Since I do not have a cat, what you see in the title is my simulation of what it might look like if a cat lightly walked across my keyboard.And why would I try to do that? Excellent question!
Lucky for you, someone is worried about preventing feline interference with your computer. PawSense, the site boasts, will "catproof your computer" because it "quickly detects and blocks cat typing."
And: "If you carefully measure cat paws, you will find that practically all cat paws are significantly larger than a typical keyboard key. ... This forces keys and often key combinations down in a distinctive style of typing which includes unusual timing patterns. Cats' patterns of overall movement in walking or lying down also help make their typing more recognizable."
I wish I could go into all the ways I know love PawSense, but you'll just have to check out the site for yourself.
One nagging question: What happens if your cat knows how to work the mouse?
(And as for how I even found this site, I was looking for PAWS, the typing tutor software we all know and love from our childhood. Although now that I think about it, you might not want to try to use PAWS on a computer that has PawSense installed. I'm pretty sure that opens some kind of vortex to another dimension.)
3 comments:
did you play the two sounds they provided? a harmonica and hissing? neither of which will scare either of my cats...they are just too damn stubborn. it is a great idea...but would be a lot funnier if it sent a laser out to shock the cat or something...noises just don't really seem likely to stop a kitty from doing something!
UPDATE:
I tried the 'sounds that annoy cats' at home with my cats, and neither of them even twitched at either sound...I call shenanigans on preventing feline interference!
Obviously, you need to submit this information to the makers of PawSense so they can refine their product.
And did I forget to mention that I love the fact "human" is the exit word?
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