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Harnessing Subatomic Effects for Product Authentication

Posted by timothy on from the how-about-a-laundry-pen dept.

Anon writes: "Israeli company Microtag claims to have come up with a way to avoid counterfits, and they mean everything from CDs to clothes to cash to vegetable seeds. Mix several micrograms of their 'magic powder' - which is engineered with a unique identification using the matter's spin - into your product - and later you can verify its authenticity with a relatively low-cost reader. Although their presumption is that no-one else will be able to create this 'magic powder' (which is probably only a matter of time and enough money), an Israeli article claims that Motorola and even the Bank of England are interested in the technology."

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  1. Karma Suicide!!! by jeffy124 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    After 600+ posts and 20 articles, my karma has been peaked at 50 for what seems like forever now. My new campaign: Karma Suicide!! Every post from now until my karma's back at zero will be this short crapflood posted with my +1 bonus. So moderators: Do your worst! Mod me troll/flame/OT/Overrated/Whatever to get my karma back to where it began. Do this ASAP! And as for the rest of you, commit karma suicide today!

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    The One Rule Of Chess You'll Ever Need: Don't play someone who carries a kit in their bookbag.
  2. Re:Mod him up for humor. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Won't work. Modding up won't raise his karma (if he's really at the cap, and this isn't reverse psychology). Then the dickless dweebs will come in and mod it down after discussion has died down a little, making those who modded him up just as Kevorkian-like as those who later mod him down.

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  3. Never Be Rude to an Arab by GoatTroll · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Propz to Monty Python!!

    Never be rude to an Arab,
    An Isreali, or Saudi, or Jew.
    Never be rude to an Irishman,
    No matter what you do.

    Never poke fun at a Nigger,
    A Spic, or a Wop, or Kraut.
    And never poke fun at at...

    *KABOOM*