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RBA not fazed by Australian $50 note typo

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Re: RBA not fazed by Australian $50 note typo

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Post by whitecream »

a_bonobo wrote: post #21
voltagex_ wrote: post #2

"The graphical software package used by [Note Printing Australia] has no copy-paste mechanism and no spelling or grammar check. The text was manually typed in and misspelt at this point," according to a report into the error from the printing agency, dated January 11 this year."

It would be funny if note forgers would use the same software for improved authenticity, re-type the text, and do it correctly - the forged notes could be easily spotted since they use the correct text.

"Easily" is a bit of an exaggeration - the text is so tiny you wouldn't be able to read it without putting it up to your face and you'd run into the other security features first.

Re: RBA not fazed by Australian $50 note typo

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Post by bobowzki »

underwater wrote: post #77
nkrisc wrote: post #68

Best method I've ever used for spotting misspellings in what I write: read the words you've written from last to first. Reading in this order breaks the prediction your brain does on what it expects to read next and stops you from filling in the words yourself or simply recognizing them by "shape" instead of reading each letter. Of course this does nothing for grammar or general flow nor does it help you if you've sp…

I have text to speech read back what I've wrote. You'll immediately notice incorrectly spelled words and doubled up words.

This is also my favorite. It also works pretty well for punctuation and general flow, I find.

Re: RBA not fazed by Australian $50 note typo

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Post by kartan »

chipperyman573 wrote: post #76
kartan wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> But "nobody died" isn't a valid excuse for mistakes on filing for taxes or legal contracts. I have had a lot of mistakes filing my taxes (Spain) when I was working as a contractor. You pay a small fine (100€ for a yearly report) and move on. You will be prosecuted if you lied in your taxes. But, mistakes happen all the time and its not big deal.

Do you have to pay backtaxes or is it just $100 and move on?

Yes. I have to pay the taxes. The 100 is a fine for doing it wrong and I guess pay for the extra time that they need to spend.

Re: RBA not fazed by Australian $50 note typo

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Post by nkrisc »

HeavenFox wrote: post #87
underwater wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have text to speech read back what I've wrote. You'll immediately notice incorrectly spelled words and doubled up words.

If you have access to a computer, why not just use a spellchecker :)

I do, but I'm not going to rely completely on one.

Re: RBA not fazed by Australian $50 note typo

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Post by dogma1138 »

couchand wrote: post #15
dogma1138 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well if they’ll recall these they can become pretty rare pretty quickly as all notes returned to a bank either voluntarily or via circulation would be destroyed and exchanged with new ones.

The article makes it quite clear that the notes are not being recalled.

Not now but eventually they are recalled, notes even plastic ones usually only have a decade or so in circulation in most countries until they are issued a soft recall.

Re: RBA not fazed by Australian $50 note typo

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Post by PhasmaFelis »

SilasX wrote: post #63
PhasmaFelis wrote: post #52

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Taxes and contracts can a big impact on the people they affect, though. A typo on a bank note has no direct effect on any users. It's an aesthetic problem, not a functional one.

Really? Isn't it going to throw a lot of false positives when people try to spend them and the cashier thinks that the misspelling means it's counterfeit?

46 million bills were in circulation for 8 months before the first person even noticed the typo, so probably not, no.

I've been a cashier, and trust me, we had more important things to do than examine bills with a magnifying glass looking for spelling errors. If a bill seemed suspicious at a quick glance, I swiped it with the counterfeit detector pen, and if it came out fine, I shrugged and put it in the register.

Re: RBA not fazed by Australian $50 note typo

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Post by java-man »

shoshino wrote: post #48
java-man wrote: post #46

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unless there is a denomination...

I think you mean: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debasement

Thank you for noticing. What I actually meant is redenomination:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redenomination

Re: RBA not fazed by Australian $50 note typo

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Post by bshacklett »

sverige wrote: post #55
NKosmatos wrote: post #27

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You should try using Citrix remote connection software in a business environment :-)

Oh man, I just remembered that day ten years ago when I wanted to kill myself because of Citrix.

Oh the hours I spent on https://www.brianmadden.com/...

Re: RBA not fazed by Australian $50 note typo

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Post by underwater »

HeavenFox wrote: post #87
underwater wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have text to speech read back what I've wrote. You'll immediately notice incorrectly spelled words and doubled up words.

If you have access to a computer, why not just use a spellchecker :)

It's easy to autocorrect something to the wrong word. Or write a sentence that passes a grammar checker but is still sketchy.
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