Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Stealing and Ballpoint pens:
The U-Locks that people lock their bikes with can be easily picked with a ballpoint pen. You take the pen tip and ink resevoir part out of the end and then shove that end into the lock. The plastic bends into the shape of the lock and you can turn it and open the lock. My friend who works at the bike shop told me they tried it and it worked. Of course you could steal the ballpoint pen too. Stealing pens is ok, stealing bikes with those pens is not.
I think karmatically though I am entitled to a bike since one of mine did get stolen. I tried to take a lime green road bike this summer but then Kent got busted on campus for it. That's a whole other story.
The U-Locks that people lock their bikes with can be easily picked with a ballpoint pen. You take the pen tip and ink resevoir part out of the end and then shove that end into the lock. The plastic bends into the shape of the lock and you can turn it and open the lock. My friend who works at the bike shop told me they tried it and it worked. Of course you could steal the ballpoint pen too. Stealing pens is ok, stealing bikes with those pens is not.
I think karmatically though I am entitled to a bike since one of mine did get stolen. I tried to take a lime green road bike this summer but then Kent got busted on campus for it. That's a whole other story.
