On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:14:09 -0400, Richard Pieri wrote: > On Aug 18, 2011, at 7:59 PM, John Abreau wrote: >> >> I could instead have made an analogy to locksmiths: when we want to change >> the locks on our doors, a techie might buy a new lock at Home Depot and >> install it himself, whereas a nontechie would hire a locksmith to take >> care of it. > > Actually, the techie hires a locksmith to rekey the existing locks > because it's cheaper than replacing. Unless the locks are garbage > to begin with (ie, aluminum instead of brass). But that's a > different kind of nit to pick :).
The *real* techie rekeys the lock himself. In a real pinch, if he doesn't have a key for the lock in question, but has other spare locks and keys around, he extracts pins from the spare locks and finds ones that match the available keys. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
