Comments on: Butt biometrics

By: Ant

Ant — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:42:00 +0000

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By: V

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:55:00 +0000

all i can think of is the miscellaneous body-part scanner in Monsters vs Aliens

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SfqWGmRffM

By: quickbrownfox

quickbrownfox — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:34:00 +0000

I get that it was an attempt at word play; I just think the attempt was unsuccessful because David seemed to think that laurels meant ass. Apologies if I misunderstood. The joke didn’t make much sense to me otherwise.

By: history

history — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:20:00 +0000

Will that be in widescreen?

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:39:00 +0000

While you’re doing language research, you might want to check out ‘word play’ and ‘figure of speech’.

By: quickbrownfox

quickbrownfox — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:32:00 +0000

Your summary suggests that you think “laurels” means buttocks. It doesn’t. Wreaths made from the leaves of laurel trees were once awarded to athletes. To “rest on one’s laurels” thus means “to stop competing and bask in the glow of past successes.” See Bryan A. Garner, Garner’s Modern American Usage 714 (Oxford 2009).

By: Jonathan Overturf

Jonathan Overturf — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:23:00 +0000

Have numbers 3, 5, 7, and 10 washed and brought to me. I will be in my bunk.

By: Snig

Snig — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:47:00 +0000

Christ, what are the coordinates for an asshole?

By: kP

kP — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:28:00 +0000

Just wait for the American version

By: kP

kP — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:54:00 +0000

Worst. Game. of Battleship. Ever.

By: semiotix

semiotix — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:45:00 +0000

I don’t think we’ve even scratched the surface of biometrics.

“Researchers at the Institute for Advanced Kinesiology have unveiled a new technology that identifies individuals based on distinctive patterns in their sensual massage techniques. As little as thirty seconds of erotic, enticing massage performed on a sensor-loaded mannequin provides enough data for a 99.4%-certain match, they reported. Even if the subject attempts to alter his or her pleasure-stroking to fool the computer, the sophisticated 68-part sensuality matrix is robust enough to correct for the deception.”

By: aynrandspenismighty

aynrandspenismighty — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:39:00 +0000

I like these, I cannot lie.

By: awjt

awjt — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:20:00 +0000

East Germany did this in meatspace with jars of ass scent captured in a cloth sat on by nervous people they interrogated. Watch “The Lives of Others.”

By: Zacqary Adam Green

Zacqary Adam Green — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:14:00 +0000

“The recognition tends to be compromised by different clothes,”

Well, it’s not like we don’t have to take off our pants for security already.