Its not an urban legend but its not always true either.
I "know" of someone who would test out copiers just to see if they could. They never did the backsides hoping to show they weren't really trying to counterfeit if they got caught.
Some machines do copy just black. If you cover up most of the bill the rest of the bill copies fine. This has been going on for years but I only know of it working on color copiers.
Using your example, does that mean the makers of Planet of the Apes had a good case to sue Mel Brooks?
With your logic, this is the case.
The obvious point of the comic was that American McGee was taking children's stories and making them dark violent and sexual and wouldn't it be funny if they did Strawberry ShortcakeTM. (I can't afford to be sued either.)
It's parody and it clearly is a parody of both.
No one would ever believe that Strawberry ShortcakeTM would be used in that manner.
The thing is that unless Gabe and Tycho post the cartoon back up. It's all pretty much over.
WASHINGTON, DC--Flanked by key members of Congress and his administration, President Bush approved Monday a streamlined version of the Bill of Rights that pares its 10 original amendments down to a "tight, no-nonsense" six.
A Republican initiative that went unopposed by congressional Democrats, the revised Bill of Rights provides citizens with a "more manageable" set of privacy and due-process rights by eliminating four amendments and condensing and/or restructuring five others. The Second Amendment, which protects the right to keep and bear arms, was the only article left unchanged.
Calling the historic reduction "a victory for America," Bush promised that the new document would do away with "bureaucratic impediments to the flourishing of democracy at home and abroad."
"It is high time we reaffirmed our commitment to this enduring symbol of American ideals," Bush said. "By making the Bill of Rights a tool for progress instead of a hindrance to freedom, we honor the true spirit of our nation's forefathers."
The Fourth Amendment, which long protected citizens' homes against unreasonable search and seizure, was among the eliminated amendments. Also stricken was the Ninth Amendment, which stated that the enumeration of certain Constitutional rights does not result in the abrogation of rights not mentioned.
"Quite honestly, I could never get my head around what the Ninth Amendment meant anyway," said outgoing House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX), one of the leading advocates of the revised Bill of Rights. "So goodbye to that one."
Amendments V through VII, which guaranteed the right to legal counsel in criminal cases, and guarded against double jeopardy, testifying against oneself, biased juries, and drawn-out trials, have been condensed into Super-Amendment V: The One About Trials.
Attorney General John Ashcroft hailed the slimmed-down Bill of Rights as "a positive step."
"Go up to the average citizen and ask them what's in the Bill of Rights," Ashcroft said. "Chances are, they'll have only a vague notion. They just know it's a set of rules put in place to protect their individual freedoms from government intrusion, and they assume that's a good thing."
Ashcroft responded sharply to critics who charge that the Bill of Rights no longer safeguards certain basic, inalienable rights.
"We're not taking away personal rights; we're increasing personal security," Ashcroft said. "By allowing for greater government control over the particulars of individual liberties, the Bill of Rights will now offer expanded personal freedoms whenever they are deemed appropriate and unobtrusive to the activities necessary to effective operation of the federal government."
Ashcroft added that, thanks to several key additions, the Bill of Rights now offers protections that were previously lacking, including the right to be protected by soldiers quartered in one's home (Amendment III), the guarantee that activities not specifically delegated to the states and people will be carried out by the federal government (Amendment VI), and freedom of Judeo-Christianity and non-combative speech (Amendment I).
According to U.S. Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID), the original Bill of Rights, though well-intentioned, was "seriously outdated."
"The United States is a different place than it was back in 1791," Craig said. "As visionary as they were, the framers of the Constitution never could have foreseen, for example, that our government would one day need to jail someone indefinitely without judicial review. There was no such thing as suspicious Middle Eastern immigrants back then."
Ashcroft noted that recent FBI efforts to conduct investigations into "unusual activities" were severely hampered by the old Fourth Amendment.
