tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post3056152689864921526..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: Bent, not Broken, Part 5chris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-63807646833942227112016-08-12T12:28:30.487-04:002016-08-12T12:28:30.487-04:00Ah, I was thinking of H. L. Mencken: "Every n...Ah, I was thinking of H. L. Mencken: "Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."<br /><br />There's some excellent tradecraft here, and the basic concept of false-alarms thing is completely standard; I love the way you implemented it at greater length. One bit missing: a courtesy fence, which is the normal fence without alarms and stuff on it, about ten feet or so out from the Real Fence with a clear space between them. That way the animals and casual passers-by will stop there and not cause alarms and guard movements and so on; it's a kind of high-pass threshold. (Sometimes you let the guard dogs roam between the two fences.)Firedrakenoreply@blogger.com