On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:31:23 +0100, Invisible wrote:

>>> And apparently my key is a "master
>>> key" that opens several other doors as well. (Doesn't that mean all
>>> the locks are identical??)
>> 
>>   No. Why would you think that?
> 
> Because any given key only opens locks of the exact same shape?

Go and find a copy of the MIT Guide to Lock Picking.  Seriously.  It 
explains this and you learn a lot about the mechanics of mechanical locks 
from reading it.

Jim

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