U.S. Offers $50 Download

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Posted by michael on Friday October 1, 2004 @05:10AM from the don't-copy-that-fifty dept.

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!"

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Security Measures... by ackthpt · 2004-10-01 05:11 · Score: 5, Funny

due to mostly-secret anti-counterfeiting measures built-in.
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.

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1. Re:Security Measures... by rgmoore · 2004-10-01 05:54 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Don't you know anything? You have to make your own tinfoil hat. The commercial tinfoil hat makers have been suborned to make theirs defective. Commercial models act as antennas for, rather than deflectors of, the CIA's mind control beams. Trust no one!
  
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2. Re:Security Measures... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-01 06:55 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  You forgot to post anonymously. Enjoy your ride in the black helicopter.
3. Re:Security Measures... by chrish · 2004-10-01 07:04 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Inflation.
  
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Damn by BgJonson79 · 2004-10-01 05:13 · Score: 5, Funny

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.

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1. Re:Damn by mrn121 · 2004-10-01 05:15 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  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.
  See, and I thought that it meant that the government was gonna CHARGE me $50 for downloads. If it was pr0n, I would be screwed for life.
2. Re:Damn by chill · 2004-10-01 05:19 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  If you were screwed for life, you wouldn't need the pr0n!
  
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Obligatory Simpsons by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-01 05:19 · Score: 5, Funny

Our money is so gay!
-Brazilian kidnappers.
Taking RFID to a new level? by thedillybar · 2004-10-01 05:20 · Score: 5, Funny

Photoshop'd image here.
Laugh. It's funny.
Almost as secure as Canadian money by asoap · 2004-10-01 05:33 · Score: 5, Funny

Finally the U.S. money is now using 8 year old Canadian technology.

What are they going to do next? Put kids playing baseball on the five dollar bill???

-Derek

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Re:moneyfactory.com? by AKnightCowboy · 2004-10-01 05:34 · Score: 5, Funny

Why is our government allowed to use .com addresses?
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*
Reminds me of a story... by Doesn't_Comment_Code · 2004-10-01 05:55 · Score: 5, Funny

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.

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Re:moneyfactory.com? by Pig+Hogger · 2004-10-01 05:55 · Score: 5, Funny

Why is our government allowed to use .com addresses? They're not a company, for-profit or otherwise.
Not for profit? Shit, they make ***ALL*** the money that's in the U.S.!!!!