On Sep 26, 10:31*am, Rich Grise wrote:
On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 05:37:30 -0700, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 22:31:28 -0700, Rich Grise
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:35:27 -0700, Larry Jaques wrote:

"Gloves-in-a-bottle" lotions prevent the skin from taking on the scent
and somewhat prevent the pores from taking on grease so deeply. I
strongly recommend the stuff.

Do they transfer your fingerprints? The other day, I patched my tire
tube, and when I rubbed in the rubber cement, I left the stuff on my
finger to dry, just out of curiosity. When it was dry, I dabbed a atamp
pad and put my prints on paper; evidently the rubber cement dried so thin
that my prints still showed through.

I hear that if you scan currency and print it on your color laser or
whatever that you should obscure your fingerprints, and those plastic or
rubber gloves make my hands sweat. =:-O

Yes, it's a thin, protective coating and your whorls are still stickin'
out in patterns. *You won't fool the T-men with lotion, Rich.

GIVE UP YOUR LIFE OF CRIME, BOY!

I actually did that with a $20; I showed it to my brother, tore it up,
and flushed it. He said he'd thought of *printing some up to use in the
bill changer at the casino - I said that I'd rather deal with the Feds
than casino security. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

a) not a chance that your counterfeit twenty would get past a casino
bill changer. I used to design these things. They're way smarter than
that. You'd have better luck getting one past a human cashier.

b) After dealing with casino security, you'd likely end up dealing
with the Feds as well. Sort of a twofer.

c) many (all?) color copiers will refuse to copy US currency. I'm not
sure if this is by law or by "cooperation" of the manufacturers, but
it's a fact. My Brother MFC9840CDW will copy the currency, but it
overprints the entire page in red. Interestingly, though, I can scan
the bill to a pdf file, and then print it with no trouble. Of course,
said copy then goes straight into the shredder.

d) It always amuses me when the cashier at the supermarket holds my
$20 up to the light, as if she knows what she's looking for. "Real"
counterfeiters were producing bills with the plastic strips and
microprint a few weeks after they were released.

e) A more realistic copy machine counterfeitting scenario would be
making bogus store coupons - $5 McDonald's coupons from the office
copier could get you free lunches forever, or until the "food" kills
you.

f) the T-men are very, very smart, and they have some very, very
sophisticated tools at their disposal.