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Thinking about Google reminded me of when I visited their HQ a few months back. I was greeted with the magic NDA machine that seemed friendly and all, until I tried to sign my name digitally. The computer pen’s response was terribly off and translated any legible scribble of mine into a vaguely correlated scrawl. I wondered about the legalities of a digital signature when the result bears no resemblance to the original input. Complex.

seen   Apr 2, '07
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5 Responses to “Google Sign-In”


  1. Matthew  April 2, 2007

    It is interesting to think about the legality of electronic signatures. On my most recent license my signature looks nothing like how it would in reality. Yet, nevertheless, legally binding.


  2. mfelix  April 3, 2007

    Oh dear… Comic Sans on the Google welcome screen.


  3. maeda  April 3, 2007

    Ah. Designer in the house. Mfelix. Comic Sans is like kryptonite to creatives.


  4. ahmad al said  August 13, 2007

    i love google very much


  5. nitrofurano  July 10, 2008

    What a bad surprise seeing Google working with ms-Windows :-( , when i thaught they were 100% Linux… - maybe that’s why the pen’s response were so bad?

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