Adobe CS (Counterfeit Stopper) is an inexpensive and reliable screening device for counterfeit bills. Adobe CS is perfect for any cash business!
To use, start Adobe CS by taking off the cap. Then simply mark a small line on U.S. currency. If the mark is amber, the bill is genuine. If the mark is dark, the bill is suspect. To maintain the effectiveness of Adobe CS, replace cap immediately after each use.
Please note: If you are using Adobe CS to check your counterfeit bills for accuracy, please replace the cap and turn yourself in to your local Secret Service office.
At 4.95, Adobe CS won't last long! Special bulk discounts are available on large purchases of Adobe CS!
(Note: I posted most of this in the last PS story.)
Concerning the money check - Any checking is annoying and unacceptable as it assumes you are a criminal. Counterfeiters will *absoulutely* be able to get around this.(Done!) Photoshop 7 doesn't check for this AFAIK, and that will run on a G5. All Adobe has done is inconvience users, assume that they are all criminals, hurt the performance of their product, and taken it upon themseves to police what their customers scan.
Taken to extremes, will Adobe build in Child Pornography checking? Or scan your hard drives for incriminating pictures or files? Where does it end? And why is something I buy for editing images checking and deciding what I can do with the files I create?
At least, this could open Adobe up to legal problems - if their checks fail and someone is 'allowed' to do what should have been 'prevented'.
All in all, it sucks. If I wanted a counterfeit currency checker, I'd buy a 4.95 felt tip pen.
Ok, so that's probably not going to work. I'm guessing that most people are going to refer you to eBay, which is probably your best bet.
I know there is quite a bit of Apple stuff out there on 3rd party sites, but I assume you have a PC.
Some other ideas: If you can reassemble the part, try making a mold and making a new epoxy part.
I broke a key on my beloved Casio Sk-1 Sampler, and made a whole new key out of rosewood, plastic (hinge) and a pen spring.
Call it a day and use it as a headless router/firewall/server.
Sell it on eBay and use the proceeds to get something else.
Not great options, but assuming that the problem is inabillity to find the part in question - either make a new one, keep looking for a used one, or pass it on to someone else.
I think you're missing the point. Who cares what your 'medium of expression' is?
Perhaps someone doesn't need/want to get into the whole 'circuit boards, some metal, and an arc welder' project because they don't have the space, time or knowledge to do so.
I don't understand the difference between pencil and paper and crayons and paper, or why clay is different than making mud pies, or how a CAD program is going to give me something I can hold.
I'm not sure where you got your seemingly arbitrary distinctions of what makes a toy a toy, and what can be used for 'grown-up' work; apparently you are blinding yourself to the ease of use, standard sizes, flexible assembly and unique qualities that Lego has.
Clay, paper and pencils, metal, and CAD software all serve some purpose, but when I want ten little rolling carts to hold screws, and I want it in 10 minutes, I'll go with Lego.
I'll bring you a cup of coffee while you're in the garage setting up the lathe and wirefeed.
Lego are tools that happen to be toys as well.
Don't get caught up in limiting your free expression, use the right tool, or toy, for the task at hand.
for their comments on the future direction of Lego. As the new Marketing Director of Lego, I will focus on getting back to our roots, making Lego into the toy we know and love once again.
HA! You thought I would say 'new overlords'...but I welcome the standardized gui (among other things) that IBM could bring to Linux. Might actually mean Linux could be ready for the desktop.
I'm still lusting after the Mail implentation that was recently on/. - more stuff like that, all over Linux, and I might be convinced.
1. Price - wow. Am I stunned when I see legos in the store now. Multiple hundreds of dollars. The most expensive kit I owned as a kid was 60 bucks for the lastest and bestest. Which leads me to...
2. The kits themselves. I got Technics as a kid and made *everything* with them. The manuals were thick, had many different things you could make with them. Now - the kits are one project. There's no imagination to them. My 60 dollar kit was a red dump truck. It had the frame of a windshield - imagination filled in the rest. Now the windshield comes with the set. Who needs to stretch their thinking? I liked it when *I* made the choice of what the pieces were for.
3. Bionicles. Ironically, that brought legos to my attention (free toy at Burger World), but when I investigated, it was lousy. Hey look, I put this part here and *nowhere* else. Isn't the reason behind legos being able to place a piece wherever you want it? Gahh.
Put all these together, and what do you have? Someone who would like to buy legos, but the kits I want aren't around. I'd love to use legos in a more industrial manner (say building a case for something) but the basic sets are few and far between.
