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Do Your $20 Bills Explode In the Microwave?
msaulters writes "After repeatedly setting off RFID scanners in a truck stop, the author discovered the culprit was a wad of $20's in his back pocket. In a paranoid attempt to keep the government from tracking him, he attempted to fry the embedded chips in his microwave, with interesting results." Alex Jones has interesting theories about a number of things, but evidently a lot of readers were interested in this one.
Changing a $20 to be a 200 dollar bill is just stupid.)
Being two dollar bills were silver notes, I would say that you'd probally have better luck passing off 200 bills.
--- Justin Dearing http://www.justaprogrammer.net/ We're just programmers.
According to CNN.com in a story dated June 12, 2003 - "Moneymakers in Washington are contemplating printing a new series of the $2 bill, which is by far the least-used small note in circulation. The last time the notes were issued was in 1996 (it bears a 1995 series stamp), when about 164 million were made."
The US Dept. of Treasury confirms that the $2 bill does indeed exist.
Funny how so many of the tech savvy alphageeks on slashdot don't have basic researching skills to find out facts on their but rather follow others like sheep and just assume what the other guy is saying is true
Not flaming, but if that is true, America has gone to hell. It is illegal to have money? I guess I had better quit my job!
Perhaps it is more like, the police can seize, and use it to buy beer!
Sounds like a great idea. After the guy calls the cops, the police can go chasing after your car in a low-speed highway chase, pull you over, handcuff you, and strip search you and your car to a) look for whatever you stole, and b) as a deterrent to *wasting their fucking time*. And I guarantee you that in just about any court in this country, setting off the "inventory management" alert is probable cause to assume shoplifting is taking place, so don't go talking about violations of your 4th Amendment rights.