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U.S. Offers $50 Download
chill writes "CNN is reporting that the U.S. Government is offering low-quality images of its new $50 bill for artists, students and others who discover that their computers, scanners or printers won't allow them to view or copy pictures of the new currency, due to mostly-secret anti-counterfeiting measures built-in. This anti-copying technology has been discussed on Slashdot before. Now to go and test my new Epson scanner and printer to see if they're affected!"
There is, of course, a problem with this. The guy I bulk order my Tin Foil Hats from won't accept them. Maybe this guy will take them.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
I mis-read the title. I thought Uncle Sam was going to give me $50 for downloading stuff. If it was pr0n, I'd be set for life.
There are four boxes used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo. Use in that order.
Are they open-sourcing the $50 bill? Can we fork it?
Simpy
Crap, I thought they had pirated software on their website... :-(
You forgot Poland!!
KARMA TAG! You're it.
Our money is so gay!
-Brazilian kidnappers.
Laugh. It's funny.
We are just a step away from Monopoly Money becoming the the Official US Currency.
Almost as many as the number of stupid 7-11 etc clerks that will except the copies.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
What are they going to do next? Put kids playing baseball on the five dollar bill???
-Derek
Treat me like a marketing stat, and I'll treat your movie like a series of ones and zeros
Because .com is what web sites are. I mean, you've never heard of http://something.org have you? Sheesh. Web sites are in .com. *rolls eyes*
You're totally right! The point of currency is to be pretty, and not to establish a safe and trusted means of commerce.
George W. Bush is on the fake $200 bill, which was passed around as recently as last month.
For more information, click here.
I was SHARING the $50, SHARING, I'm not a thief!!!
how long until
"Uhh, sure it's a real bill, look, it has a picture of President Ulysses S. Specimen on it!"
Holy shit, we're slashdotting the US Treasury! We've come a long way from Fort Knox to "MoneyFactory".com. Spend these $50s, fake or not, while they're still worth something!
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make install -not war
they aren't exactly new, but in the race to make the worlds ugliest currency- I think Australia is winning by far.
The harder it is to counterfeit, the better. I don't care what it looks like as long as I can purchase a proper case of beer before the game on Sunday.
"All great wisdom is contained in .signature files"
Dead people usually ARE quiet specimens. If they aren't, it's a pretty good indication that there's something wrong.
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"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
One man decided to counterfeit some money on his computer, so he printed off some high quality images of $20 bills. They looked good, but the new $20's have a hologram on them. So he got a roll of twenty dollar bills and cut out the holograms to past onto his counterfeits.
There you have it... All this anti-counterfeiting technology is working.
p.s. To my knowledge, this story is true.
Slashdot Syndrome: the sudden, extreme urge to correct someone in order to validate one's self.
Have you ever noticed how hard it is to find actual tin foil in the store? Do you realize that most people have been conditioned to think of aluminum foil as equivalent to real tin foil, despite the fact that aluminum is practically transparent to mind control rays?
It isn't a coincidence, my friend. Alcoa is under Their control too...
Anti-Copy Technology.
Doesn't that just make you want to try?
mefus
In Open Society, GPL Software frees YOU!