http://www.osnews.com/story/20132/Knock-Based_Commands_for_Linux_Laptop Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:14:35 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread?325169 http://osnews.com/thread?325169 .. but let's not forget the other possibilities either. One hard tap your screen goes into permanent power saving mode. Or how about double smack gives you a forced emergency shutdown, with secure data lockout. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (de_wizze) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?325174 http://osnews.com/thread?325174 This adds new meaning to the term "rebooting" your computer! Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (fretinator) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?325175 http://osnews.com/thread?325175 http://www.mexicanpictures.com/headingeast/2006/06/motion-sensing-a... Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (eggs) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?325178 http://osnews.com/thread?325178 My old Amiga harddrive used to stick, so I had to slap it every so often...

That would of been annoying when it ran dirOpus or newlist... because of gesture technology. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (defdog99) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?325190 http://osnews.com/thread?325190 I would really like to see an accelerator for Linux gestures. It would be a great way to set a complex password. Swoosh Up, Down, Counterclockwise, Diagonal, and a Roll Backwards. It would be difficult to guess or break it by trial and error due to the number of possibilities. Cyber gangs might also find it amusing to be able to encrypt files with hand shake gestures using their secret signs. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:57:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (buff) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?325196 http://osnews.com/thread?325196 Your gestures sound like some special combo move from the old SNK arcade fighting games... Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (gan17) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?325205 http://osnews.com/thread?325205 The first thing that came to my mind when reading the description was "cool, now we can have Morse code passwords." Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:51:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (StephenBeDoper) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?325207 http://osnews.com/thread?325207 But it would stop being cool as soon as you realize your coworkers can hear your passwords. You would need some serious messhugah-ish skills to come with a hard to memorize pass Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ichi) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?325239 http://osnews.com/thread?325239 Ah well, I guess I'll just have to get started adapting cochlear implants to that purpose Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (StephenBeDoper) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?325340 http://osnews.com/thread?325340 I have an old Pentium-90 whose former hard drive (1 GB) would stick after it'd been sitting for a while. I had to smack the case smartly right in front of the drive to make it boot. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bthylafh) Comments