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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gboulton, post: 1246620, member: 27043&quot;]I have, and was impressed.&nbsp; There ARE some folks asserting the videos were faked n some way, but I&#039;ve never seen anyone provide proof of this.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree.&nbsp; As I said above...</p><p><br /></p><p>Security is, quite simply, about value.&nbsp; The thief places a value on his liberty...staying out of jail.&nbsp; He places a value on his time...he can pick X pockets in 60 minutes (or whatever), or rob your coin collection.&nbsp; He places a second value on his time...the more he spends, the larger the risk of getting caught.&nbsp; He places a value on the goods he steals...what he can sell or trade them for.&nbsp; He places a value on his effort.&nbsp; He places a value on whatever tools he uses.</p><p><br /></p><p>He makes, then, a simple assessment...just like any of the rest of us do, really.&nbsp; High risk, lots of time/effort needed, vs a small stash of silver?&nbsp; It&#039;s safe.&nbsp; Low risk and effort vs a large stash?&nbsp; You&#039;re toast.&nbsp; When A &gt; B, you win.&nbsp; When it isn&#039;t, you lose.&nbsp; Plain and simple.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fact is, there&#039;s not a lot most of us can do to change very many of those variables.&nbsp; The thief has a certain fear (or lack of it) of going to jail...we can&#039;t change that.&nbsp; His equipment cost him a certain amount...again, we can&#039;t change that.</p><p><br /></p><p>What we CAN do is make it, to be blunt, is make ourselves a less attractive option than somebody else.&nbsp; We can do that by increasing the risk and cost, in time and energy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Make it take longer.</p><p>Make it require more tools.</p><p>Make it require more people.</p><p>Make it require more noise. (Attention is the enemy of all thieves)</p><p>Make it take more effort.</p><p><br /></p><p>====================</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I&#039;m something of a fan of well installed canine security systems, myself.&nbsp; They tend to make LOTS of noise, and increase the risk factor quite a bit. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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