Towards A Virtual Williamsburg!

[Tyrone Slothrop]

So maybe I asked this here before, in which case I regret repeating myself.

A few years ago I rented a house in Japan, and it had an awesome keyless entry system. There was no external lock on the front door at all. On the wall next to the door, there was a simple metal plate covering a plain screen. When you lifted the plate, an electronic (image of a) keypad would appear, always in a different place (so that you couldn't look at fingerprints to figure out what the combination was). When you entered the right code, the door would unlock, and you could slide it open. One neat thing about this system is that the rental agency could give us a code that would work for a week, but not thereafter.

I want to install one of these in my house, but I can't find it, on- or off-line. Anyone have any suggestions?

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

So you're tired of MTV creating some trumped up thing that no reasonable person would even think about, and spending inordinate amounts of time trying to make sure people pay some attention? Think about how the rest of us feel.

Touché.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

So maybe I asked this here before, in which case I regret repeating myself.

A few years ago I rented a house in Japan, and it had an awesome keyless entry system. There was no external lock on the front door at all. On the wall next to the door, there was a simple metal plate covering a plain screen. When you lifted the plate, an electronic (image of a) keypad would appear, always in a different place (so that you couldn't look at fingerprints to figure out what the combination was). When you entered the right code, the door would unlock, and you could slide it open. One neat thing about this system is that the rental agency could give us a code that would work for a week, but not thereafter.

I want to install one of these in my house, but I can't find it, on- or off-line. Anyone have any suggestions?

Schlage makes such things, including with cell phone control:

http://consumer.schlage.com/products...NX%20CAM%20619

For the changing keypad locations, only time I'm seen that is for security entering federal agencies--so people couldn't look over your shoulder. Not sure you really need it for a door, given limited entries and ability to use some windex once in a while.

[Not Bob]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Not Bob, your secretary is going home tonight to tell her husband how you spent the whole day looking at video clips of a girl your daughter's age simulating sex while muttering some things about race, and minstrels, and hound dogs, and never going back, and her husband is going to say, "Honey, I think we've hit the jackpot. Time to go see your cousin and file that hos-tel work envi-romint claim he keeps talking about."

We have a deal - I pretend to ignore her online business (she sells Franklin Mint collectables on eBay and crafts on Etsy) and she pretends not to read my email and acts like she doesnt monitor my web activity.

Win-win.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

For the changing keypad locations, only time I'm seen that is for security entering federal agencies--so people couldn't look over your shoulder. Not sure you really need it.

Translation: I am unfamiliar with Bay Area rules for "keeping up with the Jones."

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

Schlage makes such things, including with cell phone control:

http://consumer.schlage.com/products...NX%20CAM%20619

For the changing keypad locations, only time I'm seen that is for security entering federal agencies--so people couldn't look over your shoulder. Not sure you really need it for a door, given limited entries and ability to use some windex once in a while.

My issue is that this is ugly:



while the one I used in Japan was elegant.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

My issue is that this is ugly:



while the one I used in Japan was elegant.

Have you checked for the name of the manufacturer in Hapan? I'm sure it can be imported?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

Have you checked for the name of the manufacturer in Hapan? I'm sure it can be imported?

Wish I knew what it was.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

My issue is that this is ugly:



while the one I used in Japan was elegant.

Sure, and you drive a Honda instead of a Chevy.

Kaba?

http://www.kaba.co.nz/Products-Solut...-rim-lock.html

Although I think it installs upside down.

[Not Bob]

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch

Touché.

Apropos of this, since Flower is ignoring me, I am leaning towards agreeing with Molly Lambert's take on things from Grantland

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Wish I knew what it was.

Ask your landlord?

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

My issue is that this is ugly:



while the one I used in Japan was elegant.

I don't get it - why do you even need something like this at the door? I mean, presumably they'd have already gotten by the guys at the gate, the perimeter guards, and the patrol dogs, so I'd think this would be child's play.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

Ask your landlord?

You need to be careful there.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

You need to be careful there.

I so wanted Japan to become the world's next economic super power after we're toast. They are so much more fun than China (except when they wear uniforms, keep them out of uniforms).

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

I so wanted Japan to become the world's next economic super power after we're toast. They are so much more fun than China (except when they wear uniforms, keep them out of uniforms).

Yeah, when I think of fun-loving peoples, I always think Japan.