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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ennova USB Drive Comes Complete With OLED Screen/Fingerprint Scanner
    Am I the only one getting nervous about the increase in security systems relying on one's fingerprints? I mean, if a criminal wants to bypass your computer's defenses, they KNOW all they have to do is whack off your hand and take it with them.
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    Image of NeoAkira NeoAkira
    04/29/09

    @bosskev:


    I'd just scan my fingerprint for them.

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    Image of Esper mind tricks Esper mind tricks
    04/29/09

    @bosskev:


    I had to comment on this cause I have this friend/co-worker that brags that he uses his penis as the scanner code.


    If they want his password they have to cut off his dick.

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/29/09

    @Esper_tricks: Doesn't sound like it would be any great loss.
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    Image of Dayv Dayv
    03/30/09

    In reply to Apple Patent Outlines Smarter and Safer...In-Car Navigation Interface?
    My Honda doesn't make me pull over to use the nav.
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    03/30/09

    @dayv: Me either. It was definitely a selling point. The NAV can be controlled by the driver in motion.
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    03/30/09

    In reply to Apple Patent Outlines Smarter and Safer...In-Car Navigation Interface?
    too bad BMW's already got the name iDrive. I'm sure Apple wishes they had it now.
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    03/30/09

    @latterman: Though I can't verify this for myself, I was told that the iDrive interface is lacking, and trails behind Audi's alternative.
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    03/30/09

    In reply to Apple Patent Outlines Smarter and Safer...In-Car Navigation Interface?
    It seems good now, but it has a bunch of potential problems. So if you don't want your 16 year old kid using the nav at all while in motion, just thumbprint him and program your Apple GPS. What if he's sitting in the passenger seat? Then he can't use the Nav because its his fingerprint.
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    03/30/09

    In reply to Apple Patent Outlines Smarter and Safer...In-Car Navigation Interface?
    Hey if it can tell me if the "girl" in my front seat is really a girl, and then twitter the fact I'm actually in the same car as a girl, I'll take three.
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    03/30/09

    @SnaLanKoat_GitEmSteveDave: Three girls or three Apple GPS units?
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    03/30/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Three units. Or two apple GPSii and one girl and one pre-op tranny. Or one GPS, One Girl, and One POST-Op.
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    03/30/09

    In reply to Apple Patent Outlines Smarter and Safer...In-Car Navigation Interface?
    Only Apple would file a patent drawn with a calligraphy pen.
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    Image of FritzLaurel FritzLaurel
    03/30/09

    In reply to Apple Patent Outlines Smarter and Safer...In-Car Navigation Interface?
    FINALLY!


    Although, this seems a much more complicated solution than it needs to be. Space pen vs. pencil anyone?


    Seriously, why is this an issue in the first place? Just require the passenger to unlock it with some whacked out gesture that requires 3 fingers and an elbow.

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    03/30/09

    @FritzLaurel: That's an URBAN LEGEND!
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    Image of frigg frigg
    03/27/09

    In reply to Apple's Ideas for Seamless Biometric Security on iPhone and MacBook
    Won't this just encourage the sort of Jack Bauer shenanigans this season of 24 spends all its time soul searching about, with one person "borrowing" another person's finger if they need to use their phone?
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    03/27/09

    In reply to Apple's Ideas for Seamless Biometric Security on iPhone and MacBook
    Considering how finger-print prone the iphone is, this is a incredibly retarded idea.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/27/09

    In reply to Apple's Ideas for Seamless Biometric Security on iPhone and MacBook
    I love how the Fig. 6 has a lot of work put into the clown fish/anemone background
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    Image of frigg frigg
    03/27/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Don't the fish look unusually sad, though? The smaller fish is eyeing the larger fish, like he's asking for guidance, and the larger fish can't give him an answer, and has a defeated look on his face.
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    03/11/09

    In reply to Homeland Security Wants To Use Your Foul Stench as a Lie Detector
    Did Princess Leia help them with this??
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    03/11/09

    In reply to Homeland Security Wants To Use Your Foul Stench as a Lie Detector
    Of course you can detect lies using BO.


    Let's say you come upon a fragrant individual. Ask him if he used deodorant that day. If he says yes, he's lying.

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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/11/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Or maybe he needs stronger deodorant..
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    03/11/09

    In reply to Homeland Security Wants To Use Your Foul Stench as a Lie Detector
    Well, Mr. Poet, either you were the second gunman on the grassy knoll, or your had broccoli and bratwurst for lunch.
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    03/11/09

    In reply to Homeland Security Wants To Use Your Foul Stench as a Lie Detector
    Do you smell what the Rock is cooking?!


    Yes. According to our computer it's your acting ability. You're lying about it.


    Damn!

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    Image of junyo junyo
    03/11/09

    @NoO&A_GitEmSteveDave: No, if you believe it's true you won't be a stinking liar.


    It's the Rock's agent, when he suggest that he do Shakespeare, that smells like teen spirit. Or laughs his ass off. Or both.

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    03/11/09

    @junyo: A bit of movie trivia, if you freeze frame the second Jurassic Park movie while the T.Rex is tearing up what is alleged to be San Diego but which is actually downtown Burbank, you will see a movie poster for "King Lear" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.


    Now THAT would smell.

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    03/11/09

    In reply to Homeland Security Wants To Use Your Foul Stench as a Lie Detector
    Well, I thought I would add this as I am a repository of useless knowledge.


    The Stasi(East German Secret Police) had a library consisting of sterile sealed glass jars with scent pads/samples which were collected from people. They were hoping to develop the ability to judge who may have done something by their unique aroma. I forget the exact figures, but after the wall fell, they found something like an entire floor of these jars with peoples names on the labels.


    If anyone knows more facts, or I got something wrong, please correct.

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    03/11/09

    @I♥Hannah_GitEmSteveDave:
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/11/09

    @I♥Hannah_GitEmSteveDave: Looks as though we've found the source of Vince Offer's ShamWOW private reserve.
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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    03/11/09

    @Kaiser-Machead v. 0.9 Beta: A nice aged ShamWOW, something stored in an oak barrel for 5 to ten years, is such a treat to use while cleaning up soda, blood, and semen spills.
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    03/11/09

    @zenpoet: Someone say hooker blood? Soft enough to caress a baby, strong enough to smother it.
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