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UK Issues High-tech Stamps

Posted by michael on from the stick-to-the-topic dept.

bgood writes: "According to this story on Excite@Home, the UK's Royal Mail has released a series of "interactive" stamps. Included in the series: A scratch-and-sniff stamp, a stamp with a hologram, and another that shows an electrically-charged particle when warmed by finger heat. The stamps commemorate 100 years of the Nobel Prize and Britain's achievements. The Royal Mail describes the stamps here."

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  1. who makes them? by the_2nd_coming · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ok so what did they do, out source this to a sticker maker?

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  2. Scrach N' Sniff Post! by ackthpt · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Sure, hey, try it out!


    [SCRATCH HERE] for the smell of glass (plastic if using an LCD monitor)


    And you can [SCRATCH HERE] for the smell of finger oil.


    Lastly, if you really, really [SCRATCH HERE] hard enough you can smell blood!

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  3. How about a different tact.. by A_Non_Moose · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Those that forget history are condemned to repeat it:

    Abraham Lincoln, on his deathbed no less, warned us against corporations having anything to do with government. If I recall correctly he is one to have mentioned the phrase "unseen hands".
    These "unseen hands" are busy doing "much seen damage" to US citizens and the world as well.

    The Boston Tea party (eventually leading to the Revolutionary War) was caused by *CORPORATIONS* exerting excessive control over the colonies *WITH* "government/dictatorial" power and concent.

    I don't know how I can spell out these parallels any clearer. With all the "Going Forward" and "looking tword the future" and other assorted buzzword/market speak *we or more specifically **lawmakers** * are forgetting the past and the history of what makes this country great.

    In my cynicism, the term "expert" means to me someone who is never consulted on an important decision until it is too late and FUBAR.
    This seems to be the case with the DMCA and now the SSSCA.

    I hate to be the first one to say it, but history is repeating itself, and I wonder how long until the next "revolution" of sorts, or blatent *lawbreaking/violent/civil disobedience* protest comes about. Sept. 11 stirred the hornets, but where will then anger go if bin Laden is not found, but the *violations* of our rights continues so we are no better off than those we are pursuing?

    Points to ponder, I assure you, think about it.

    "...and I think we've seen that movie too.." GnR.

    My question is this:
    The pressure is building, we are pissing off other great nations at a rate >= the # of allies.
    How do we keep ourselves free from "digital slavery" w/o handing over the keys to the first of our enemies that figures out our future "hardware backdoors"? What does the SSSCA accoplish in the first place? The DMCA As well!

    Simple question: What *GOOD* have these laws done for the *American People*?!

    I've asked the question nobody has asked, what is the answer?

    Moose.

    The needs of the many outweight the needs of the few, or the one. The public domain is almost empty, folks. Microsoft's future motto will soon be "All your IP/Prior Art are belong to us".

    and

    The DMCA, not deCSS, is a "Digita Crowbar" that is bludgeoning the rights of the Americans with stunning speed wielded by "unseen hands".

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