Now...a few hours after I leave, my cousin will be having a baby shower here. There will be other males in the house.
My room, with its many technological gadgets, will be a likely target for their amusement.
Also, my grandfather has mentioned thoughts of entering my domain to "clean" it. (Which means, throw away everything I deem important))
Now, I need non lethal ways to prevent access from my video game systems. To prevent access to my room, and to know if people HAVE entered my room.
The computer situation is solved -- Log out of the system, and lock the tower case (Thanks for the case suggestion btw RIG 
So...How may I non lethally deter intruders from my sacred plane of existence?
Actually, you could just, you know, lock the room. [ 10-08-2002: Message edited by: »Waisztarroz« ]
To find out if they've been in your room, Just put a piece of paper in the doorjam. If it's on the ground when you get back, you know they've entered.
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This one time, at »Waisztarroz« camp:
Put little stickers everywhere that say "Do not touch -- I'm watching you!"Actually, you could just, you know, lock the room.
how can i lock the room if the door does not have a lock?
im considering setting up a webcam and filming the goings on in the room over the 4 days...anyone know about how many GBs of space that would take?
(Tape trick = put clear tape sticking to both your door and the wall, if someone comes in, the tape peels away. As it peels, it curls so it doesn't re-stick to the wall. Check upon re-entering your room.)
Oh, and hide your games/systems, it'd be REALLY tempting for a friend of a friend of a friend at the party to walk off with some.
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Falaanla Marr got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
im considering setting up a webcam and filming the goings on in the room over the 4 days...anyone know about how many GBs of space that would take?
Get a webcam that has a motion sensor, put it near the door, then you'll only get pics of the door whenever something/one moves into your room.
Drill it onto the door and frame, attach padlock when you leave
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The logic train ran off the tracks when Vorago said:
Just go to a hardware store and buy a basic padlock and mountDrill it onto the door and frame, attach padlock when you leave
Grandpa wont allow me to drill into the door.
You don't want to know my first thought.
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Falaanla Marr wrote:
Grandpa wont allow me to drill into the door.
Solution: Drill into Grandpa.
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Mr Mort impressed everyone with:
Solution: Drill into Grandpa.
Not an option. I would lose a place to live if i did that!
*grin*
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Falaanla Marr enlisted the help of an infinite number of monkeys to write:
Grandpa wont allow me to drill into the door.
OK, then assuming the door opens into the room...
Shove all furniture possible against the door, perhaps forming a chain against an opposite wall
Exit out window
If the door opens out into the hall
Tie rope to doorknob
Tie other end, taunt, to a secure object in the room
Exit out window
You're a smart lad.. you cand o it..
even if you cant tell my email from some other person..
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Tal!@ wrote this stupid crap:
By my thinking, you now have 99 hours to study that window screen, and figure shit out.You're a smart lad.. you cand o it..
even if you cant tell my email from some other person..
stfu.
Explain to your Grandfather what the problem is. Ask if you can put a different doorknob on the door, if you provide the doorknob.
Said doorknob will, naturally, lock.
He may insist that it be the kind that is commonly used on bathrooms, where you can unlock it from the outside by inserting a narrow "pusher" through a hole. He may also insist that it come back off after you get back. Either way, it should do the job for you, and be worth the money it costs.
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Palador ChibiDragon stopped staring at Deedlit long enough to write:
Suggestion:Explain to your Grandfather what the problem is. Ask if you can put a different doorknob on the door, if you provide the doorknob.
Said doorknob will, naturally, lock.
He may insist that it be the kind that is commonly used on bathrooms, where you can unlock it from the outside by inserting a narrow "pusher" through a hole. He may also insist that it come back off after you get back. Either way, it should do the job for you, and be worth the money it costs.
THAT is an idea.
I will ask him if he minds that, and I will let him have one of the keys, as I trust him to not let my brothers in.
