Whatever happened to parking permits, parking officers, and parking tickets?
Boots are used to ensure compliance from those who would skip parking fines.
Students defeat new 'Barnacle' parking clamp, skip fines and get free internet
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Re: Students defeat new 'Barnacle' parking clamp, skip fines and get free internet
#12good content, but here is all of the content in one tweet
https://twitter.com/saallyjohnsonn/status/121719070339206758...
Re: Students defeat new 'Barnacle' parking clamp, skip fines and get free internet
#13This reminds me of when I was in Hawaii visiting my brother who lived in a high rise building. This was years ago so all I had ever know was the lock and key but his building had key cards and the doors would just unlock with the swipe of a card and you could go to your unit. He explained they are just magnetically locked. I asked well couldn't you just pry them open? We decided to try and sure enough with 2 of use w…
A little mu-metal might be a skeleton key.
Re: Students defeat new 'Barnacle' parking clamp, skip fines and get free internet
#14"a user who found out his campus only had 12 wheel boots to go around and bought and illegally parked 12 scrapyard cars that could be “sacrificed” so everyone else could park however they wanted." Not all heroes wear capes.
You beat me to it by a minute. +1
I just don't get why this is such a throwaway line in the piece... I want to read a full interview with this person.
Re: Students defeat new 'Barnacle' parking clamp, skip fines and get free internet
#15This is just a bunch of unverified reddit/Twitter reposts.
I’m sure the defrost trick works in winter, but it won’t work as well in summer.
Re: Students defeat new 'Barnacle' parking clamp, skip fines and get free internet
#16OK, the actual design of the thing where it just uses suction is incredibly idiotic, but the kid who got free wireless internet for months by taking its sim card - that's pretty brilliant.
The SIM card thing might be a felony.
Re: Students defeat new 'Barnacle' parking clamp, skip fines and get free internet
#17Is scofflaw parking really that big of an issue at OSU? This seems antagonistic towards the students.
the article states that
> After “receiving feedback from the community” – that is, having its new parking enforcement method thwarted – OU has decided to pause the trial use of the five devices it’d borrowed from the Barnacle’s manufacturer.
so I would guess it has to do more with aggressive sales tactics
Re: Students defeat new 'Barnacle' parking clamp, skip fines and get free internet
#18Learning to solve IRL problems - that absolutely need solving - is why we send them to college.
I couldn't be more proud.
Re: Students defeat new 'Barnacle' parking clamp, skip fines and get free internet
#19"a user who found out his campus only had 12 wheel boots to go around and bought and illegally parked 12 scrapyard cars that could be “sacrificed” so everyone else could park however they wanted." Not all heroes wear capes.
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Re: Students defeat new 'Barnacle' parking clamp, skip fines and get free internet
#20Like adversaries who attempt to outrun a radio, "outsmarting" law enforcement who have your license-plate number is a generally poor strategy. Likewise, putting the police-department's SIM in your phone has some pretty clear downsides.
It isn’t actually law enforcement, though. It’s some division of the university which is enforcing parking rules.