Shave and a Haircut, two hacks

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

Also from: http://www.newscientisttech.com/article.ns?id=dn9650&feedId=online-news_rss20

Hammering on a computer could soon be more than just a sign of
technological frustration, now that researchers have developed a way
to control an ordinary laptop with a few taps on its casing.

The idea comes from Nathan Harrington, a software developer working
with IBM's open systems team in North Carolina, US. Harrington has
written software that turns the accelerometer inside an IBM laptop's
hard drive into a "knock sensor" that can be programmed to respond to
tapping.

In a video demonstration, Harrington show that programs can be
launched or closed down with a few taps on the side of the laptop. The
same trick can be used to lock and unlock a computer with a "secret
knock".

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-JP<who's secret knock would be that jammin drum solo from Def
Leppard, you know the one>

<JK!!!>
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