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Re: [News] Linux Laptops Get 'Knock-based Commands'

__/ [ Kelsey Bjarnason ] on Friday 28 July 2006 00:21 \__

> On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:00:44 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | For the first time, you can hit your computer and get a meaningful
>> | response! Using Linux and the Hard Drive Active Protection System
>> | (HDAPS) kernel drivers, you can access the embedded accelerometers on
>> | Lenovo (formerly IBM) ThinkPads, then process the accelerometer data
>> | to read specific sequences of "knocking" events -- literally rapping on
>> | the laptop case with your knuckles -- and run commands based on those
>> | knocks. Double tap to lock the screen, and knock in your secret code
>> | to unlock. Tap the display lid once to move your mp3 player to the
>> | next track. The possibilities are endless.
>> `----
>> 
>>
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-knockage.html?ca=dgr-btw01KnockBasedCommands
> 
> So here I am, working away, I bump the machine while putting my coffee
> down and suddenly it starts blasting porn at full volume - just as my dear
> old Mum walks in for a visit. :)

Only if you change the nature and bias of this article... (read command
carefully)

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| Your first actual trial knock should be simple, with 0.5 seconds
| between knocks for a "double tap." Run perl knockAge.pl -c again, and
| when you see "enter a knock sequence," firmly knock twice on the side
| of the LCD with one half second delay, then stop. An automatic timeout
| will occur after 4 seconds (configurable), and your knocking sequence
| will be printed out similar to the following example:
| 
| 0 540031 _#_ wget -r -l1 -H -t1 -nd -N -np -N -np -A.jpg 
|                                 -erobots=off <porn_site>
| animate -delay 100 *.jpg
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