Three things that keep me from busting out my legos:
1. Cats.
2. Cat hair. (I can just imagine it sticking out of the seams and it makes me freak:)
3. Not enough room/time to mess with them. House is too small after the holidays and time is always short. Not like the halcyon days of my youth.
LEGO! Go back to the basics! Give us the old Technic sets, the massive 'generic' kits. Fire the Bionicle guy. You are digging your own grave. The more specialized you make your toys, the more people will just buy toys that are already 'done'. And that was never the point in the first place.
BTW - No. I won't sell any of my extensive collection of Technics or my wonderful zillion piece basic set. If ever there was something to be buried with, its my legos. You can try and pry them out of my cold, dead hands, but look out for the transforming watchdog I just made. His mouth moves and he's looking at you.
and others who visit, if you are into stone skipping, Lake Superior is the place to go.
Zillions of years of waves busting up the tough rocks has polished them all smooth and flat. This makes for some of the best skipping stones ever. We're talking about an endless supply here.
Some of the piles I've seen reach 3 to 4 feet in height and run for hundreds of yards down the beach; all made up of beautiful rocks. If you're lucky you can find some other nifty stuff like beach glass or driftwood. And not so nifty stuff, like dead fish and RIAA jackets.
...and Darl said, "Let me show you the code to *MY OPEN SORES!*
Steve drew his final breath and whispered one word. "Deveeeellloooppeeerrrrsss..."
"I don't know what happened, she was sitting right here!" "You must be talking about old Hillary Rosen - she stepped down as the head of the RIAA *LAST YEAR!*
"We've gone ahead and traced the GOTO, Linus. It seems that the kernel is being recompiled *FROM YOUR OWN HOUSE!*
I can't even imagine what a nightmare the command line would look like. I'm still figuring out the switches for fsck. Hard enough to do without contructing commands out of little pictures of houses, dancing guys and trees with lines through them.
1. Why doesn't some lawyer/concerned citizen hire a Hispanic guy to sell completely legal recordings? Take a loss on them, but present them the same as bootleg sellers.
2. When the RIAA thugs come around, video tape the RIAA taking your legal property.
3. Sue and...Profit!
Try and get some non RIAA music confiscated too. Extra ammo.
Sounds like a wonderful lawsuit to me. We'll call it 'The Shoe is on the Other Foot in your Mouth' case.
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Of course, for a grand and some change, this thing better make the bed the next morning, you follow...
To use, start Adobe CS by taking off the cap. Then simply mark a small line on U.S. currency. If the mark is amber, the bill is genuine. If the mark is dark, the bill is suspect. To maintain the effectiveness of Adobe CS, replace cap immediately after each use.
Please note: If you are using Adobe CS to check your counterfeit bills for accuracy, please replace the cap and turn yourself in to your local Secret Service office.
At 4.95, Adobe CS won't last long! Special bulk discounts are available on large purchases of Adobe CS!
Taken to extremes, will Adobe build in Child Pornography checking? Or scan your hard drives for incriminating pictures or files? Where does it end? And why is something I buy for editing images checking and deciding what I can do with the files I create?
At least, this could open Adobe up to legal problems - if their checks fail and someone is 'allowed' to do what should have been 'prevented'.
All in all, it sucks. If I wanted a counterfeit currency checker, I'd buy a 4.95 felt tip pen.
Why not ask the prop guys?
Signed,
Darl McCosby
I know there is quite a bit of Apple stuff out there on 3rd party sites, but I assume you have a PC.
Some other ideas: If you can reassemble the part, try making a mold and making a new epoxy part.
I broke a key on my beloved Casio Sk-1 Sampler, and made a whole new key out of rosewood, plastic (hinge) and a pen spring.
Call it a day and use it as a headless router/firewall/server.
Sell it on eBay and use the proceeds to get something else.
Not great options, but assuming that the problem is inabillity to find the part in question - either make a new one, keep looking for a used one, or pass it on to someone else.
Perhaps someone doesn't need/want to get into the whole 'circuit boards, some metal, and an arc welder' project because they don't have the space, time or knowledge to do so.
I don't understand the difference between pencil and paper and crayons and paper, or why clay is different than making mud pies, or how a CAD program is going to give me something I can hold.
I'm not sure where you got your seemingly arbitrary distinctions of what makes a toy a toy, and what can be used for 'grown-up' work; apparently you are blinding yourself to the ease of use, standard sizes, flexible assembly and unique qualities that Lego has.
Clay, paper and pencils, metal, and CAD software all serve some purpose, but when I want ten little rolling carts to hold screws, and I want it in 10 minutes, I'll go with Lego.
