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Post by Ameline on Aug 8, 2013 16:56:11 GMT -8
She went in again last night! So today I decided it was worth the effort to lock my door and keep her out. If she gets in again it's technically breaking and entering, right? Care to revisit the booby trap idea?
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James [a_leon]
I feel a strong desire to XSS a cookie from Peter.
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Post by James [a_leon] on Aug 9, 2013 2:22:01 GMT -8
Rewire the light switch for her room (wire nut the live and load lines) so it will never turn off.
Better yet: buy a cheap thermostat, and wire it in at the furnace (assuming you have central air), and leave only power going to the one upstairs. Then raise the temperature by a degree per day or couple days until you leave. Prepare to sweat her insane.
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Omio
Quack.
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Post by Omio on Aug 9, 2013 4:20:10 GMT -8
Rewire the light switch for her room (wire nut the live and load lines) so it will never turn off. Better yet: buy a cheap thermostat, and wire it in at the furnace (assuming you have central air), and leave only power going to the one upstairs. Then raise the temperature by a degree per day or couple days until you leave. Prepare to sweat her insane. For the light switch, that's typically the red and yellow, right?
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kristabelle89
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Post by kristabelle89 on Aug 9, 2013 4:48:31 GMT -8
Welp, she did use her lockpick to get into my room and close my windows. So when I got home and found this out, she was gone, and the lockpick was sitting on her dresser. So, naturally, I took it.
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Josh
Apple iManiac / eBay Addict
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Post by Josh on Aug 9, 2013 7:14:04 GMT -8
Welp, she did use her lockpick to get into my room and close my windows. So when I got home and found this out, she was gone, and the lockpick was sitting on her dresser. So, naturally, I took it. Wow she is nuts to go through that much trouble to close your windows. I would be scared to live with her.
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Aug 30, 2018 11:36:44 GMT -8
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Post by kristabelle89 on Aug 9, 2013 9:16:32 GMT -8
She is crazy. I can't wait for the day she gets committed; I have a feeling it's coming soon.
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Apr 23, 2024 7:58:20 GMT -8
Josh
Apple iManiac / eBay Addict
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Post by Josh on Aug 9, 2013 10:28:30 GMT -8
She is crazy. I can't wait for the day she gets committed; I have a feeling it's coming soon. Do you mean committed as in prison or a psychiatric ward?
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Aug 30, 2018 11:36:44 GMT -8
kristabelle89
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Post by kristabelle89 on Aug 9, 2013 10:40:28 GMT -8
The latter. She really shouldn't have roommates but insisted on keeping our 3 bedroom apartment. I feel sorry for whoever is going to live with her next. She'll keep cycling through roommates until she either makes enough to live alone or gets committed to a psychiatric hospital.
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Nov 19, 2012 5:30:35 GMT -8
James [a_leon]
I feel a strong desire to XSS a cookie from Peter.
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April 2004
mnstrgarge
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Post by James [a_leon] on Aug 9, 2013 14:45:48 GMT -8
Rewire the light switch for her room (wire nut the live and load lines) so it will never turn off. Better yet: buy a cheap thermostat, and wire it in at the furnace (assuming you have central air), and leave only power going to the one upstairs. Then raise the temperature by a degree per day or couple days until you leave. Prepare to sweat her insane. For the light switch, that's typically the red and yellow, right? In the US, it'd be blacks. Solid black for your 'line' (this would be your hot feed from your fuse/breaker panel), with another black (this is sometimes a white wire with black electrical tape on it saying it's a hot instead of neutral). Elsewhere it's....brown, maybe? I know blue is neutral, green/yellow is ground/earth...I think hot is brown outside the US.
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RedBassett
I'm a Marxist/Lennonist of the Groucho/John variety.
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Post by RedBassett on Aug 9, 2013 15:32:42 GMT -8
For the light switch, that's typically the red and yellow, right? In the US, it'd be blacks. Solid black for your 'line' (this would be your hot feed from your fuse/breaker panel), with another black (this is sometimes a white wire with black electrical tape on it saying it's a hot instead of neutral). Elsewhere it's....brown, maybe? I know blue is neutral, green/yellow is ground/earth...I think hot is brown outside the US. On the assumption that whoever wired it did all of that correctly. Which is a big assumption in many cases.
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Nov 19, 2012 5:30:35 GMT -8
James [a_leon]
I feel a strong desire to XSS a cookie from Peter.
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mnstrgarge
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Post by James [a_leon] on Aug 9, 2013 19:03:59 GMT -8
Ignoring three and four way switches...
You have literally only two scenarios.
There are two wires (white and black. note, this does not include a bare copper ground). One on the 'bottom' of the switch and one on 'top'. This mean power physically travels to light box first, and they branched a single romex to the switch (not the preferred way). Wire nut them together and it stays on.
There are four wires (two sets of white and black), two of which (white) are already wire nuted together. Take wires off switch, wire nut together, and light is always on.
It's pretty hard to screw up a standard switch.
In the case of a three-way, the load side of the switch will be a romex with three wires (white, black, red). The third wire, which we wouldn't have seen before, is a messenger wire going to another switch, attached to the other side of the switch (so one side has two wires, one side has one)). This allows power to pass from one switch to another, which allows two switches to operate a light.
In the case of a four way, you'll have your two three way switches on either side of this switch (if you draw out a circuit diagram). Your load and messenger will be screwed on opposite sides of the switch. Unlike before, this switch had four total screw terminals which allows it to pass power to all switches so you can have 3+ switches for a light.
...anyway. Replace her lights with buglights. Or blacklights.
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FelipeG
Veni, vidi, vici
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June 2004
felipeg
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Post by FelipeG on Aug 10, 2013 6:06:58 GMT -8
There's a reason I prefer wiring DC rather than AC. Also, playing with 110V AC lines could lead to shocking discoveries. At this point I'd seriously booby trap the room.
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Nov 19, 2012 5:30:35 GMT -8
James [a_leon]
I feel a strong desire to XSS a cookie from Peter.
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April 2004
mnstrgarge
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Post by James [a_leon] on Aug 10, 2013 6:12:17 GMT -8
There's a reason I prefer wiring DC rather than AC. Also, playing with 110V AC lines could lead to shocking discoveries. At this point I'd seriously booby trap the room. ...you'd wire a switch the same way with DC
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RedBassett
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Post by RedBassett on Aug 10, 2013 13:15:47 GMT -8
...anyway. Replace her lights with buglights. Or blacklights. I like this idea .It's pretty hard to screw up a standard switch. And yet I've seen it done.
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FelipeG
Veni, vidi, vici
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June 2004
felipeg
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Post by FelipeG on Aug 10, 2013 17:11:35 GMT -8
There's a reason I prefer wiring DC rather than AC. Also, playing with 110V AC lines could lead to shocking discoveries. At this point I'd seriously booby trap the room. ...you'd wire a switch the same way with DC AC tends to be more complex, not just with switches, but when you start getting into 2-phase, 3-phase wiring, etc.
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