"The Bill of Rights was written more than 200 years ago, long before anyone could even fathom the existence of wiretapping technology or surveillance cameras," Ashcroft said. "Yet through a bizarre fluke, it was still somehow worded in such a way as to restrict use of these devices. Clearly, it had to go before it could do more serious damage in the future."
The president agreed.
"Any machine, no matter how well-built, periodically needs a tune-up to keep it in good working order," Bush said. "Now that we have the bugs worked out of the ol' Constitution, she'll be purring like a kitten when Congress reconvenes in January--just in time to work on a new round of counterterrorism legislation."
"Ten was just too much of a handful," Bush added. "Six civil liberties are more than enough."
"You might feel listless, bored, depressed, or any number of things, but these are not physical symptoms."
I think you may want to ask a doctor about this. You obviously don't know what your talking about.
This sounds a lot like you're talking about someone you're dating.
"Walking away... at that point would be difficult, because then it would feel like all those hours (or weeks, months, years) were wasted."
I know several people who have stayed in doomed relationships for this very reason.
I have 19GB of MP3's on my laptop at the moment and not one of them was downloaded nor has even one of them been uploaded. I ripped them all my self for my personal use.
Just because you do something you think is wrong it doesn't mean everyone else is doing it.
That's what I think also.
I wish that all of the other boy bands were viciously killed seconds after they were on screen.
I would love to see a whole battle where it nothing but shitty ass boy bands being mutilated and destroyed.
I caught a 12:01 AM show last night and I could hear this woman very upset that Gandalf died.
I also heard this other guy complain that there was no ending.
Apparently alot of people live under rocks.
Slashdot Mirror
I didn't notice anyone else comment on this.
President Peter Bitar (I'm sure pronounced Biter).
If everything else didn't already clue you in.
I had an argument with a friend about this a while ago and each state has their own rules. Some say you can pass on the right.
I would love to drive around in a GTA world that's actually in my home town Louisville, KY.
I could drive into Churchhill Downs, Go by the Louisville Slugger museum and try to blow up the giant bat.
Drive up to my own house and run into my local bar with out the worries of going to jail for the killings.
Great stress reliever.
I'm there also. You are currently using 4 MB (0%) of your 1000000 MB. at 10:10 AM EST
Its not an urban legend but its not always true either. I "know" of someone who would test out copiers just to see if they could. They never did the backsides hoping to show they weren't really trying to counterfeit if they got caught. Some machines do copy just black. If you cover up most of the bill the rest of the bill copies fine. This has been going on for years but I only know of it working on color copiers.
I'm surprised she survived being posted on www.fark.com. They call it getting farked instead of slashdotted.
I used to manage a movie theatre and on occasion when I was locking up and no one was there I'd shout "fire" a couple of times.
I'm such the rebel.
Please don't tell on me.
What's more American than our national pastime?
Try to name a company more associated with baseball than Louisville Slugger.
http://www.sluggermuseum.org
With your logic, this is the case.
The obvious point of the comic was that American McGee was taking children's stories and making them dark violent and sexual and wouldn't it be funny if they did Strawberry ShortcakeTM. (I can't afford to be sued either.)
It's parody and it clearly is a parody of both.
No one would ever believe that Strawberry ShortcakeTM would be used in that manner.
The thing is that unless Gabe and Tycho post the cartoon back up. It's all pretty much over.
WASHINGTON, DC--Flanked by key members of Congress and his administration, President Bush approved Monday a streamlined version of the Bill of Rights that pares its 10 original amendments down to a "tight, no-nonsense" six.
A Republican initiative that went unopposed by congressional Democrats, the revised Bill of Rights provides citizens with a "more manageable" set of privacy and due-process rights by eliminating four amendments and condensing and/or restructuring five others. The Second Amendment, which protects the right to keep and bear arms, was the only article left unchanged.
Calling the historic reduction "a victory for America," Bush promised that the new document would do away with "bureaucratic impediments to the flourishing of democracy at home and abroad."
