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Post by Commissioner on Jun 25, 2015 15:29:14 GMT
A brand-new Xerox colour photocopier had just arrived at one of Cambridge’s industrial labs. It was the early 2000s, and word of the new-fangled contraption quickly got around – including to computer scientist Markus Kuhn, then a PhD student. It didn’t take him long to decide on the best way to test its abilities. “We were students,” he recalls with a laugh. “We went straight for the banknotes.” (Don’t try this at home – the photocopying of banknotes, in the UK and in other countries, is illegal). more here |
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Post by mikeydread on Jun 25, 2015 17:42:43 GMT
Interesting read that. I tried before to print a few off after seeing this piece online.  Noticed then that the printer didn't want anything to do with it. I did manage to find a few fakes left over from a closed theatre show. Some friends did this.  |
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Post by Dr. Plip on Jun 25, 2015 17:59:29 GMT
Years ago, when my workplace received an all-singing, all-dancing photocopier, I put a £10 note through it. The copy came out with "copy" or something like that repeated over it. I just assumed it was a feature of the copier and prayed that it hadn't emailed the police. |
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