From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 94 17:01:13 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Radioactive Threads
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This thread has become intensely radioactive, so I suggest we drop it
immediately. 

Anonymous wrote:

> This is just a quick thought...does anyone know what kind of metallic ink
> is used?  To add to the conspiracy theory, say the metallic ink is
> radioactive with a higher radiation count for higher dollar amounts--would
> it be implausible then to have some sort of radiation counter to gauge a
> person's total 'radiation count,' and thereby approximate how much currency
> they are carrying out of the country?
> 
> I wouldn't take the above seriously though....

Nor would I. I worked with radioactive materials in my former life,
and know a fair amount about counting statistics.

To reliably detect a source in a short amount of time would require a
fair number of counts. Details are left to the student.

--Tim May


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