[ltp] Re: Other uses for the fingerprint reader?
Homer (Tony) Stavely
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:51:10 -0400
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After a period of finger-swipe failures I noticed some dirt on the reader.
After cleaning it off it worked a lot better.
Best wishes,
Tony
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Marius Gedminas <mgedmin@b4net.lt> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:48:10AM -0400, David Abrahams wrote:
> >
> > on Wed Apr 23 2008, Daniel Castro <castromd-AT-tcd.ie> wrote:
> > > well not really... i only use it for password authentication.... which
> > > as you said is not very safe..... but I'm not that crazy about
> > > security either, and swiping your finger is much faster....
> >
> > Seriously? I had the reader activated for a while and got so fed up
> > with misreads that I longed for the old days when I could just type in
> > my password accurately in a quarter second. Has the software improved
> > recently?
>
> Perhaps it is a matter of learning the proper alignment (straight) and
> speed (not too fast). I've been using thinkfinger since last August,
> and perhaps 90% of my fingers are recognised correctly. Very rarely I
> have to try twice.
>
> Occasionally I choose to type my password, because that way I don't have
> to move my fingers away from the home row.
>
> Marius Gedminas
> --
> "Only wimps use tape backup: _real_ men just upload their important stuff
> on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;)"
> (Linus Torvalds, about his failing hard drive on linux.cs.helsinki.fi)
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Homer (Tony) Stavely <tstavely at gmail.com>
Teacher, baker, Grandpa, walker in the woods
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After a period of finger-swipe failures I noticed some dirt on the reader. After cleaning it off it worked a lot better.<br><br>Best wishes,<br>Tony<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Marius Gedminas <<a href="mailto:mgedmin@b4net.lt">mgedmin@b4net.lt</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:48:10AM -0400, David Abrahams wrote:<br>
><br>
> on Wed Apr 23 2008, Daniel Castro <castromd-AT-tcd.ie> wrote:<br>
> > well not really... i only use it for password authentication.... which<br>
> > as you said is not very safe..... but I'm not that crazy about<br>
> > security either, and swiping your finger is much faster....<br>
><br>
> Seriously? I had the reader activated for a while and got so fed up<br>
> with misreads that I longed for the old days when I could just type in<br>
> my password accurately in a quarter second. Has the software improved<br>
> recently?<br>
<br>
</div>Perhaps it is a matter of learning the proper alignment (straight) and<br>
speed (not too fast). I've been using thinkfinger since last August,<br>
and perhaps 90% of my fingers are recognised correctly. Very rarely I<br>
have to try twice.<br>
<br>
Occasionally I choose to type my password, because that way I don't have<br>
to move my fingers away from the home row.<br>
<br>
Marius Gedminas<br>
<font color="#888888">--<br>
"Only wimps use tape backup: _real_ men just upload their important stuff<br>
on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;)"<br>
(Linus Torvalds, about his failing hard drive on <a href="http://linux.cs.helsinki.fi" target="_blank">linux.cs.helsinki.fi</a>)<br>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Homer (Tony) Stavely <tstavely at <a href="http://gmail.com">gmail.com</a>><br>Teacher, baker, Grandpa, walker in the woods
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