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Finnish Guy Gets Prosthetic USB Finger Storage

Posted by samzenpus on from the I'd-still-choose-a-shotgun-leg dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Jerry had a motorcycle accident last May and lost a finger. When the doctor working on the artificial finger heard he is a hacker, the immediate suggestion was to embed a USB 'finger drive' to the design. Now he carries a Billix Linux distribution as part of his hand."

6 of 113 comments (clear)

  1. Re:how is this useful? by MBGMorden · · Score: 5, Funny

    Either that or I can imagine this guy plugged into his Linux box yelling "WHOA . . . I know kung-fu!".

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    "People who think they know everything are very annoying to those of us who do."-Mark Twain
  2. Bastard, showing his middle finger to everybody.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And yes, it does run Linux.
    And for the circular saw hobbyists: you can have a beowulf cluster of these...

  3. I got your files. by internerdj · · Score: 5, Funny

    Right here.

  4. Secure in their persons... by JayPee · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm curious about the 4th Amendment aspects of this.

    Since U.S. customs can pretty much search your laptop with impunity at the border, what about this thing since it's part of your "person".

  5. Re:how is this useful? by eln · · Score: 5, Funny

    he still would type with all of his fingers, right? so wouldn't sticking his finger in a usb slot make it that much harder to type?

    No worries, this guy strikes me as the type who's used to typing one-handed.

  6. Re:Cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    He can also boot linux while performing the shocker.