From: nobody@nately.UCSD.EDU (Anonymous)
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 94 14:17:44 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: The Thread Thread
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Fri, 18 Nov 1994, Tim May writes:
>* A tiny thread cannot be readily detected by "airport scanners," nor
>by even longer-distance scanners, unless the gain on the detector is
>turned up so high that many other things trigger the detector.
>
>If the threads are mostly plastic, with discontiguous metallic writing
>on them, then the detection problem is even harder.

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....

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