"It is high time we reaffirmed our commitment to this enduring symbol of American ideals," Bush said. "By making the Bill of Rights a tool for progress instead of a hindrance to freedom, we honor the true spirit of our nation's forefathers."
The Fourth Amendment, which long protected citizens' homes against unreasonable search and seizure, was among the eliminated amendments. Also stricken was the Ninth Amendment, which stated that the enumeration of certain Constitutional rights does not result in the abrogation of rights not mentioned.
"Quite honestly, I could never get my head around what the Ninth Amendment meant anyway," said outgoing House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX), one of the leading advocates of the revised Bill of Rights. "So goodbye to that one."
Amendments V through VII, which guaranteed the right to legal counsel in criminal cases, and guarded against double jeopardy, testifying against oneself, biased juries, and drawn-out trials, have been condensed into Super-Amendment V: The One About Trials.
Attorney General John Ashcroft hailed the slimmed-down Bill of Rights as "a positive step."
"Go up to the average citizen and ask them what's in the Bill of Rights," Ashcroft said. "Chances are, they'll have only a vague notion. They just know it's a set of rules put in place to protect their individual freedoms from government intrusion, and they assume that's a good thing."
Ashcroft responded sharply to critics who charge that the Bill of Rights no longer safeguards certain basic, inalienable rights.
"We're not taking away personal rights; we're increasing personal security," Ashcroft said. "By allowing for greater government control over the particulars of individual liberties, the Bill of Rights will now offer expanded personal freedoms whenever they are deemed appropriate and unobtrusive to the activities necessary to effective operation of the federal government."
Ashcroft added that, thanks to several key additions, the Bill of Rights now offers protections that were previously lacking, including the right to be protected by soldiers quartered in one's home (Amendment III), the guarantee that activities not specifically delegated to the states and people will be carried out by the federal government (Amendment VI), and freedom of Judeo-Christianity and non-combative speech (Amendment I).
According to U.S. Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID), the original Bill of Rights, though well-intentioned, was "seriously outdated."
"The United States is a different place than it was back in 1791," Craig said. "As visionary as they were, the framers of the Constitution never could have foreseen, for example, that our government would one day need to jail someone indefinitely without judicial review. There was no such thing as suspicious Middle Eastern immigrants back then."
Ashcroft noted that recent FBI efforts to conduct investigations into "unusual activities" were severely hampered by the old Fourth Amendment.
"The Bill of Rights was written more than 200 years ago, long before anyone could even fathom the existence of wiretapping technology or surveillance cameras," Ashcroft said. "Yet through a bizarre fluke, it was still somehow worded in such a way as to restrict use of these devices. Clearly, it had to go before it could do more serious damage in the future."
The president agreed.
"Any machine, no matter how well-built, periodically needs a tune-up to keep it in good working order," Bush said. "Now that we have the bugs worked out of the ol' Constitution, she'll be purring like a kitten when Congress reconvenes in January--just in time to work on a new round of counterterrorism legislation."
"Ten was just too much of a handful," Bush added. "Six civil liberties are more than enough."
The Onion | 12/18/2002
"You might feel listless, bored, depressed, or any number of things, but these are not physical symptoms." I think you may want to ask a doctor about this. You obviously don't know what your talking about.
This sounds a lot like you're talking about someone you're dating. "Walking away ... at that point would be difficult, because then it would feel like all those hours (or weeks, months, years) were wasted."
I know several people who have stayed in doomed relationships for this very reason.
I have 19GB of MP3's on my laptop at the moment and not one of them was downloaded nor has even one of them been uploaded. I ripped them all my self for my personal use. Just because you do something you think is wrong it doesn't mean everyone else is doing it.
That's what I think also. I wish that all of the other boy bands were viciously killed seconds after they were on screen. I would love to see a whole battle where it nothing but shitty ass boy bands being mutilated and destroyed.
I caught a 12:01 AM show last night and I could hear this woman very upset that Gandalf died. I also heard this other guy complain that there was no ending. Apparently alot of people live under rocks.