Absolutely. This situation arises frequently in the underground dog fighting circuits, where unscrupulous managers convince the dogs to accept payment in US currency. The dogs don't realize the deception until the Secret Service busts them unwittingly passing off the monochrome bills at the butcher shop.

That pattern is called the EURion constellation, a portmanteau (of "EUR" and "Orion,") coined when it was discovery in 2002, six years after it began appearing on banknotes.

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Eurion_constellation

Unfortunately, you live in a society.

Bullshit. There's more malware on Sony's media than on TPB's linked copies of that media.

"When in doubt, keep your trap shut." ;D

Pyric victory for the win!

This is definitely the iciest exchange I've ever seen on Slashdot.

Waldo? That suspicious character is in a secure unmarked room with a gloved hand up his ass. He'll be joining Carmen Sandiego in Gitmo shortly.

Will you please elaborate on this? What specific geographic/locational properties are you referring to, and how do they affect the USD's role as reserve currency?

I like it a lot too. However, I seem to recall that shortly after its release, it was tested in one or more airport(s) (LaGuardia, at least, according to Wikipedia), and people complained.

Out of curiosity, do you like Philip Glass? I hear a resemblance between Music for Airports and some of Philip Glass's music; I wonder how his music would be tolerated in a public space.