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Instead of having a password for your computer, have an ignition key.
Safe, secure, and no-one can sneak a look at your password.
Inspired after looking at the name of "Screw Ctrl+Alt+Del" and thinking, literally "screw" as in twist.
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I like it, I bun it, I want some more of it. I've seen stuff like this before... but I would never get one. All too often it is i need someone to use my computer to email me a file, or some such thing. I know, its iresponsible, but I need my computer to be a little bit accessible. |
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<imagines someone opening the computer with a steel ruler, and then hot-wiring it> |
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It may surprise you to know that, back in the stone age, many computers came with a lockable hard drive (using actual, real keys & locks) as standard. |
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will it make a revving noise? |
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Yep, I remember those locks on the PC that prevented the computer from being booted when locked. Also there was an additional lock on the tower that prevented employees from tampering with the PC or stealing the components from the inside. And if you managed to defeat the lock, there was a tamper mechanism that send out an alarm indicating that the case had been opened. |
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Machinery in factories that run on Windows have an "ignition key" which the user turns the key to the "ON" position to boot the on-board PC and then when they get to the login screen they turn the key to the "START" position to log on and log off. |
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This would be ideal for people who are somewhat PC illiterate to the point where they can never remember their login and password. If they can log in by inserting the key and cranking it up. |
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Can you have remote central locking on it for locking the computer (used rather than logging off while you get a coffee). I would love my computer to make the Blik-Blik sound when I left my desk |
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With all the different login screens (Windows, Network, Yahoo, eBay, Halfbakery, ...) you'd need a key for each and you'd have to carry a huge keychain with you at all times :) |
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Ironic really, when posh carmakers are all replacing keys with pushbuttons. |
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hey! I just came back to this idea and realized.. the computers in my school's library have lockable, removable hdds! hah, the things you ne'er notice. |
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I think [po] has the right idea: instead of the normal welcome sound that microsoft use, change it to be Whirr, Whirr, Whirr, Brooom, Broooom. |
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Do rednecks have computers? |
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I would love to hear that air brake sound when I temporarily "park" my PC while I go to the bathroom. |
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And my Alienware Athlon 64 would barrel along in the fast lane while your HP 386 with Win95 lumbers along in the slow lane. |
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