I'll bring you a cup of coffee while you're in the garage setting up the lathe and wirefeed.
Lego are tools that happen to be toys as well.
Don't get caught up in limiting your free expression, use the right tool, or toy, for the task at hand.
Sincerely,
teamhasnoi - Marketing Director, Lego
PS. Harry Potter is the F*(K outta here!
Hell, I don't know. I was just making a metaphor. ;)
I'd better subscribe again...
I think that having that many lights strobing would have a great effect, when I invite the door to door Mormons in and convince them I gave them LSD.
Otherwise - I'd like to see a little more white light; I'm not Prince, so I don't need that much purple.
I'm still lusting after the Mail implentation that was recently on /. - more stuff like that, all over Linux, and I might be convinced.
When will the Pentium Pentiums be out?
C'mon, this joke's got legs!
Looks like the perfect thing to babysit kids with or fight mother aliens.
Scratch that, the kids'll break it.
Nope. I live in a county that just 'allows' free speech. Even when guaranteed by the constitution.
they just got CD-R burners over there! Welcome to piracy, Israel!
1. Price - wow. Am I stunned when I see legos in the store now. Multiple hundreds of dollars. The most expensive kit I owned as a kid was 60 bucks for the lastest and bestest. Which leads me to...
2. The kits themselves. I got Technics as a kid and made *everything* with them. The manuals were thick, had many different things you could make with them. Now - the kits are one project. There's no imagination to them. My 60 dollar kit was a red dump truck. It had the frame of a windshield - imagination filled in the rest. Now the windshield comes with the set. Who needs to stretch their thinking? I liked it when *I* made the choice of what the pieces were for.
3. Bionicles. Ironically, that brought legos to my attention (free toy at Burger World), but when I investigated, it was lousy. Hey look, I put this part here and *nowhere* else. Isn't the reason behind legos being able to place a piece wherever you want it? Gahh.
Put all these together, and what do you have? Someone who would like to buy legos, but the kits I want aren't around. I'd love to use legos in a more industrial manner (say building a case for something) but the basic sets are few and far between.
Three things that keep me from busting out my legos:
1. Cats.
2. Cat hair. (I can just imagine it sticking out of the seams and it makes me freak :)
3. Not enough room/time to mess with them. House is too small after the holidays and time is always short. Not like the halcyon days of my youth.
LEGO! Go back to the basics! Give us the old Technic sets, the massive 'generic' kits. Fire the Bionicle guy. You are digging your own grave. The more specialized you make your toys, the more people will just buy toys that are already 'done'. And that was never the point in the first place.
BTW - No. I won't sell any of my extensive collection of Technics or my wonderful zillion piece basic set. If ever there was something to be buried with, its my legos. You can try and pry them out of my cold, dead hands, but look out for the transforming watchdog I just made. His mouth moves and he's looking at you.
I'd just like to point out that this flamebait spawned two very interesting, well reasoned and thoughtful threads. They must be from k5 ;)
Zillions of years of waves busting up the tough rocks has polished them all smooth and flat. This makes for some of the best skipping stones ever. We're talking about an endless supply here.
Some of the piles I've seen reach 3 to 4 feet in height and run for hundreds of yards down the beach; all made up of beautiful rocks. If you're lucky you can find some other nifty stuff like beach glass or driftwood. And not so nifty stuff, like dead fish and RIAA jackets.
Steve drew his final breath and whispered one word. "Deveeeellloooppeeerrrrsss..."
"I don't know what happened, she was sitting right here!" "You must be talking about old Hillary Rosen - she stepped down as the head of the RIAA *LAST YEAR!*
"We've gone ahead and traced the GOTO, Linus. It seems that the kernel is being recompiled *FROM YOUR OWN HOUSE!*
I can't even imagine what a nightmare the command line would look like. I'm still figuring out the switches for fsck. Hard enough to do without contructing commands out of little pictures of houses, dancing guys and trees with lines through them.
Hey, before you get all crazy, I learned it from South Park...
I thought it was 'Bush', 'Ashcroft', or 'Lobbyist'. Synonyms are crazy!
2. When the RIAA thugs come around, video tape the RIAA taking your legal property.
3. Sue and...Profit!
Try and get some non RIAA music confiscated too. Extra ammo.
Sounds like a wonderful lawsuit to me. We'll call it 'The Shoe is on the Other Foot in your Mouth' case.
(Cue Tonight Show theme) Thanks folks! Remember, don't get the fish!