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    Cancer Meds Wiped Off Man's Fingerprints

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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.

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    05/28/09

    In reply to Cancer Meds Wiped Off Man's Fingerprints
    I'd still be freaking out about the fact that I didn't have any fingerprints.


    "Sir, we have a problem. You don't have any fingerprints."

    "I don't have any fingerprints? What the hell is that all about?"

    "Actually sir, that's not the primary issue. The primary issue is that we can't positively identify you."

    "Hells bells it's not the primary issue. It is exactly the primary issue. Why the hell don't I have any fingerprints? Have you heard of such a thing? What the hell is wrong with me? Am I going to die?"

    "Sir. Please, we just need you to..."

    "I'm sorry, don't you remember what you just said to me 30 seconds ago? Let me remind you. I DON'T HAVE FINGERPRINTS! *lifts shirt* I have a belly button, so apparently my memories haven't been implanted into a robot or a clone...but seriously...WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO MY FINGERPRINTS!"

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    Image of Californian Californian
    05/28/09

    In reply to Cancer Meds Wiped Off Man's Fingerprints
    No way my mom doesn't have fingerprints either!!! She had to get them taken once and the people at the office couldn't get a reading! It's so weird.
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    05/28/09

    @Californian:

    Oh and no, she has never had cancer (thankfully).
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    Image of frigg frigg
    05/28/09

    @Californian: I think it's that some people's prints are so shallow, that even though they're there, they can't be read. I know someone like that too.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    05/28/09

    In reply to Cancer Meds Wiped Off Man's Fingerprints
    I SuperGlued my fingers together not long ago. I am pretty sure I had no discernable prints for a couple of days.
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    05/28/09

    In reply to Cancer Meds Wiped Off Man's Fingerprints
    I've heard some pretty crazy side effects but "loss of fingerprints" is a new one.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/28/09

    In reply to Cancer Meds Wiped Off Man's Fingerprints

    "...once the officials determined that he wasn't dangerous."


    You've accidentally deleted the last sentence of your story.


    ...once the officials determined that he wasn't dangerous. However, as a safety precaution, TSA officials required that his fingers be remanded into custody pending further investigation.

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    Image of Shivver Shivver
    05/28/09

    @bosskev: Wow, a TSA joke. How original. Too bad it's actually CBP that would control his entry into the country. It's that type of ignorance, heard on a daily basis, that makes TSA officers so surly.
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    Image of RT100 RT100
    05/28/09

    @Shivver: like you said, man, it's a joke. ha. ha. ha. funny. laugh.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/28/09

    @_rt_100: Well, even I admit it was a pretty lame joke, but a joke nonetheless.


    @Shivver: But, hell--Shivver, jeezus! You say, "...makes TSA officers so surly". Um, you wouldn't by chance, you know, be a TSA officer yourself, would you? I mean, no reason I'd be asking comes to mind...

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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    10/31/08

    In reply to Smudge-Resistant Film Breaks Down Your Gross Fingersweat With Chemistry
    Awesome. With the increasing usage of touchscreens, this will make the future that much more tolerable. I hate touchscreens for the very reason that I can't stand the fingerprint smudges. I mean, I couldn't care less that it's not actually clean, just so long as I don't have to look at the smudges.
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    10/31/08

    In reply to Smudge-Resistant Film Breaks Down Your Gross Fingersweat With Chemistry
    Ahh, false cleanliness... You really must love the worrisome attitude of "everyman" that needs to Purel the world - spreading around the dirt until it dries to a crust on your "clean" hands.


    As for this surface, coat windows with the stuff, that way there's no discernible prints for the cops to pick up. Guns still make explosive residue.

    Of course, you could just use gloves to commit your crime.

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    Image of Winston Smith Winston Smith
    10/31/08

    In reply to Smudge-Resistant Film Breaks Down Your Gross Fingersweat With Chemistry
    I can't wait until they begin making knife handles and gun grips from this stuff.


    Would make life much more worry-free!

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    Image of DrDonkeyKong DrDonkeyKong
    10/31/08

    @Winston Smith: OCD much?
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    Image of John Herrman John Herrman
    10/31/08

    @DrDonkeyKong: Errr, I think it was a crime joke, guys.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    10/31/08

    @Winston Smith: They do have something that serves a similar purpose out in the market already.


    Essentially it's a thin piece of material - sometimes cloth, but usually leather or latex - that you use to cover your hands. It absorbs the fingerprint oil on the inside leaving no residue on the outside.


    Apparently some versions also have a secondary benefit of keeping your hands warm.

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