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cost of DOF in Canadian currency
http://www.blind-apertures.ca/Latest...PadAndCoin.jpg
$2 worth of DOF using a P&S ... Take Care, Dudley |
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On 21 May 2010 in rec.photo.digital, Dudley Hanks wrote:
http://www.blind-apertures.ca/Latest...PadAndCoin.jpg $2 worth of DOF using a P&S ... I like it better rotated so that the top of the coin (and the top of the keyboard) are up in the image. I hear rumors that your government is considering replacing the fiver with a coin? -- Joe Makowiec http://makowiec.org/ Email: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ |
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"Joe Makowiec" wrote in message 83.62... On 21 May 2010 in rec.photo.digital, Dudley Hanks wrote: http://www.blind-apertures.ca/Latest...PadAndCoin.jpg $2 worth of DOF using a P&S ... I like it better rotated so that the top of the coin (and the top of the keyboard) are up in the image. I hear rumors that your government is considering replacing the fiver with a coin? -- Joe Makowiec http://makowiec.org/ Email: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ Yeah, the coins are cheaper in the long run. But, who wants to walk around with $150 in metal coinage clinking around in their pocket? The masses aren't warming to the idea all that well ... Take Care, Dudley |
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On Sat, 22 May 2010 13:27:54 +0000 (UTC), Joe Makowiec
wrote: : On 21 May 2010 in rec.photo.digital, Dudley Hanks wrote: : : http://www.blind-apertures.ca/Latest...PadAndCoin.jpg : : $2 worth of DOF using a P&S ... : : I like it better rotated so that the top of the coin (and the top of the : keyboard) are up in the image. : : I hear rumors that your government is considering replacing the fiver : with a coin? Which means we'll do it in fifty or sixty years. That's about how long it took us to adopt the Canadian idea of printing different denominations of notes in different colors. Bob |
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On Sat, 22 May 2010 16:51:46 GMT, "Dudley Hanks"
wrote: : : "Joe Makowiec" wrote in message : 83.62... : On 21 May 2010 in rec.photo.digital, Dudley Hanks wrote: : : http://www.blind-apertures.ca/Latest...PadAndCoin.jpg : : $2 worth of DOF using a P&S ... : : I like it better rotated so that the top of the coin (and the top of the : keyboard) are up in the image. : : I hear rumors that your government is considering replacing the fiver : with a coin? : : -- : Joe Makowiec : http://makowiec.org/ : Email: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe : Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ : : Yeah, the coins are cheaper in the long run. But, who wants to walk around : with $150 in metal coinage clinking around in their pocket? Then why don't you make them out of light, strong, durable PLASTIC? You could call it the "RichA". ;^) Bob |
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"Robert Coe" wrote in message ... On Sat, 22 May 2010 16:51:46 GMT, "Dudley Hanks" wrote: : : "Joe Makowiec" wrote in message : 83.62... : On 21 May 2010 in rec.photo.digital, Dudley Hanks wrote: : : http://www.blind-apertures.ca/Latest...PadAndCoin.jpg : : $2 worth of DOF using a P&S ... : : I like it better rotated so that the top of the coin (and the top of the : keyboard) are up in the image. : : I hear rumors that your government is considering replacing the fiver : with a coin? : : -- : Joe Makowiec : http://makowiec.org/ : Email: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe : Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ : : Yeah, the coins are cheaper in the long run. But, who wants to walk around : with $150 in metal coinage clinking around in their pocket? Then why don't you make them out of light, strong, durable PLASTIC? You could call it the "RichA". ;^) Bob It's been suggested, using plastic, not the name... But, bi-metal coins are harder to counterfeit than plastic chips... Still, I wouldn't be surprised to see plastic coins with embedded microchips in the future... Take Care, Dudley |
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"Savageduck" wrote in message news:2010052216503758821-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom... On 2010-05-22 16:35:41 -0700, "Dudley Hanks" said: "Robert Coe" wrote in message ... On Sat, 22 May 2010 16:51:46 GMT, "Dudley Hanks" wrote: : : "Joe Makowiec" wrote in message : 83.62... : On 21 May 2010 in rec.photo.digital, Dudley Hanks wrote: : : http://www.blind-apertures.ca/Latest...PadAndCoin.jpg : : $2 worth of DOF using a P&S ... : : I like it better rotated so that the top of the coin (and the top of the : keyboard) are up in the image. : : I hear rumors that your government is considering replacing the fiver : with a coin? : : -- : Joe Makowiec : http://makowiec.org/ : Email: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe : Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ : : Yeah, the coins are cheaper in the long run. But, who wants to walk around : with $150 in metal coinage clinking around in their pocket? Then why don't you make them out of light, strong, durable PLASTIC? You could call it the "RichA". ;^) Bob It's been suggested, using plastic, not the name... But, bi-metal coins are harder to counterfeit than plastic chips... Still, I wouldn't be surprised to see plastic coins with embedded microchips in the future... Take Care, Dudley It is already being done in some casinos, with chips/tokens. Some have holographic designs on surface layers. Some high end tables use micro-chip tagged chips, so cash outs are computer counted, and any bogus chips are ignored for the count. There are issues related to durability. Metal coins are pretty durable and long lasting. Gaming chips, regardless of materials improvement over the years, still have to be recycled and replaced regularly due to wear & tear. They also change designs and colors regularly to keep ahead of counterfeiters. -- Regards, Savageduck The only problem we've encountered with the metal coins was with the $2 coin. Shortly after it was released, there was a number of coins that had to be taken out of circulation because the two metals didn't bond properly. Apparently, the mint fixed the problem, and they've been very reliable. Personally, I like coins. They're a lot easier to identify than bills, and I don't have to keep pulling my wallet out for every little purchase. Just pull a couple of coins out of the pocket, and presto, the coffee is paid for. But, as alluded to earlier, too many in the pocket can also be a problem. Even light weight metals can get a bit heavy if too many coins find their way into the pocket. Take Care, Dudley |
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"Dudley Hanks" wrote in message news:hTZJn.4527$Z6.3448@edtnps82... Still, I wouldn't be surprised to see plastic coins with embedded microchips in the future... I'll bet you'd be absolutely ecstatic to see them, and see them clearly. :-) -- N |
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On Sun, 23 May 2010 16:32:12 +1000, "Rufus. N. LaFayette"
wrote: : : "Robert Coe" wrote in message : ... : On Sat, 22 May 2010 13:27:54 +0000 (UTC), Joe Makowiec : wrote: : : On 21 May 2010 in rec.photo.digital, Dudley Hanks wrote: : : : : http://www.blind-apertures.ca/Latest...PadAndCoin.jpg : : : : $2 worth of DOF using a P&S ... : : : : I like it better rotated so that the top of the coin (and the top of the : : keyboard) are up in the image. : : : : I hear rumors that your government is considering replacing the fiver : : with a coin? : : Which means we'll do it in fifty or sixty years. That's about how long it : took us to adopt the Canadian idea of printing different denominations of : notes in different colors. : : Hardly a Canadian idea. The UK have been printing different color bank notes : for a lot longer than the Canucks. And other countries probably have too. True, but irrelevant. We'll accept an idea from the Canucks (though it may take us sixty years to do so), but we'd NEVER accept an idea from the Brits or from the other countries of Yerp. ;^) Bob |
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cost of DOF in Canadian currency
On 22/05/2010 9:51 AM, Dudley Hanks wrote:
Yeah, the coins are cheaper in the long run. But, who wants to walk around with $150 in metal coinage clinking around in their pocket? Most bills I carry are $20.00 so see no issue with $5.00 coins so long as it stops there. |
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