Nah, we don't need them Trillion dollar coins, just have the gubmament buy 
us blind guys all Self-Driving cars!  That'll do it!  I wonder if they would 
still  arrest  a drunk driver if he or she were "driving" or rather seated 
in one of those cars?   Jim WA6EKS

-----Original Message----- 
From: Colin McDonald
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 11:23 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Homeland Security says we should disable JAVA!

yes indeed. the paper money has denomination indicators on it as well.
a single braille cell for the 5, two cells for the 10, 3 for the 20, 4 for
the fifty and 3 spaced far apart for the C note I think.
I don't see those often enough to remember haha.
I can't remember when we got braille on the bills...maybe 7 or 8 years ago?
maybe a bit less, I don't recall.
It certainly makes identification easier and more reliable than an
electronic money identifier, a pair of eyes or folding things in a specific
fashion, which also requires a pair of working eyes or a clunky old bill
identifier in the initial stage.

I've been completely bill identification independant since they put braille
on them.

Now, if only they would provide the drivers test manual in braille so I
could go for that...

Hey, maybe we could get a petition started, or here's one, even better, and
this isn't a dis to the organization, maybe the NFB could really push big to
have that new trillion dollar coin have braille on it so it would equally
represent the blind citizenship's contribution to paying down the national
debt?

with my tongue firmly planted in my cheek
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 12:11 AM
Subject: Re: Homeland Security says we should disable JAVA!


> Seriously, does that plastic money have braille on it??  I doubt I will
> ever
> feel the day when we will get braille on our currency down here in this so
> forward thinking, progressive, and
> better than anyone country of ours!  Jim WA6EKS
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Colin McDonald
> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 11:04 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Homeland Security says we should disable JAVA!
>
> haha got bord there so thought I'd expound, get sanctimonious, extend my
> monologue.
>
> Yes, our plastic money.  It's interesting stuff.  I like it because the
> braille denomination markers last allot longer and are easier to locate
> because the plastic material doesn't get crumpled and creased and all
> beaten
> up nearly as bad as the paper money does.
> So, we've gone from, don't put your paper money through the washing
> machine,
> to, don't put your plastic money through the dryer.
> I've never had much of a problem remembering where my money is, so I've
> never had either problem lol.
> Of course, this issue didn't really pop until we got the 20 dollar bill in
> plastic...when the 100 came out, there was very little talk about
> it...then
> the fifty, and a bit more, but still nothing really significant...but now
> that the 20's are out, people are really getting a feel for it.
> When they release the 10 dollar bill, which is the most common bill
> denomination in this country, I'm sure there will be a fire storm of
> complaints and nay sayers.  It is slippery, and it does take a bit of
> getting used to because it doesn't fold and crease really nicely like the
> paper bills do.
> But hey, the Ausies and others have had it for years and they say it's the
> best thing since low interest 50 year home morgadges lol.
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 11:55 PM
> Subject: Re: Homeland Security says we should disable JAVA!
>
>
>> Colin, Colin!  Calm down my good fellow.  Get down off your toilet!   It
>> is
>> under attack!  What I want to know about is the Canadian melty money??  I
>> heard a brief story on that last week and it sounded interesting.
>> I do like where you are going with your rant below.  At the risk of
>> getting
>> just a wee bit political, it's going to take decades before we can undo
>> the
>> damage caused by the cowboys who were "ruling" this great nation  a few
>> years ago.  Their unilateral policies and decrees really screwed things
>> up,
>> and, to quote Forrest Gump, That's all I have to say about that.  Jim
>> WA6EKS
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Colin McDonald
>> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 10:30 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Homeland Security says we should disable JAVA!
>>
>> lol, I find all of this kind of amusing.
>> Because, it's like saying, oh my god, my Fridge, or stove, or my toilet
>> is
>> under attack from the  chinese, russians and iran.
>> That there is a silent, yet deadly war going on behind the scenes and
>> without my knowing that threatens my whole way of life and my very
>> existents
>> because someone might hack my computer.
>> How far we have come that we consider our personal computers as so
>> important
>> to our daily lives and our very civilization that we feel that someone
>> threatening or attacking it is terrorism or war like.
>> Give me a break, that's rediculous.
>> Yes, attacking major institutions of our society through their networks
>> and
>> computer systems could be considered terror or war like, but come on, my
>> personal computer? so what if it some dude in china, russia, or iran
>> hacks
>> it...it would be terribly stupid of me to keep information on my computer
>> that was valuable enough for such a person to harm me in any way shape or
>> form.
>> Being on the internet is not safe, never has been and never will be.  As
>> walking down a dark alley in the middle of the night in a bad
>> neighborhood
>> isn't safe.  We know that.  We also know that most of the time, it is
>> safe
>> like a well lit major street during the day is relatively safe to travel
>> on.
>> Being an ignoramus and going on the internet and putting out a bunch of
>> personal information that could be used against you is silly and if
>> someone
>> uses it, well, I guess your no longer an ignoramus are you.
>> I also always get a big kick out of this conspiracy theorizing about how
>> our
>> government isn't telling us this or that.  My god, really? the government
>> isn't holding your hand and telling you every little thing that goes on
>> in
>> the world? amazing, who'd have thunk it?  The government doesn't tell you
>> when to take a crap or when to blow your nose? that's awful!
>> I think I would be angry, and anoyed if I lost my computer tomorrow due
>> to
>> a
>> hack attack, but I don't think I'd feel threatened and start calling that
>> an
>> act of terror or a declaration of war...unless of course I was trying to
>> excellerate my own political agenda or political views on the world.
>> I see no cyber war, except one that certain citizens of a certain
>> country,
>> who are becoming paranoyed after attempting to rule the world for a bunch
>> of
>> decades, are coming up with as just another point in the favor of the
>> catch
>> all terrorism basket.
>> Or, one that is being waged by said country to create the idea of cyber
>> terror so that more control can be placed over the average citizens use
>> of
>> the internet.  This being the more likely senario.
>>
>> It's laughable, it's transparent, it's paranoyed and it's utterly
>> rediculous
>> because of the entire premise it's based on.  It wouldn't be all those
>> things if it were true and actually based on something realistic and
>> practical and tangible.
>> Yeh, lets all blame the chinese, the russians and the iranians because
>> they
>> are the evil nasty people out to get the US of A...when in reality, it's
>> the
>> power figures in that good old U S of A who are creating this concept so
>> they can control the masses.  The people have too much access to
>> information, ideas and communication with each other for any ruling class
>> to
>> be comfortable.  And how do they get all this access? Oh yes, through the
>> internet...the very thing we're being told is dangerous and evil and full
>> of
>> terrorists and teaming with people waiting to pounce on the unsuspecting
>> american citizen just trying to check their emails!  So update your
>> security, with, let me guess, the FBI recommended programs which will
>> have
>> easy access built into them for those who want to access your
>> computers...and no, I'm not talking about the chinese, russians and
>> iranians
>> accessing them either.
>>
>> I've said it before, I'll say it again, the US is becoming Orwellian more
>> and more every year, and no one seems to be getting it.
>>
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BKX