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    Prevent Imposter Lovers With The Fingerprint Ring

    Apple's Future iPhone Patents Show Fingerprint ID For Different Gestures, Plus More

    Every Sheet of Paper Has a Unique 'Fingerprint'

    Wild Planet Pocket Forensics Kit Sorts Out Any Playroom Crime Scene

    Million Dollar Border Security Machines Fooled with Ten Cent Tape

    Medion's New GPSs Are Really Secure, Need Your Fingerprints to Navigate

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    Image of Jesse in Japan Jesse in Japan
    10/15/09

    In reply to Prevent Imposter Lovers With The Fingerprint Ring
    This is a very common problem, actually, but I've found that the best solution is to tattoo both the lover and the twin sister with slightly different barcodes in a place that neither of them notices or is aware of.
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    Image of meeksdigital meeksdigital
    10/14/09

    In reply to Prevent Imposter Lovers With The Fingerprint Ring
    What if you want it to be her sister?
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    Image of ¡¡OMD!! ¡¡OMD!!
    10/14/09

    In reply to Prevent Imposter Lovers With The Fingerprint Ring
    If you can not otherwise tell the difference, then does it really matter?
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    Image of Bon5ai Bon5ai
    10/14/09

    In reply to Prevent Imposter Lovers With The Fingerprint Ring
    Her twin would have the same fingerprints.
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    10/14/09

    @Bon5ai: [multiples.about.com]
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    10/13/09

    In reply to Prevent Imposter Lovers With The Fingerprint Ring
    It'll have to be pretty thick to do a good sized finger. My 10mm Abyss Replica Titanium band is considered huge, and only covers like 40% of my fingerprint.

    I do like the uniqueness, though. About my level of quirk.
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    10/14/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_NeedsToGoWalk: I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest your level of quirk is actually a bit higher.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    07/02/09

    In reply to Apple's Future iPhone Patents Show Fingerprint ID For Different Gestures, Plus More
    This is an example of where technology just requires me to do more work.


    Like the speed dial numbers of old, I'm never going to remember more than one or two combinations.

     Reply
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    Image of Monty Monty
    03/13/09

    In reply to Every Sheet of Paper Has a Unique 'Fingerprint'
    So, if we print out that Nigerian scam email on a sheet of paper, does this mean we can catch that asshole?


    Ignoring the fact that every person in the universe talks about going "paperless", it is great that this can be done.

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    Image of Skiphex Skiphex
    03/13/09

    In reply to Every Sheet of Paper Has a Unique 'Fingerprint'
    "Our technique is secure against counterfeiting and robust to harsh handling"


    I'm surprised that "harsh handling" doesn't alter the fingerprint.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    03/13/09

    @Skiphex: I was wondering if "getting wet" counted. B/c it seems like paper that has gotten wet is never the same again.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02/16/09

    In reply to Wild Planet Pocket Forensics Kit Sorts Out Any Playroom Crime Scene
    I think I'd rather have Encyclopedia Brown on the case...
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    Image of frigg frigg
    01/02/09

    In reply to Million Dollar Border Security Machines Fooled with Ten Cent Tape
    Actually, a lot of expensive face recognition systems are no better. If you wrap up your face with enough scotch tape, you can fool most of them too.
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    Image of marzer marzer
    01/03/09

    @frigg: And wrapped with enough duck tape you could pass yourself off as a waterfowl.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    01/03/09

    @marzer: plus, if you're clever with the tape, you can make a pouch, pass yourself off as a marsupial, and hop onto just about any plane you like.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    01/02/09

    In reply to Million Dollar Border Security Machines Fooled with Ten Cent Tape
    Isn't there a superhero who has tape for fingers? Tapefingers? He goes around sticking things together, like pieces of paper, to save the day?


    Tapefingers kicks ass!!! He'd know what to do!!!!

     Reply
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    01/02/09

    In reply to Million Dollar Border Security Machines Fooled with Ten Cent Tape
    Those Japanese just can't get a handle on technology. Shame....
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    Image of Voyou_Charmant Voyou_Charmant
    01/02/09

    @homerjay wants Boston Legal back!: I loled.
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    Image of bagseed bagseed
    01/02/09

    In reply to Million Dollar Border Security Machines Fooled with Ten Cent Tape
    "piece of tape tuck to her fingers"


    you sound like lenny . . . young children and people who are mentally retarded sometimes have a problem called cluster reduction

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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    01/02/09

    @bagseed and Scott Andrews: FYI, for those that may be new. Commenting on Jesus' occasional errors presumptively places you in the same class of commenter that says "FIRST" or makes an "In Soviet Russia" or "overlords" joke.
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    Image of LuckyFink LuckyFink
    01/03/09

    @92BuickLeSabre:


    In Soviet Russia, Jesus Diaz makes fun of you!

     Reply
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    Image of ninjagin ninjagin
    01/03/09

    @LuckyFink: The "soviet russia" and "overlords" quips are slashdottisms, as are most references to Natalie Portman and grits, newsletter subscriptions, Korean old people and email, and any sentence that ends in "insensitive clod".
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    Image of LuckyFink LuckyFink
    01/03/09

    @ninjagin:


    Ah yes, but I prefer referencing the Simpsons.

    My nerdism spans many genres and mediums.

     Reply
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    Image of frigg frigg
    01/03/09

    @LuckyFink: My cat's breath smells like cat food.
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    Image of Whydoesthisalwayshappentome Whydoesthisalwayshappentome
    01/02/09

    In reply to Million Dollar Border Security Machines Fooled with Ten Cent Tape
    Yeah, not only that, but it must hurt removing the tape.
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    Image of PocketLint PocketLint
    01/02/09

    @Whydoesthisalwayshappentome: "Yeah, not only that, but it must hurt removing the tape."


    Are you trying to say Korean women have hairy fingers? For the life of me I can't out why it would hyrt at all to remove tape from your finger?

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    Image of canned-air canned-air
    01/02/09

    @PocketLint: Yeah I was kinda wondering why they said that too
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    Image of ekzachtly ekzachtly
    01/02/09

    @canned-air: @jackfrost132: It's supposed to be a joke, I think. I laughed, anyway.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    01/02/09

    @ekzachtly: If you remove tape from your fingers at just the right speed, you can light your hand on fire. I saw it on Survivorman when he ran out of matches but had all his wrapping supplies from Christmas with him. That's probably what he meant.
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    Image of keyser is a reble keyser is a reble
    12/01/08

    In reply to Medion's New GPSs Are Really Secure, Need Your Fingerprints to Navigate
    thats like a password on a laptop... i can just nuke the board and start over.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    12/01/08

    @keyser is a reble: I doubt the people with the technical expertise to be able to delete and reinstall the firmware, etc, are going around stealing stuff.
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