

    The Punishment
    Mixing the pepper attack with the traditional visine attack. For those who don't already know, visine (an eye drop) works by dilating blood vessels in your eye. Ingested, it dilates other things too, eventually working its way through your body and down to the colon. Leakage ensues. Mixed with a goodly amount of habañeros... Fire in the Hole!

    If habañeros seem tame to you, another pepper known as "bhot jolokia" hold the world record for hottest pepper known to man. It's the white pulp on the inner wall of the pepper that contains the heat. For the strongest dose, freeze them, run under warm water to remove the skins. Cut in half and remove the seeds. Dry slowly and grind. Freeze the resultant powder. Place the cold powder in a coffee filter. Pour ice-cold Vodka over the powder and collect the liquid that drips through. Let it dry. The white or yellow resin in the bottom is pure capsaicin. You'll need about 50 peppers to get a single gram of capsaicin, but it's so potent you need special licensing in many places to have it. Make your own pepper spray, prank your room mates with a few drops in their bottle of sex lube... use your imagination.

    I take no responsibility for the stupid and potentially harmful results of people taking my advice. The above if for academic purposes only and should not be attempted by anyone ever. #fridgelocker
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Fridge Locker Secures Your Snacks From Crappy Roommates and Co-Workers
    We had a problem with a coworker years ago. That's why I got a mini-fridge for my office. #fridgelocker
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Fridge Locker Secures Your Snacks From Crappy Roommates and Co-Workers
    A friend of mine had a great solution for people stealing his food out of the fridge at work.

    One day he bought a thing of dog biscuits and put icing all over them. Dropped them all in a pastry box and left a name tag on it (not his).

    He dropped it off in the kitchen, they looked just like little cookies, and they must have tasted decent, because sure enough, the box was empty by lunch.

    He came back from lunch and left the dog biscuit box on the counter... it didn't take long for people to put two and two together... he claims his food has been much safer since. #fridgelocker
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Fridge Locker Secures Your Snacks From Crappy Roommates and Co-Workers
    I would just leave the entire cage out next to the fridge for the food to get spoiled #fridgelocker
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    11/09/09

    @okmar: and this is why you have no friends. #fridgelocker
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    11/09/09

    @lostarchitect: good one :) perhaps I am not an american and don't live in a culture where I feel it necessary to lock my food. I find the demand for this product disturbing #fridgelocker
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    11/09/09

    @okmar: I've never experienced it either. Maybe it's for people working in a big, anonymous office. Or maybe it's a bit of a joke. #fridgelocker
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    11/09/09

    @okmar: If you find the demand for this product disturbing, then you have never worked in an office or lived in a dorm.

    If an area has a common fridge, someone will steal out of it. It's only a matter of time. #fridgelocker
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    Image of katiethemagnificent katiethemagnificent
    11/09/09

    In reply to Fridge Locker Secures Your Snacks From Crappy Roommates and Co-Workers
    this would be handy in defending my tasty snacks from my kids, although for how long..... they are crafty little devils. I tried the live badger but found he also has a fondness for my stashed goodness
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    11/09/09

    @katiethemagnificent:
    I give him about 2 hours. When I was 8, I learned how to access every part of the house, locked or otherwise, using a butterknife and a chopstick. Even managed to find the key to the cable box for those "special" channels. #fridgelocker
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Fridge Locker Secures Your Snacks From Crappy Roommates and Co-Workers
    This will only spark faster adaptation for freeloading roommates and scrounging coworkers. Years from now there will be a race of human being with thin proboscis mouths, suited best for eating between the bars of cages. #fridgelocker
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Fridge Locker Secures Your Snacks From Crappy Roommates and Co-Workers
    Ridiculous and unnecessary. I keep my meals safe by keeping a live badger tied to them at all times.

