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Top Ten Geek Wallets

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the in-your-pocket dept.

twentyxtysix writes, "Productdose.com has a rundown of the the top ten wallets for geeks, including an RFID blocking wallet and a wallet made out of Tyvek designed to look like dot-matrix paper. Its an entertaining read that even includes a DIY illuminating wallet."

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  1. Well, nice, but... by struppi · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Duct-Tape-Wallet

  2. I prefer... by NecroPuppy · · Score: 5, Funny

    My black leather wallet. It pisses off all my vegan friends.

    A nice sort of vengence for them always serving me rabbit food.

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    1. Re:I prefer... by Don_dumb · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Just out of curiosity (off topic I know) - Do they really think that cattle would exist unharmed roaming the plains if we hadn't 'created' them over thousands of years of selective breeding? Do they really think that stone age man wore fur clothes because they were too cruel to grow cotton?

      I dont mind selective diets, but I am often amazed at many peoples reasons for doing so, so many people are so naive and uninformed as to the reasons livestock even exist.

      The old joke "If eating meat is cruel then why are animals made of meat?" is more insightful than some people realise.

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    2. Re:I prefer... by Qadesh · · Score: 3, Insightful

      It doesn't really matter if the particular animals we eat were "created" or exist naturally - they are still living beings. If you think it is cruel to eat them and use them in other ways it doesn't matter why they live in the first place. In fact perhaps it is more cruel to raise an animal simply to kill it.

    3. Re:I prefer... by Kesch · · Score: 4, Funny

      What if we were to create an animal that wants to be eaten? I think Douglas Adams had it right.

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    4. Re:I prefer... by Threni · · Score: 5, Insightful

      > Just out of curiosity (off topic I know) - Do they really think that cattle would exist unharmed
      > roaming the plains if we hadn't 'created' them over thousands of years of selective breeding?

      Americans used to breed slaves. Does using `created` slaves make it ok?

    5. Re:I prefer... by Zephyros · · Score: 3, Funny
      So the only humans worth eating would be vegetarians.

      ...you say that like it's a bad thing.

  3. This is a better geek wallet: by neomage86 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    http://www.gizmag.com/linktous/6247/

    Good timing on the article, btw. i'm looking into getting a new wallet now since my current leather one is starting to get torn up pretty badly.

  4. Bad Mother by kermit1221 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm of the opinion that thinkgeek should carry a wallet that says "Bad Mother Fscker"

  5. Re:Why do you open your wallet in the dark? by TrappedByMyself · · Score: 4, Funny

    condoms

    But hardly a feature one would expect in a geek wallet

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  6. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by skiflyer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sure, for your office key that makes sense... but what about your passport. Just leave it at home when you travel? And what if states start putting it in your drivers license?

    Or have you considered that if you take your office card with an RFID tag out to the local park for some coffee, an enterprising individual with a scanner could walk close, clone the card, then get in? Really... paranoid kinda stuff that is not a problem for 99% of us (including me), but it is not absurd either.

  7. Airport by lovebyte · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Good luck with your ipod carrying wallet or metal wallet when you go through airport security. You might end up carrying your passport in a transparent plastic bag.

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  8. They Missed This One... by aluminumcube · · Score: 3, Informative
    http://www.thejimi.com/wallet/demo.php

    I carry a Jimi and people ask me about it all the time.

  9. Lame by suv4x4 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dude this is not for a real geeks! Real geeks don't drool at matrix paper-like materials.

    I'm a geek.

    I want a wallet with built in clock, mp3 player, camera, radio and cellphone abilities. (screw iPod! I'm a friggin geek, I have neither OSX nor Windows, I use IRC on a command line and browse in a text browser!)

    I want it to store securely my passwords and info if I identify properly.

    Identification should be done on several levels:

    - iris detectiom fingerprint detection and dna-o-matic instant DNA analyzer.
    - voice detection, and voice recognition so it can understand my password

    If I don't identify properly, it should communicate my location to a sattelite in orbit and it should beam a deadly laser beam right at me.