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Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by fsloth »

dist1ll wrote: post #36
yreg wrote: post #3

> [The Secret Service agent] asked my for some picture ID. I have some fake photo ID's that a friend made for me years before, when we could make realistic photo ID's from our computers. Almost nobody else could do this because printers weren't good enough. But I had an expensive early generation dye sublimation printer and made some fake ID's for fun. I had one favorite fake ID that I'd used for almost every airplan…

Isn't it pretty irresponsible to commit a felony while you have a daughter and wife to take care of? I find his nonchalant delivery quite jarring. I don't understand what's going through his head here.

I don’t understand why you presume woz had a responsibility to ”take a care of his wife”?

Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by szundi »

dist1ll wrote: post #36
yreg wrote: post #3

> [The Secret Service agent] asked my for some picture ID. I have some fake photo ID's that a friend made for me years before, when we could make realistic photo ID's from our computers. Almost nobody else could do this because printers weren't good enough. But I had an expensive early generation dye sublimation printer and made some fake ID's for fun. I had one favorite fake ID that I'd used for almost every airplan…

Isn't it pretty irresponsible to commit a felony while you have a daughter and wife to take care of? I find his nonchalant delivery quite jarring. I don't understand what's going through his head here.

Those times you would not go to jail for having fun with an agent.

Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by xpe »

O__________O wrote: post #42

Related US Mint page for $2 bill sheets: https://catalog.usmint.gov/paper-currency/uncut-currency/?&p... Basically he tells story in a way that average person assume he’s printing fake bills, when in reality he’s just cutting and binding sets of uncut bills into a notepad. Lying to a federal investigator though is a federal crime and one that’s frequently resulted in prison sentences. Worth noting that Jobs & Woz fir…

Woz didn't lie according to his account. Technically, he gave a fake ID, but not a fake drivers license. I say this b/c DL's don't show occupation. My understanding is that it had his correct name. So I don't see a lie that most prosecutors would care about given the whole situation.

Not to mention that it is not a good look for a secret service agent to not know the details of the actual currency he is tasked to protect (e.g. available in perforated sheets). I suppose it is possible the agent got called in not knowing the specific details warranting arrest*, but that would be even worse.

* Am I right to think that Woz was arrested given that he was read his Miranda rights?

Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by tukantje »

thewrongthinker wrote: post #67
papito wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Your racism is showing.

What level of stupidity does someone need to think that it is only "muh European people" that have "an innate curiosity and self confidence"?

Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by bell-cot »

michaelt wrote: post #40
incone123 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If this isn't something tellers see quite regularly, then what do other cruise passengers do? I asked for a lot of £5 (smallest denomination note in UK) at the bank once because I was going to a music festival (before mobile card payment was routine). They asked me casually why I wanted them and I explained. Seems to be a Know Your Customer thing.

My bank tells me it's to help protect vulnerable customers - for example, if you want £2000 cash to pay some builders, they'll ask whether the builders have started work yet. Although who knows if that's the whole reason?

Certainly not the whole reason, these days. But having known a few extremely gullible people, who were blatantly scammed out of thousands of dollars, it is enough reason.

Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by xpe »

Symbiote wrote: post #17
haunter wrote: post #2

You can still buy uncut sheets https://catalog.usmint.gov/paper-currency/uncut-currency/

Does this mean you occasionally find poorly cut bills in normal circulation? If I received one, I'd also be suspicious.

And... when you work in a casino, being suspicious is part of the job description.

Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by blowski »

MrPatan wrote: post #53
ramraj07 wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is using fake IDs to board airplanes a joke? Only because we are mostly sure this particular man is an innocent manchild, but how exactly does that generalize?

Do you have to show your papers when you board a bus?

I used to have to show a photocard with my travel pass. It had a picture of a lemming on it and yet it was never rejected.

Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by gonzo41 »

dist1ll wrote: post #36
yreg wrote: post #3

> [The Secret Service agent] asked my for some picture ID. I have some fake photo ID's that a friend made for me years before, when we could make realistic photo ID's from our computers. Almost nobody else could do this because printers weren't good enough. But I had an expensive early generation dye sublimation printer and made some fake ID's for fun. I had one favorite fake ID that I'd used for almost every airplan…

Isn't it pretty irresponsible to commit a felony while you have a daughter and wife to take care of? I find his nonchalant delivery quite jarring. I don't understand what's going through his head here.

Well at that time, micro-dosing lsd perhaps.... :P
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