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? "Allen" <> ?????? ??? ??????
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> Tzortzakakis Dimitrios wrote:
>
>> This reminds me of the old paradox-it's forbidden (in Greece) to take
>> photographs of military camps and the like, or talk about "military
>> secrets", probably a Cold War remnant. While I was in the army myself, I
>> could take photos as I pleased, and learned many "military secrets". If I
>> upload any of these photos in the internet, am I breaking the law?
>>
> Tzortzakakis, when I was in the US Army in 1954 and training to use a Nike
> surface-to-air missile, Ohm's Law was marked "Confidential"--the lowest
> level of "military secrets", but nonetheless not to be copied or even
> discussed outside our classroom. We all got a big laugh out of that.
Near every telephone in the boot camp, was printed "Be careful what you say,
the enemy is hearing". And by that time, our arch-enemies (the Turks)
probably will know the size of the Commander's underwear...



--
Tzortzakakis Dimitrios
major in electrical engineering
mechanized infantry reservist
hordad AT otenet DOT gr

In article
<50b6587a-ce01-4252-b885->,
yawnmoth <> writes
>It's fairly well known that some items fluoresces when exposed to UV
>light. Unfortunately, taking pictures of these items isn't so easy.
>As I understand it, filters that filter out all light save for UV
>light can be bought for select cameras, but the items I'm interested
>in making pictures of (some currency and some sports cards) are better
>suited to scanning. Unfortunately, I'm not really sure how to go
>about doing this.
>
>Any ideas?

You used to be able to buy UV tubes in a number of different sizes
compatible with standard fluorescent fittings (they are basically
standard tubes without the phosphor coatings on the inside).

I bought a couple for the making printed circuit boards in the 80s.
Larger, restricted UV wavelength, tubes are available for tanning beds.
Smaller types are used on hand held wands for detecting forged
banknotes.

Have a look around, and you might find one that fits the scanner you are
planning to use. I had an old Logitech hand scanner that used the same
size tube as the banknote scanners.
--
Kennedy
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's ****ed.
Python Philosophers (replace 'nospam' with 'kennedym' when replying)

On Tue, 20 May 2008 19:38:42 +0300, Tzortzakakis Dimitrios wrote:
> ? "Allen" <> ?????? ??? ??????
>> Tzortzakakis Dimitrios wrote:
>>
>>> This reminds me of the old paradox-it's forbidden (in Greece) to take
>>> photographs of military camps and the like, or talk about "military
>>> secrets", probably a Cold War remnant. While I was in the army myself, I
>>> could take photos as I pleased, and learned many "military secrets". If I
>>> upload any of these photos in the internet, am I breaking the law?
>>>
>> Tzortzakakis, when I was in the US Army in 1954 and training to use a Nike
>> surface-to-air missile, Ohm's Law was marked "Confidential"--the lowest
>> level of "military secrets", but nonetheless not to be copied or even
>> discussed outside our classroom. We all got a big laugh out of that.

> Near every telephone in the boot camp, was printed "Be careful what you say,
> the enemy is hearing". And by that time, our arch-enemies (the Turks)
> probably will know the size of the Commander's underwear...

From _my_ time in the air force (>40 years ago), I determined that the
reason every thing which was marked "Top Secret" was, in fact, marked
thus, was to prevent the "enemy" from finding out just how antiquated,
obsolete, unreliable, and marginally capable the "stuff" actually was.

Probably not much different now-a-days -- in any man's military.

On Wed, 21 May 2008 00:08:43 +0100, Kennedy McEwen wrote:
>
> You used to be able to buy UV tubes in a number of different sizes
> compatible with standard fluorescent fittings (they are basically
> standard tubes without the phosphor coatings on the inside).
>
> I bought a couple for the making printed circuit boards in the 80s.
> Larger, restricted UV wavelength, tubes are available for tanning beds.


> Smaller types are used on hand held wands for detecting forged
> banknotes.

And, cat ****.

Jonesy

In article <slrng36tj8.t26.bit->, Allodoxaphobia
<bit-> writes
>On Wed, 21 May 2008 00:08:43 +0100, Kennedy McEwen wrote:
>>
>> You used to be able to buy UV tubes in a number of different sizes
>> compatible with standard fluorescent fittings (they are basically
>> standard tubes without the phosphor coatings on the inside).
>>
>> I bought a couple for the making printed circuit boards in the 80s.
>> Larger, restricted UV wavelength, tubes are available for tanning beds.
>
>
>> Smaller types are used on hand held wands for detecting forged
>> banknotes.
>
>And, cat ****.
>
What are you feeding your cat? !*!??
--
Kennedy
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's ****ed.
Python Philosophers (replace 'nospam' with 'kennedym' when replying)

? "Kennedy McEwen" <> ?????? ??? ??????
news:is1Gi8B+...
> In article <slrng36tj8.t26.bit->, Allodoxaphobia
> <bit-> writes
>>On Wed, 21 May 2008 00:08:43 +0100, Kennedy McEwen wrote:
>>>
>>> You used to be able to buy UV tubes in a number of different sizes
>>> compatible with standard fluorescent fittings (they are basically
>>> standard tubes without the phosphor coatings on the inside).
>>>
>>> I bought a couple for the making printed circuit boards in the 80s.
>>> Larger, restricted UV wavelength, tubes are available for tanning beds.
>>
>>
>>> Smaller types are used on hand held wands for detecting forged
>>> banknotes.
>>
>>And, cat ****.
>>
> What are you feeding your cat? !*!??
> --
Banknotes:_)