    You can find wild badgers in the woods. Come on, guys... #fridgelocker
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    11/09/09

    Two words: shotgun boobytrap. Some may consider that a bit extreme, but you'll only steal my lunch once. #fridgelocker
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    11/09/09

    @OCEntertainment: So what keeps the badger from eating your food? #fridgelocker
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    11/09/09

    @Cogito Ergo Bibo: I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

    @dallasmay: Wild animals won't touch the kind of food I eat. (Read: Hot Pockets.) #fridgelocker
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    11/04/09

    In reply to Make Your Own Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock
    "No Homers allowed!" #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    In reply to Make Your Own Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock
    i still use the trusty "No Girls Allowed" sign. works like a charm. #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    In reply to Make Your Own Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock
    The equipment and code are better than just knock detection - while that's a novel approach, there are other things that could trigger an authentication that can be hooked up as well. These can include anything capable of spitting out any kind of data - this same base would work for RFID, fingerprint, iris scanning, etc., after which all the rest of the equipment for actuating the lock mechanism comes into play.

    And why use just one? If both RFID and a knock were required, both proximity and knock authentication would have to be used to get you in. #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    @Keighvin:
    Wow, now I want a door knob with a USB port in it... #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    In reply to Make Your Own Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock
    DCI-class drummers would have a blast (no pun intended) with this. Can it detect 64th notes? #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    @shenanigans61: I'm game. That way you're only allowed to enter if your hands are fast enough. #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    @coughiecup: "No no the whole second part is 16 straight 64th's not 32nd's! Aw you were trying to play 64th's? Jeez I'm sorry :/ " #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    @shenanigans61: "And after six o'clock, you start out with Swiss Army triplets then switch to paradiddles with a swing feel." :) #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    @coughiecup: Nick Cannon wants in. #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    @Nick: What's the secret knock? #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    @coughiecup: wipe out? #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    In reply to Make Your Own Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock
    I'm assuming the PVC pipe is to hold the skunk scent that gets squirted at someone who knocks incorrectly. #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    In reply to Make Your Own Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock
    That is way cool. A commercialized product like this would appeal to every 10 year old and probably quite a few adults as well, assuming it doesn't interfere with a regular key lock. #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    In reply to Make Your Own Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock
    Flawed idea. All it takes is someone watching/listening you do the secret knock once and then they'll know it as well and be able to enter. #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: : "...you could program it to accept a variety of knock patterns, including different knocks at different times of the day." #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: :

    i dont know - as a pretty decent knuckle-drummer, im pretty sure i could come up with a complex enough knock that to replicate it would be rather difficult. the other thing is, locks only keep out honest people. anyone spying on you as a way to gain entry to something will either photograph your keys or use a bump key or jimmy your lock. #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_ H1N1 Symptoms List: That doesn't necessarily prevent people from entering, it just makes their time window shorter and leads to more potential for error on your own part. Who is going to remember a knock you programmed for 3am in the morning if you come home stumbling drunk. #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    @nutbastard: I wonder how easily the sensor could detect a complex pattern though. #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    @nutbastard: Interesting solution. My only question is do you continue to be a good knuckle-drummer when drunk? I'd hate to have to wait outside until I was sober enough to perform my tap-tap door code. #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    @nutbastard: Yeah that's a valid point, if they want to come in, they'll find a way regardless of the locking mechanism you use. #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    @The Lab:

    i continue to be a good everything when i'm drunk. maybe even better. i know there's a few things, at least, that i do better after 3 beers. downhill skateboarding, COD4, dancing, traffic court, job interviews and (dont try this at home, kids) racing. #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    @The Lab:

    i continue to be a good everything when i'm drunk. maybe even better. i know there's a few things, at least, that i do better after 3 beers. downhill skateboarding, COD4, dancing, traffic court, job interviews and (dont try this at home, kids) racing. #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: : Just program your head hitting the door as the 3am knock. #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    @nutbastard: Yes, I agree with the fact that you get better after a few beers. However, I consider drunk as having more than just 3 beers when you definitely get worse at doing stuff haha. #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: :

    i meant 3 beers in 20 minutes. #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: : How would your neighbour know it is a "secret knock" activated lock? To an outside observer, it is a guy knocking on a door and then the door opening. No security issues at all. #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    @Gary_7vn: If I see my neighbor knocking on his own door with the same exact pattern every day after which the door magically unlocks, I think I'd figure it out. #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/03/09

    In reply to Make Your Own Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock
    I've heard of "secret" NYC nightclubs that utilize the secret knock. This could put an entire demographic of bouncers out of jobs. Like, 5 jobs. #knockdetectingdoorlock
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