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- | | Beating the Library |
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- | | Written by: |
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- | | The Ramsacker |
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- | | Pieces of Eight |
- | | Kracking Publishers |
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- Have you ever been fined by the library for bringing back materials past
- their due date and felt that it was just a bunch of bullshit? Well, now you
- can permanently check books out from the library without having to pay for
- them.
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- Method 1:
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- Walk into the library with a backpack containing a notebook and some
- other book (what book it is doesn't matter). Find the books you want and
- some other books you don't want, then go back to your seat. Open everything
- up and pretend that you are studying and taking down notes in the notebook.
- After a while, start packing up, but put the books you want to keep in your
- backpack. Return the other books back to the shelf. Pick your backpack up
- and walk out of the library. If someone stops you on the way out and asks
- you to return the books that you took then apologize and say that you took
- them absent-mindedly (be sincere). Try it again another time. This will not
- work if the library has a security system that detects books that haven't
- been properly checked out. Refer to "Deterring Book Security" to bypass this
- obstacle.
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- The problem with this first method is that it may take too long,
- depending on how much time you're willing to spend "studying" to make it look
- legitimate. The next method is much faster.
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- Method 2:
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- Obtain the complete address of someone you don't like that lives near
- you. Go to the library clerk and ask for a new library card. If she asks
- you if you already have one, say no. You may have to be 18 or older to get
- a library card on your own so tell the clerk that you are 18 if she asks.
- When she asks you to fill out the temporary card, use the name and address
- of your favorite enemy. The clerk may then check the address to make sure
- you did not give any false information (such as an address that does not
- exist). You will then get a temporary card that you can use that very day.
- Find the books you want and check them out. Use the card for about a month
- before you throw it away. The library will get itchy after a month and may
- start asking you about your overdue books and may not let you check anymore
- out. In the meantime, however, your enemy will receive his new library
- card along with a bill for all of his overdue books.
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- One possible problem that may arise when attempting this method would
- lie in the fact that some libraries might require you to show proof of
- identification. This can be overcome by attaining the I.D. of your favorite
- enemy using some devious plot.
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- Deterring Book Security
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- Some libraries have security systems that beep when you try to walk out
- of the library with a book that hasn't been properly checked out. These
- systems rely on a magnetic strip that is inserted into the binding of the
- book. When a book is checked out, it is bumped against a machine that
- de-magnetizes the strip, thus allowing the book to pass through the security
- system. When the book is checked in, it is bumped against a different
- machine that magnetizes the strip, so if an attempt is made to walk away
- with the book, the alarm will sound.
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- These security systems are easy to spot. They consist of two
- rectangular columns, each about five feet tall, on either side of the
- entrance with one dividing column in between. The two rectangular columns
- have silver squares covering the inner sides of them.
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- In order to bypass the security system, you must remove the magnetic
- strip from within the book's binding. The easiest way would be to check the
- book out and do it in the privacy of your own home, then check it back in
- and wait for it to be re-shelved, but it can be accomplished inside the
- library if it is done cautiously. Out of sight of anyone around you, open
- the book up and look in between the spine (side cover) and the binding. You
- should see a metal strip glued to the inside. Take a flathead screwdriver
- and scrape it from the book. This can be done fairly quick. Don't hang on
- to the strip. It's magnetized! If you walk out with it in your possession,
- it will still trigger the alarm. Throw it on top of a bookshelf or in a
- waste-paper basket. You might want to have fun with it by putting it in some
- lady's purse. Put the book in a backpack or something so that you don't look
- suspicious walking out of the library with a book you didn't walk in with.
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- The magnetic strip will not always be located in the spine of the book.
- You may sometimes find it on the inside of the back cover, or anywhere else,
- depending on how far the library will go in order to keep it hidden from you.
- Look under and inside the card pocket and on the inside of each cover. The
- worst place it can be is inside the spine because its a bitch to remove and
- is hard to see. Also, the magnetic sensor may not always be a strip. It
- can be a small, black circle or a white square that looks like it has a
- solder schematic underneath it. Just use common sense. If it looks like it
- might be a magnetic marker, take it off.
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- This same security method is used in book stores, except that the metal
- strip will instead be inserted between two pages near the middle of the book.
- Find the strip and discard it. Then put the book in a bag or something and
- casually walk out.
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- Now you can create your own personal library where you won't get fined
- for overdue books!
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- The Ramsacker
- July 23, 1988
- 4:57 AM
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