[extropy-chat] $20 RFID story is horseshit...

[Joseph S. Barrera III]

... just in case you had any doubts.

- Joe

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Subject: 	[IP] last on : More on Exploding RFID
Date: 	Wed, 3 Mar 2004 20:13:59 -0400
From: 	Dave Farber <dave at farber.net>
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From: "Cyrus J. Farivar" <cfarivar at OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 16:12:34
To:dave at farber.net
Subject: More on Exploding RFID

http://boingboing.net/2004_03_01_archive.html#107824694185791461

These guys microwaved a bunch of $20 bills and because the bills became
scorched, they have concluded that they contain RFID tags. Wouldn't
there be an easier way to determine whether or not currency has RFIDs
in it? Link (Thanks, Sean!)

JC sez: The same thing happens if you take a stack of copy paper and
microwave it. A central point in the stack heats and eventually ignites
and burns up and down the stack from that point.

Alex Q sez:Also of interest (besides JC's comment) is that they say
they are messing with the NEW twenties, but in fact those are the old
ones. you can tell because the portrait of Jackson has the circle
around it, which is absent in the new twenties.

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"Being a good writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the
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