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PawSense Senses Your Cat At Work On Your Computer
HNGN ^ | 10-12-15 | Aditi Simlai Tiwari

Posted on 10/13/2015 6:40:19 AM PDT by smokingfrog

If you are one of the many long-suffering people who have gone for a coffee break and come back to a computer screen full of gibberish or a crashed system, PawSense is for you!

"PawSense is a software utility that helps protect your computer from cats. It quickly detects and blocks cat typing, and also helps train your cat to stay off the computer keyboard" is how BitBoost described the product.

Chris Niswander, a graduate in computer science from Arizona State University, is the creator of this path-breaking product. "One day, my sister's cat, Amos, walked across her computer keyboard and managed to uninstall some software, delete crucial files and crash the machine. I figured out that he'd triggered a series of keyboard shortcuts (ALT, CTRL, F1-F2) with his paws," recalled Niswander, according to Priceonomics.

So Niswander set to work to create something that could save computer systems from falling prey to cats.

To write software that could "detect" "cat-like typing," Niswander said he "made these cardboard cutouts of cat paws, then 'walked' them across my keyboard, pretending I was a cat."

(Excerpt) Read more at hngn.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Technical
KEYWORDS: cat; computers; kittyping; kittytyping
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To: Red Badger

That’s another problem.

There is a power strip in the entertainment center behind the TV that the cat will step on darn near every time she goes back there. You have to cover the on/off button or turn the power strip on its’ side so she can’t step on it.


21 posted on 10/13/2015 7:34:25 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

Have sent this article to daughter and son in law who live with 3 caats and many computers.


22 posted on 10/13/2015 7:35:52 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: smokingfrog

every time i sneeze, my wife’s cat runs like hell.


23 posted on 10/13/2015 8:04:15 AM PDT by my right
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To: smokingfrog

Does it block out kitty porn?


24 posted on 10/13/2015 8:06:31 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: gattaca

Try, just try using you remote with a Great Dane in the room who’s trying to get your attention.


25 posted on 10/13/2015 8:12:12 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: smokingfrog

might work with a kitten....not a cat. Prolly get annoyed and damage something else on your desk in retaliation.


26 posted on 10/13/2015 8:23:15 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: smokingfrog

27 posted on 10/13/2015 9:33:21 AM PDT by Myrddin
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To: smokingfrog

Warning: After enabling PawSense, avoid leaving a cup of coffee or a glass of wine or beer within striking distance of your keyboard.


28 posted on 10/13/2015 9:45:31 AM PDT by randita
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To: smokingfrog

Wow Chris is still keeping that up to date. And getting press. He made this software 15+ years ago.


29 posted on 10/13/2015 9:48:01 AM PDT by discostu (Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right B, A, Start)
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To: PROCON; Rodamala; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; ...

30 posted on 10/13/2015 10:12:30 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: smokingfrog

Kittys LOVE to be on the computer!


31 posted on 10/13/2015 10:14:49 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Slings and Arrows

No wonder my cats love the computer!


32 posted on 10/13/2015 10:18:13 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Red Badger; smokingfrog
An uninterruptable power supply might help.
33 posted on 10/13/2015 10:18:24 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: Biggirl

Back in the days of CRT monitors I could count on a furry divider bar across my screen.


34 posted on 10/13/2015 10:21:58 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: smokingfrog

Kitty sez you've spent enough time at the computer.

35 posted on 10/13/2015 11:09:53 AM PDT by uglybiker (nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
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To: smokingfrog

Mine messed up my computer one time. She did a real good job on it. She’s a fourteen pounder. : (

I have to close it when I’m not guarding it.


36 posted on 10/13/2015 3:22:33 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: Slings and Arrows

Before kitties were on computers you had Archy and Mehitchble .


37 posted on 10/13/2015 4:54:29 PM PDT by Gefn (Our next President needs a First Cat in the White House.)
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To: Gefn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archy_and_Mehitabel
38 posted on 10/13/2015 7:06:55 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored

Thanks. I didn’t goggle it before I posted, hence the spelling error.

When I was little my dad read some of the poems to me as bedtime reading. Highly recommended.


39 posted on 10/14/2015 1:35:41 AM PDT by Gefn (Our next President needs a First Cat in the White House.)
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To: Gefn
Oh, I didn't post the link to correct your typo :-)

I, too, enjoyed A&M long ago. Wonderful stuff. I just figured folks might like a link to find out more.

40 posted on 10/14/2015 9:27:21 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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