Elvie #063
Feb21
on February 21, 2020
at 3:23 pm
This strip first appeared in issue #223 of Linux (Pro) Magazine.
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↓ Transcript
[Panel 1: Elvie is sitting with a colleague. Both are using their laptops.]
Colleague: My new laptop's got a fingerprint reader built in, for security.
Elvie: I do the same trick, but with a cheap barcode scanner I picked up online.
[Elvie is holding the barcode scanner in her hand]
[Panel 2]
Colleague: And that's good enough to read your fingerprints?
Elvie: No -- but I've had a barcode tattooed onto my forearm instead.
Plus it's perfect for "dystopian future" cosplay…
Colleague: My new laptop's got a fingerprint reader built in, for security.
Elvie: I do the same trick, but with a cheap barcode scanner I picked up online.
[Elvie is holding the barcode scanner in her hand]
[Panel 2]
Colleague: And that's good enough to read your fingerprints?
Elvie: No -- but I've had a barcode tattooed onto my forearm instead.
Plus it's perfect for "dystopian future" cosplay…
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