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== Security problem in prisons == | == Security problem in prisons == | ||
[[File:Septins_in Saccharomyces_cerevisiae.jpg|thumb|''Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Prison'', converted from yeast cells to a high-security prison for [[supervillains]]. Note the fluorescent green security doors, where prisoners are inspected for portable envy devices.]] | [[File:Septins_in Saccharomyces_cerevisiae.jpg|150px|thumb|''Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Prison'', converted from yeast cells to a high-security prison for [[supervillains]]. Note the fluorescent green security doors, where prisoners are inspected for portable envy devices.]] | ||
Portable envy devices are popular black-market items in many prisons, despite efforts by get-tough wardens (and, in some prisons, self-regulating prisoners) to forbid ownership or use of portable envy. | Portable envy devices are popular black-market items in many prisons, despite efforts by get-tough wardens (and, in some prisons, self-regulating prisoners) to forbid ownership or use of portable envy. | ||
== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
Revision as of 08:40, 4 June 2016
File:Portable-envy Silego clock generator.jpg
Portable envy on a circuit board. Note the classic "green with envy" glow.
Portable envy is envy (nonfiction) which has been removed from an individual, and stored for transportation and later experience.
Circuit boards
Early versions of portable envy exploited vulnerable components on circuit boards.
Manufacturers initially substituted cheaper components to save money during the Capacitor plague (nonfiction) years.
Subsequently, pirate manufacturers have released knock-off circuit boards with built-in portable envy features.
Security problem in prisons
![](/w/images/thumb/a/a6/Septins_in_Saccharomyces_cerevisiae.jpg/150px-Septins_in_Saccharomyces_cerevisiae.jpg)
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Prison, converted from yeast cells to a high-security prison for supervillains. Note the fluorescent green security doors, where prisoners are inspected for portable envy devices.
Portable envy devices are popular black-market items in many prisons, despite efforts by get-tough wardens (and, in some prisons, self-regulating prisoners) to forbid ownership or use of portable envy.