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U.S. Offers $50 Download

Posted by michael on 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!"

6 of 470 comments (clear)

  1. moneyfactory.com? by sdo1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why is our government allowed to use .com addresses? They're not a company, for-profit or otherwise. I know there are virtually no real restirctions on who can get .com, .org, etc., but isn't .gov for United States Government departments and agencies?

    -S

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    --- What parts of "shall make no law", "shall not be infringed", and "shall not be violated" don't you understand?
  2. Old printers by Control-Z · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why couldn't you just use an old printer?

  3. Picture on the bill... by MacGod · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Looking at the bill's picture, something occurred to me:

    You know what we haven't had for awhile? A President/Prime Minister with a beard? Maybe that's what's wrong with government these days! Everyone knows you can trust people with beards!

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    "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one " -Albert Einstein
  4. Fark by heir2chaos · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I suppose Fark's photoshop competition didn't get the news...

  5. Thought by Deliveranc3 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I thought there might be something wrong when printers cost $120 FOR A DECENT GOD DAMN PRINTER!

    To hide price hikes I guess they have been raising cartridge costs.

    Well I guess if they can spend $ to make a printer that DOESN'T PRINT maybe they could SPEND SOME MONEY ON ONE THAT FUCKING DOES.

    .rant over

  6. XX 2 times by Prince+Vegeta+SSJ4 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If uncle same taxes you $50 for social security for downloading pr0n, is that considered a DP? since you are screwed twice?