Won a fingerprint scanner, its fab!

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  1. MrWillyWonka

    MrWillyWonka Chocolate computers galore!

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    I entered a competition about 2 months ago and came 3rd, and won a Microsoft Fingerprint scanner, its fab!

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    Logging onto windows and websites using any of my fingers is really cool, and no more worries of people looking over your shoulder for your password!

    I reccomend you get one, might even mod mine into my new computer case...
     
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  2. quack

    quack Minimodder

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    Just a worry they'll cut your finger off instead. :D
     
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  3. Irvine

    Irvine What's a Dremel?

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    ...and if you get a retina scanner... :)

    How much are those things usually anyways?
     
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  4. Froggy

    Froggy What's a Dremel?

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    A little under $50USD
     
    Froggy, 1 Jun 2005
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  5. darkhunter

    darkhunter What's a Dremel?

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    I belive the cheapest fingerprint scanner is around $70 not to sure who made it though
     
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  6. Froggy

    Froggy What's a Dremel?

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  7. friskies

    friskies What's a Dremel?

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    padair Inebriated

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  9. ColdArmor

    ColdArmor What's a Dremel?

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    Only $40? Wow I thught they were close to $100...
     
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  10. smoguzbenjamin

    smoguzbenjamin "That guy"

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    A buddy of mine won one of those, I have yet to quiz him about it :D Sounds like a cool thing to have, no more remembering passwords.
     
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  11. AngelOfRage

    AngelOfRage Minimodder

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    a friend of mine had one built into a MS Keyboard, pretty neat thing really. I was thinking about getting one myself.
     
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  12. MrWillyWonka

    MrWillyWonka Chocolate computers galore!

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    Theres a drawback, the scanner isn't compatible with firefox. It works great in IE though.

    I've yet to find anyone whos hacked the program to make it compatible with firefox. However, the company who makes the software for MS has other versions of this program for other products and they are supposingly compatible with firefox. So it seems MS is trying to get people to switch back to IE. Abusing their powers a bit aren't they?
     
    MrWillyWonka, 3 Jun 2005
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  13. Froggy

    Froggy What's a Dremel?

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    Hmm a MS product that won't work with fire fox. There's a surprise :p
    Just be glad that MS mice and keyboards work with FireFox :)
     
    Froggy, 4 Jun 2005
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  14. akanekal

    akanekal What's a Dremel?

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    LOL friskies.. where do you get these links!! :hehe:
     
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  15. Lovah

    Lovah Apple and Canon fanboy

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    Well, seems like a fun little thing. But the funny thing about this. Is that you don't need to remember your password's for all kinds of internet related things. (Forums, Email, etc.) But then if you are somewhere else (at school, just anywhere besides your desktop computer). Then you probably won't remember your password and can't logon.

    lol

    L
     
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