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In this video, Woz never states that his pads assembled from sheets of legitimate, uncut 2 dollar bills. He implies that he pays a local printer to create the p
by thomble 12y ago
In this video, Woz never states that his pads assembled from sheets of legitimate, uncut 2 dollar bills. He implies that he pays a local printer to create the pads from scratch. The reactions from the host and the audience seem to reflect that, as well. What's going on here?
- vilhelm_s 12y agoHe is having fun making literally true, but intentionally misleading, statements. Just like he did with the Secret Service agent.
- kiba 12y agoTrolling an LE agent doesn't seem to be a good thing to do.
- spiritplumber 12y agoIt is a very good thing to do in that it restores a balance of power.
- S4M 12y agoIf it were me, I'd be afraid the security agent would chose to be a dick and put me in jail for 24 hours for whatever motive he could think of. Also, the fake ID thing is pretty risky.
- raldi 12y agoWhy? It's his real name and his real picture. What law is he breaking?
- DanBC 12y ago(I agree that he probably didn't break any laws. The ID thing is awesome, really funny.) "Laser safety officer" is a lie, and lying to federal officials is not legal.
- raldi 12y agoHow is it a lie? Poof, I just created "The raldi-DanBC Club" and as President I hereby bestow upon you the title of Laser Safety Officer.
- tedunangst 12y agoIt's generally illegal to impersonate an police officer, or other government official. Laser Safety Officer is a stretch, but consider Food Safety Officer ("I taste everything that comes out of the kitchen!"). This is where those fuzzy "reasonable person" tests start showing up, much to HN's dismay, where every legal problem should be decidable by a python script.
- raldi 12y agoBy what logic do you equate "Laser Safety Officer" with "government official"?
- tedunangst 12y agoThe government employs a great many safety officers. I doubt many people know all of them. A "reasonable person" may conclude, upon presentation of a "Laser Safety Officer" ID, that you are there on official business. Depends on context. It's not illegal merely to carry such an ID. It's probably not illegal to give one to a Secret Service agent, either, unless you're trying to deceive them, but that's likely skirting close to the edge.
- zevyoura 12y ago>The government employs a great many safety officers. So do private businesses.
- S4M 12y agoWell, I was once interrogated in a very unpleasant tone by a police officer at the airport of London Heathrow because I was carrying an empty baby buggy, since I was picking up my wife and our son from a trip. Basically I was suspected of attempting to kidnap a child, so now I try to make my encounters with police officers as short as possible.
- tedunangst 12y agoThanks. The next time a cop is gruff with me, I'll know why he's frustrated.
- wglb 12y agoI can't help but think restores the balance of power in much the same way that sticking your thumb in the eye of a grizzly bear restores the balance.
- spiritplumber 12y agoActually that might be a good way to fight off a grizzly bear, so I'll take it.
- wglb 12y agoGrizzlies would often come down out of the mountains where I grew up. Trust me, I advise you not to.
- endgame 12y agoWoz is a master troll.
- andrewstuart2 12y agoI don't think he implied that he had the printer create them. He mentions that he paid a printer, who he knows through a friend, to cut the sheets, perforate them, and gum them into pads. You can see this better if you watch the video timothya linked.
- anon4 12y agoI assumed he meant he had a friend at the local mint who could get him uncut sheets and perforate them.
- maxerickson 12y agoYou can just order the uncut sheets: http://www.moneyfactorystore.gov/2currencysheetsbeptestsheet.aspx http://www.moneyfactorystore.gov/2currencysheetsbeptestsheet...
- phkahler 12y agoHe's trolling. He stresses that he had a "printer" make the pads for him. It is implied that the content of the pads was printed, when it was not. Everything he says is true but you are meant to believe these are fakes that "meet government specifications". Of course they do, the government made them, but that's not what he wanted the audience to think.