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USB Swiss Army Knife
finno writes "The Register has a heads-up on a new Swiss Army knife by Victorinox. As the article says, 'Given that you can buy a Victorinox Swiss Army Knive with just about
every gadget known to man, from horse-hoof awl to Hubble Space
Telescope lens polisher, it's no real surprise that the company - in
association with flash memory outfit Swissbit
- is now offering cutting tools plus USB flash memory stick.' In my
home state of New South Wales, it is illegal
to be carrying a knife without a reasonable excuse such as 'the
lawful pursuit of the
person's occupation'. I got me a reasonable excuse now!"
I need a 3 1/2 or a 5 1/4 disk to move my files around.
Maybe in the next version they can add this and DAT disk support.
Now I can be stopped at the airport for security violations AND supposed music piracy!
I have to use my pocket knife to operate the RO switch on my USB stick. Will this new knife have a detable device for setting it's own RO switch?
And if you thought that was boring you obviously havn't read my Journal ;-)
I want a Leatherman version with at least 512MB and it's bootable. I would pay decent money for that. Swiss Army Knives are toys, Leatherman's are tools. Never trust a tech without one.
I take it you work in technology? Then there is an easy way to prove you need a pocket knife for you job. I am constantly using my pocket knife to open boxes with parts, shrink wrapped software, and new computers. I also use my pocket knife to cut zip tie bundles and the like.
;)
Not being allowed to carry a pocket knife? In AU? Don't you need one to keep off all the crocs?
..Is what I get when I try to load Victorinox at school. What are they afraid of, me attacking other students with Swiss Army Hubble Telescope polishers?
Not only can you use the blade to hijack an airplane, you can store Vital National "Nucular" Secrets with the same tool!
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from horse-hoof awl to Hubble Space Telescope lens polisher
They located these two attachments too close, if you ask me. Why, when I was cleaning the Hubble Telescope last week, I got the two mixed up. I hope no-one notices that huge gouge on the lens. The horse sure has shiney hooves, though.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
I don't read ACs: If a post isn't worth so much as a nom de plume to its author then I wont bother either.
Now that's what I call cutting edge technology!
You know the author said in New South Wales it was illegal to carry a knife unless you need it for your job. God knows how many stores are held up annually by someone with a pocket knife. I mean really what would someone do? "Give me all your money, or I'll pick your teeth." Lighten up Parliment, I doubt that people with pocket knives will overthrow the throne.
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Wow. I like that ad for that new product "Internal Server Error". Good use of whitespace in the design. ;P
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Are you referring to the Windows 2000-enabled version of the Leatherman, affectionately known as the "Blue Knife of Death"?
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
... is the lack of a kitchen sink.
/. joke based on moving from Windows to Linux)
(Sorry, bad
No, no, no.... What I need is a combination cell phone, pda, music player, swiss army knife, flash drive, bluetooth, wifi, digi camera, flash light, and salad shooter device. Only then would I truly be a tool.
I saw an old guy at Ozzfest using it as a roach clip
I think that was Ozzy himself. Nothing helps take the pain of remembering that you destroyed your brain through drug-abuse than a little more self-medication.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
I tried to find a good response to why the SwissFlame isn't allowed for sale in the US, but all I came up with is flame-bait.
Place I used to work, they wouldn't let you bring in a laptop for obvious security reasons... but my USB2 HDD full of music was just fine... "so long as it's not a laptop"
"Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel." - A.B.
In my home state of New South Wales, it is illegal to be carrying a knife without a reasonable excuse such as 'the lawful pursuit of the person's occupation'
I fail to understand how a society can function without pocketknives. I'll be sure to use paper shipping tape on the next thing I send to Australia.
who are those slashdot people? they swept over like Mongol-Tartars.
But as technology catches up, I would also like it to be inflatable so I could use it as a laptop, personal helicopter, liferaft, midi studio, and tent.
Better yet-- Jaywalking and running with scissors!
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The law is similar in the UK. As in New South Wales, an exception is if a knife is a tool used for one's occupation. This is quite useful, since if I'm stopped by the police, I can explain that I'm a mugger and therefore the knife is a tool of the trade.
how does it match up to the USB Toothbrush???
That way you can listen to your favorite Death Metal while out at the shooting range.
Totally American. Rock on, Moses Heston!
... or a pointy stick?
"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." -- George Orwell
10. DRM-enabled so you don't cut anything you are not licensed to
9. Large surface area on side with room for the Trump logo
8. "Martha Steward" edition. It slices, it dices, it puree's, and it has a file for jail bars.
7. "Matt Helm" special: knife inflates into full-sized bedroom complete with bed.
6. Built-in $29.99 cell phone backup battery
5. Special iPod opening tool for those rare occasions when you need to do battery work.
4. Linking feature to enable a Beowulf cluster of swiss army knives
3. "French Army Knife" version; opens wine with ease and aids in an easy retreat.
2. "Rush Limbaugh" attachments: knives only on the right side, contains secret compartment that holds up to 80 pills (one morning's supply).
1. FCC compliant - prevents carving of profane grafitti with its blades; and contains needle and thread to repair wardrobe malfunctions
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
You BOUGHT yours at an airport?!?! How on earth are we going to win the war on terror if airports continue to sell weapons of minor destruction? Actually, the idea of an airport selling something that they will confiscate a few minutes later, and then reselling it, is like a license to print money. I wonder if anyone has thought of this idea. If not, they have now.
According to the page you linked to, you don't need to buy a boring USB drive to let you carry the knife. Just keep a supply of beer bottles with you at all times and say you neeed the knife to open them!
Homme petit d'homme petit, s'attend, n'avale
Can't carry a knife? I always leave a rather large knife in my truck/vehicle, and most of the time I have a folding pocket knife on my belt. I've used it several times outside of work, even as a makeshift screwdriver.
:)
Well... I guess that's not as important as the 9mm hole punch I keep on the other side of my belt whenever possible.
-- Liberalism is a mental disorder.
Now if extortion for the pictures I have on my flash stick doesn't work I can just stab the guy. Thanks Victorinox.
You trim your nails with an SUV?
Nice, except flash memory is just a start.
What I would really need is a combination pendrive, wi-fi, and bluetooth adaptor, and MP3/OGG player.
What you are looking for already exists, it's called Emacs.
"Madness is something rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, peoples, ages it is the rule." -- Nietzsche
Emacs would never fit onto a flash memory stick...
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
Yeah, it's a good thing nobody's ever come up with a portable data-storage device before . . . especially one that's available on most computers. I'm envisioning some sort of "flexible disk", that had a compatible "drive" on all computers, and that could simply be secreted away in a pocket. If something like THAT had been around all these years, boy would we be in trouble now.
Kalashnikov is now offering an AK-47 complete with 120GB firewire hard disk. Never be caught off guard again! Not only is this weapon the choice of counter-government revolutionaries around the world, but now it stores over 15,000 MP3's.
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Sure it does, you just can't carry it.
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Knoppix.
The "Sting" version glowed blue when it was near any Microsoft product?
"...you'll never go back to Leatherman"
With me it is a toss up between the Indian and the Construction Worker.
Y-M-C-A!
I have this particular knife. The hoof pick works quite well.
I also have the Laks USB drive watch. That works great as long as the horse isn't skittish.
-- Will program for bandwidth
You forgot lightsaber... honestly what good is such a device without a lightsaber?
You'd probably have to explain that the sharp edges were for cutting away buggy code, the guard was to prevent you from becoming infected with a virus, and the ball n the hilt for beating worms into submission.
And if that doesn't work, behead 'em and claim you're a freelance executioner between jobs...
...and you run and you run and you can't stop what's been done...