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Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: Grey Wolf on April 30, 2004, 05:53:19 pm

(http://www.victorinox.com/newsite/images/news/swiss_flame_gross.jpg)
(http://www.victorinox.com/newsite/images/news/0_6026_t.jpg)
Discuss.

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: Ghostavo on April 30, 2004, 05:55:55 pm

I'll buy one!! :nervous:

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: Fineus on April 30, 2004, 05:57:33 pm

Certainly very handy.. though I'm not sure what purpose the USB serves...

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: Grey Wolf on April 30, 2004, 06:00:02 pm

64MB storage.

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: Fineus on April 30, 2004, 06:02:10 pm

...coo...

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: redsniper on April 30, 2004, 06:02:24 pm

make it 128 and I'll take it

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: Corsair on April 30, 2004, 06:04:59 pm

That's pretty cool...especially the USB part. I'd definitely go for it if it had a bigger blade.

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: übermetroid on April 30, 2004, 06:08:48 pm

The USB part should just come out of the knife, the data would be better protected that way I think...

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: diamondgeezer on April 30, 2004, 06:25:48 pm

Is that a lighter on t'other?

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: Grey Wolf on April 30, 2004, 06:28:08 pm

Yes, the first is a lighter.

Think the USB part comes out of the second one.

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on April 30, 2004, 06:29:33 pm

At last, Swiss Army knives with tools that you might actually use.

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: diamondgeezer on April 30, 2004, 06:36:43 pm

I use the nail scissors on mine to trim my nose hair :nod:

I reckon the lighter might do the job quicker, mind

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: mikhael on April 30, 2004, 06:56:38 pm

The Swissbit ones are pretty groovy. I had a 256mb encrypted USB2.0 memory key for a while. You'd be surprised what a paranoid geek can do with one of those. Its shocking how much you can stuff into 256mb. :D

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: StratComm on April 30, 2004, 07:07:20 pm

I see precisely one problem with this: the things you tend to do with a knife tend to be things that you would not want to get an electronic interconnection point anywhere near.  Water, oils, etc tend to screw those things up pretty royally.  Be neat though for people who use it to open mail.

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: mikhael on April 30, 2004, 07:21:47 pm

Oh, I think you'd be surprised, Strat. Those USB keys are pretty tough. There's no moving parts, and you can get them wet, so long as you dry them out before plugging them in. Usually there's a waterproof cap on the terminal too.

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: kasperl on May 01, 2004, 07:53:31 am

i remember a 419 story with someone trying to swallow a USB key trying to erase the evidence on it.

he couldn't swallow it because it was too big, but he chewed it very badly, and it still worked fine.

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: vyper on May 01, 2004, 08:06:32 am

Looks like summat they'd have in Alias.

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: pyro-manic on May 01, 2004, 01:44:29 pm

Might be getting one of those.....

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: Nico on May 01, 2004, 02:57:09 pm

If it doesn't have an integrated blow doll, it sux :p

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: WMCoolmon on May 01, 2004, 04:20:10 pm

Quote

Originally posted by kasperl
i remember a 419 story with someone trying to swallow a USB key trying to erase the evidence on it.

he couldn't swallow it because it was too big, but he chewed it very badly, and it still worked fine.

What, he didn't think of using a magnet, hammer, or a couple of wires to wreck it?

I find it disturbing that there's only four other tools on that one, none of them screwdrivers. Otherwise they'd have computer geeks buying them like a crack addict buys drugs. :D

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: ZylonBane on May 02, 2004, 03:56:02 pm

(http://www.lizmichael.com/swissgun.jpg)

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: Corsair on May 02, 2004, 05:13:06 pm

Now THAT is freaking cool. But why the fork and spoon?

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: Ghostavo on May 02, 2004, 05:14:26 pm

To eat :D

Now that would be something to see.

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: Rictor on May 02, 2004, 05:15:15 pm

To eat the remains of his fallen enemies...duh

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: Knight Templar on May 02, 2004, 05:39:13 pm

I want a tazer option before I'm sold on the idea.

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: Taristin on May 02, 2004, 05:42:47 pm

What does the hood-ornament do?

Title: Rather interesting Swiss Army Knives
Post by: Knight Templar on May 02, 2004, 05:55:34 pm

Bling-blings up your life.