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Comment: Re:What's the problem? (Score 1) 339

Counterfeit black and white currency is a serious problem in the U.S. $500/year is a small price to pay to combat this epidemic and keep our economy from sliding into deep recession!!1

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.

Comment: Re:What's the problem? (Score 1) 339

Add to that the "yellow circles" patterns that are in various currencies (like the pattern of "20s" on a $20 bill) and they have been working with copier/scanner/software makers to flag those items as non-copy able as well.

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

Comment: Re:Brian Eno (Score 1) 353

by cffrost (#39036251) Attached to: Mozart and Bach Handel Subway Station Crime

I would also go with Eno's "Music for Airports". A wonderful piece that does wonders with the stressful atmosphere of contemporary travel.

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.

Hempstone's Question: If you have to travel on the Titanic, why not go first class?

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