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Sys-Admin Dispenses Passwords With a Banana (thenewstack.io)
An anonymous reader writes: A network administrator in Denmark is requiring users to perform a finger press on a banana to receive their Wi-Fi passwords. "The banana is mounted and in production," he posted Thursday, sharing two pictures. The banana uses a special new circuit board from Makey Makey to form a connection between the banana and a cheap Raspberry Pi computer with a screen attached, according to one technology site. They note that it could also detect finger presses on a doughnut, an apple, or even Jell-o, and offer this quote from the sys-admin about his motivations. "It's fun... It'll make people smile. It beats a static WPA password in funnyness." And most importantly, "When people leave our office, they can't access our WI-Fi because there's no banana to touch." This guy deserves some kind of award, come July 29th.
This invention moves the bananas into the same category as printer ink cartridges.
"My wifi doesn't work!" "Have you tried to replace your banana, sir?"
When I tried to do something similar, all I got was a sexual harassment lawsuit!
#DeleteChrome
Man 1: I bet you $10 I can get Rachael to touch my banana. ... 5 hours later
Man 2: You're on!
Man 2: I thought you meant... never mind. Here's your $10.
Ask users, "Orange you glad it's not another banana?"
Fruity banana
At the Copacabana
Attracted a fly
Demanding WiFi
"Hear my buzz roar
As iWatch dance floor."
"We won't be nice
To you and your lice,"
Said the bouncer so dour
Wielding a swatter with power.
Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
In Berlin, at the headquarters of "Sprockets," the sysadmin is using a monkey instead of a banana.
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