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 ...
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.
Have sent this article to daughter and son in law who live with 3 caats and many computers.
every time i sneeze, my wife’s cat runs like hell.
Does it block out kitty porn?
Try, just try using you remote with a Great Dane in the room who’s trying to get your attention.
might work with a kitten....not a cat. Prolly get annoyed and damage something else on your desk in retaliation.
Warning: After enabling PawSense, avoid leaving a cup of coffee or a glass of wine or beer within striking distance of your keyboard.
Wow Chris is still keeping that up to date. And getting press. He made this software 15+ years ago.
Kittys LOVE to be on the computer!
No wonder my cats love the computer!
Back in the days of CRT monitors I could count on a furry divider bar across my screen.
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Kitty sez you've spent enough time at the computer.
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.
Before kitties were on computers you had Archy and Mehitchble .
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.
I, too, enjoyed A&M long ago. Wonderful stuff. I just figured folks might like a link to find out more.
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