• Kickstarter Nonstarters: Password Protected $5 Cable
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[video=youtube;xcIwCbvmxsU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcIwCbvmxsU[/video]
Wow, this will put an end to those pesky cable thieves. Bunch of jerks. They should just send you what's in the video thumbnail, so you'll have a breadboard and Arduino hanging off.
just for reference, the price of one of these gets you [URL="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B015XPQ5KK"]10 [B]good[/B] microusb cables[/URL]
[QUOTE=Lolkork;51750212]I assume that there are companies that put any gimmick they can think of on kickstarter.[/QUOTE] Yup. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd7DSewwWpQ[/media]
dahir insaat does it again
what keeps the thief from just splicing the cable, removing the password bit out? :v:
[QUOTE=surfur;51750459]what keeps the thief from just splicing the cable, removing the password bit out? :v:[/QUOTE] I think there's a chip in the usb bit as well so that wouldn't work.
[QUOTE=Xieneus;51750384]dahir insaat does it again[/QUOTE] Is there anyway to see those videos slowbeef did with TieTuesday on dahir insaat? They got pulled off of YouTube. Those were gold.
[QUOTE=Toats MaGoats;51750933]Is there anyway to see those videos slowbeef did with TieTuesday on dahir insaat? They got pulled off of YouTube. Those were gold.[/QUOTE] They were struck with copyright claims but a lovely soul downloaded all of them and [URL="https://www.reddit.com/r/retsupurae/comments/5g3s4w/dahir_insaat_mirrors_got_copyright_stricken/"]put them on his Google Drive. [/URL]
[QUOTE=surfur;51750459]what keeps the thief from just splicing the cable, removing the password bit out? :v:[/QUOTE] What's to stop the thief from buying a .50c usb cable
[QUOTE=surfur;51750459]what keeps the thief from just splicing the cable, removing the password bit out? :v:[/QUOTE] If I was the kind of person to steal a fucking USB cable, I'd steal that one out of spite.
[QUOTE=Zorlok;51750220]Yup. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd7DSewwWpQ[/media][/QUOTE] [t]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/44sXRB_KHwE/maxresdefault.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=Zorlok;51750171]Wow, this will put an end to those pesky cable stealing whores. Bunch of jerks. They should just send you what's in the video thumbnail, so you'll have a breadboard and Arduino hanging off.[/QUOTE] Fixed
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