--
Tzortzakakis Dimitrios
major in electrical engineering
mechanized infantry reservist
hordad AT otenet DOT gr

In article <g11uh2$b7t$>, Tzortzakakis Dimitrios
<> writes
>
>? "Kennedy McEwen" <> ?????? ??? ??????
>news:is1Gi8B+...
>> In article <slrng36tj8.t26.bit->, Allodoxaphobia
>> <bit-> writes
>>>On Wed, 21 May 2008 00:08:43 +0100, Kennedy McEwen wrote:
>>>>
>>>> You used to be able to buy UV tubes in a number of different sizes
>>>> compatible with standard fluorescent fittings (they are basically
>>>> standard tubes without the phosphor coatings on the inside).
>>>>
>>>> I bought a couple for the making printed circuit boards in the 80s.
>>>> Larger, restricted UV wavelength, tubes are available for tanning beds.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Smaller types are used on hand held wands for detecting forged
>>>> banknotes.
>>>
>>>And, cat ****.
>>>
>> What are you feeding your cat? !*!??
>> --
>Banknotes:_)
>
8 out of 10 kitties prefer genuine banknotes to forged ones!
--
Kennedy
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's ****ed.
Python Philosophers (replace 'nospam' with 'kennedym' when replying)

On May 20, 6:08 pm, Kennedy McEwen <r...@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article
> <50b6587a-ce01-4252-b885-b935f4d0c...@b64g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>,
> yawnmoth <terra1...@yahoo.com> writes
>
> >It's fairly well known that some items fluoresces when exposed to UV
> >light. Unfortunately, taking pictures of these items isn't so easy.
> >As I understand it, filters that filter out all light save for UV
> >light can be bought for select cameras, but the items I'm interested
> >in making pictures of (some currency and some sports cards) are better
> >suited to scanning. Unfortunately, I'm not really sure how to go
> >about doing this.
>
> >Any ideas?
>
> You used to be able to buy UV tubes in a number of different sizes
> compatible with standard fluorescent fittings (they are basically
> standard tubes without the phosphor coatings on the inside).
>
> I bought a couple for the making printed circuit boards in the 80s.
> Larger, restricted UV wavelength, tubes are available for tanning beds.
> Smaller types are used on hand held wands for detecting forged
> banknotes.
>
> Have a look around, and you might find one that fits the scanner you are
> planning to use. I had an old Logitech hand scanner that used the same
> size tube as the banknote scanners.
Any ideas as to what I should search for?

When buying a generic power adapter, you need to pay attention to such
things as the DC input voltage, amperage, and the outer / inner
diameters. I imagine I'd need to make similar considerations here,
but I'm not sure how I'd determine what those considerations are or
where to buy potentially non-standard fluorescent bulbs?

In article
<4736b858-db9e-40b5-925a->,
yawnmoth <> writes
>On May 20, 6:08 pm, Kennedy McEwen <r...@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> In article
>> <50b6587a-ce01-4252-b885-b935f4d0c...@b64g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>,
>> yawnmoth <terra1...@yahoo.com> writes
>>
>> >It's fairly well known that some items fluoresces when exposed to UV
>> >light. Unfortunately, taking pictures of these items isn't so easy.
>> >As I understand it, filters that filter out all light save for UV
>> >light can be bought for select cameras, but the items I'm interested
>> >in making pictures of (some currency and some sports cards) are better
>> >suited to scanning. Unfortunately, I'm not really sure how to go
>> >about doing this.
>>
>> >Any ideas?
>>
>> You used to be able to buy UV tubes in a number of different sizes
>> compatible with standard fluorescent fittings (they are basically
>> standard tubes without the phosphor coatings on the inside).
>>
>> I bought a couple for the making printed circuit boards in the 80s.
>> Larger, restricted UV wavelength, tubes are available for tanning beds.
>> Smaller types are used on hand held wands for detecting forged
>> banknotes.
>>
>> Have a look around, and you might find one that fits the scanner you are
>> planning to use. I had an old Logitech hand scanner that used the same
>> size tube as the banknote scanners.
>Any ideas as to what I should search for?
>
>When buying a generic power adapter, you need to pay attention to such
>things as the DC input voltage, amperage, and the outer / inner
>diameters. I imagine I'd need to make similar considerations here,
>but I'm not sure how I'd determine what those considerations are or
>where to buy potentially non-standard fluorescent bulbs?

Length and width are the main things for compatibility, and check it has
standard fittings.
--
Kennedy
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's ****ed.
Python Philosophers (replace 'nospam' with 'kennedym' when replying)

wrote:
>
> On Sun, 18 May 2008 08:50:13 -0700 (PDT), in rec.photo.digital yawnmoth
> <> wrote:
>
> >In short, I don't believe you know at all what you are talking about.
>
> When you have scanned a current U$20 in any current version of PSP, PSE or
> PS or any current scanner supplied software you will have your answer.
> Unless things have changed in the last 5 years since I last tried it with
> my old HPSJ5. Only it's own ancient software would scan it, though the
> driver for my Canon 610 wouldn't print it. PSP 7 wouldn't even scan it.


Hello,

Back in 2000, just for kicks, I used my previous USB flatbed (Artec 36-bit
"Ultima 2000"), to scan a U.S. $20 bill (series 1995); it was done with the
device's bundled software, at (I believe) 800dpi.

At any rate (pun intended), I encountered no problems, whatsoever, and it
came out great.


Cordially,
John Turco <>