Comments on: Never Rely on a Single Point of Failure http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/never-rely-on-a-single-point-of-failure/ Sports News - Tech Reviews - Entertainment - Life Tips for EveryJoe Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:37:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Craig Huggart http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/never-rely-on-a-single-point-of-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-309751 Craig Huggart Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:05:30 +0000 http://slackermanager.com/2007/07/never-rely-on-a-single-point-of-failure.html#comment-309751 <p>Jim:</p> <p>You are SO right. That's exactly what I did.</p> <p>Craig</p> Jim:

You are SO right. That’s exactly what I did.

Craig

]]> By: Jim http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/never-rely-on-a-single-point-of-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-309756 Jim Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:26:51 +0000 http://slackermanager.com/2007/07/never-rely-on-a-single-point-of-failure.html#comment-309756 <p>Never put your keys down in the car. Either have them in the ignition, where a chime should be reminding you, or in your hand, or in your pocket. NEVER put them down.</p> <p>I did this once, in the trunk. Cost me a locksmith visit because I was out of town.</p> <p>Get a car that won't let you lock the doors unless you're holding the key and/or the remote fob (as in you have to use the key or the fob to lock the door.) No "push the lock button and close the door". VW are one example of this.</p> <p>I've locked myself out of the house twice, but only ever once from the car.</p> Never put your keys down in the car. Either have them in the ignition, where a chime should be reminding you, or in your hand, or in your pocket. NEVER put them down.

I did this once, in the trunk. Cost me a locksmith visit because I was out of town.

Get a car that won’t let you lock the doors unless you’re holding the key and/or the remote fob (as in you have to use the key or the fob to lock the door.) No “push the lock button and close the door”. VW are one example of this.

I’ve locked myself out of the house twice, but only ever once from the car.

]]> By: Craig Huggart http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/never-rely-on-a-single-point-of-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-309871 Craig Huggart Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:42:36 +0000 http://slackermanager.com/2007/07/never-rely-on-a-single-point-of-failure.html#comment-309871 <p>Great suggestions all. I really like the idea of two keyrings.</p> <p>Thanks!</p> Great suggestions all. I really like the idea of two keyrings.

Thanks!

]]> By: Shazad http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/never-rely-on-a-single-point-of-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-309838 Shazad Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:27:45 +0000 http://slackermanager.com/2007/07/never-rely-on-a-single-point-of-failure.html#comment-309838 <p>For powerpoint redundancy, have slide handouts of your presentation for each member of the audience in case the technology fails. You can print 2 slides per page and use double-sided printing to save paper and costs. Know your material well enough and you can probably present it with a marker and white-board and/or flip chart board if you had just a few minutes before it started and needed to prep some content in advance. Cover up what you dont want to be seen until it's time, using some paper and tape if on a whiteboard.</p> For powerpoint redundancy, have slide handouts of your presentation for each member of the audience in case the technology fails. You can print 2 slides per page and use double-sided printing to save paper and costs.
Know your material well enough and you can probably present it with a marker and white-board and/or flip chart board if you had just a few minutes before it started and needed to prep some content in advance. Cover up what you dont want to be seen until it’s time, using some paper and tape if on a whiteboard.

]]> By: Shazad http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/never-rely-on-a-single-point-of-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-309839 Shazad Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:24:05 +0000 http://slackermanager.com/2007/07/never-rely-on-a-single-point-of-failure.html#comment-309839 <p>To avoid locking yourself out of you car, attach the 3'rd (Valet) key the dealer gives you (or make one) to your house keyring. Keep your car keyring just for cars. This way, as long as your house keyring is with you, you can unlock your car and even drive it as Valet without the one of the main set of keys (usually 2) you get from the dealership. I've never locked myself out of my cars since doing this.</p> To avoid locking yourself out of you car, attach the 3′rd (Valet) key the dealer gives you (or make one) to your house keyring. Keep your car keyring just for cars. This way, as long as your house keyring is with you, you can unlock your car and even drive it as Valet without the one of the main set of keys (usually 2) you get from the dealership. I’ve never locked myself out of my cars since doing this.

]]> By: Jim http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/never-rely-on-a-single-point-of-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-309840 Jim Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:54:34 +0000 http://slackermanager.com/2007/07/never-rely-on-a-single-point-of-failure.html#comment-309840 <p>At least according to some tips online, some keyless entry signals can be transmitted to your car over a cell phone, so if your wife had the other key, you might be able to call her on your cell and hold up your phone to the car, while she holds the other key up to the phone and hits the door unlock button.</p> <p>Worth a try.</p> At least according to some tips online, some keyless entry signals can be transmitted to your car over a cell phone, so if your wife had the other key, you might be able to call her on your cell and hold up your phone to the car, while she holds the other key up to the phone and hits the door unlock button.

Worth a try.

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