Redesign the US Dollar?

2010-09-18 18:27:46

#126

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|6911|London, England

JohnG@lt wrote:
Ticia wrote:
Money is money, who the fuck cares what it looks like?
What kind of girl are you?!

An ignorant one who doesn't realise they're not doing this so everything looks awesome and pretty. Obviously being a chick she probably only thinks everything in general is done for reasons of being awesome and pretty. So then she turns around and says who cares what it looks like, not realising she's still conforming to what people assume her to be.

Y'all feel what I'm saying, right.

Last edited by Mekstizzle (2010-09-18 18:28:02)

2010-09-18 18:28:46

#127

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6787

No. but you*re Mek so . . .

2010-09-18 18:29:48

#128

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5648|London, England

Mekstizzle wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:
Ticia wrote:
Money is money, who the fuck cares what it looks like?
What kind of girl are you?!
An ignorant one who doesn't realise they're not doing this so everything looks awesome and pretty. Obviously being a chick she probably only thinks everything in general is done for reasons of being awesome and pretty. So then she turns around and says who cares what it looks like, not realising she's still conforming to what people assume her to be.

Y'all feel what I'm saying, right.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-09-18 18:31:24

#129

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|6911|London, England

yeah well screw you guys i'm going to bed

that means I win this debate

2010-09-18 18:32:11

#130

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5648|London, England

Mekstizzle wrote:
yeah well screw you guys i'm going to bed

that means I win this debate

Dream of Lady Gaga!

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-09-18 18:32:22

#131

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6787

Mekstizzle wrote:
yeah well screw you guys i'm going to bed

that means I win this debate

you*re going to bed . . . alone, so no you don't. cya Mk . . .

2010-09-18 18:33:30

#132

11 Bravo: Banned; +965|5527|Cleveland, Ohio

burnzz wrote:
haven't you ever got an AWM for posting "LoL"?

yes

2010-09-18 18:35:38

#133

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6787

11 Bravo wrote:
burnzz wrote:
haven't you ever got an AWM for posting "LoL"?
yes

then don't feel like the Lone Range®, for fuck sake . . .

2010-09-18 18:39:44

#134

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,057|7062|PNW

If I was given the job to redesign the US coin system (ignoring all the extraneous expenses and public confusion attached), I'd go with something like this:

Value Nick Diameter Thickness Edge Usage Obverse Reverse Color
.01 Penny 18mm 1.4mm plain limited Lincoln Union shield copper
.05 Nickel 20mm 1.5mm reeded wide Jefferson Cape Disappointment Lighthouse dull silver
.10 Dime 22mm 1.6mm plain wide FDR Marine Corps War (Iwo Jima) Memorial silver
.25 Quarter 24mm 1.7mm reeded wide Washington continue 'America the Beautiful' theme dull silver
.50 Half-dollar 26mm 1.8mm plain wide JFK Apollo 11 LM on lunar surface silver
1.00 Gold dollar 28mm 1.9mm 10-sided wide decd US presidents/prominent legislators & governors American eagle motif or state seal gold
2.50 Two-fifty 30mm 2.0mm 25-sided limited decd US civil & equal rights/immigration figures (+unintended) relevant to each face inr milled; gold (inner 80%) / silver (outer 20%)
5.00 Five 32mm 2.1mm serrated wide Series 1: decd US science/exploration figures; Series 2: decd prominent US captains of industry relevant to each face silver

*$1.00 bill still in wide circulation until the coin catches on; $2.00 bill removed from circulation; $5.00 bill remains in circulation

If things are a buck-99, with taxes the total's going to push over two bucks. So a $2 coin doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I suppose the same could be said for a dollar, though. I just like $2.50 better. Couldn't bring myself to make a tree-fiddy, though.

e: (yeah, I put way too much thought into this)

2010-09-18 18:41:17

#135

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5648|London, England

Two-fifty seems extraneous. Also, use inches, not metric, you heathen!

Last edited by JohnG@lt (2010-09-18 18:41:49)

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-09-18 18:42:09

#136

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6787

hey, those are blind people friendly.

unnamednewbie for treasurer . . .

2010-09-18 18:43:46

#137

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5648|London, England

burnzz wrote:
hey, those are blind people friendly.

unnamednewbie for treasurer . . .

No one really cares about the disabled. Don't you know that?

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-09-18 18:44:09

#138

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,057|7062|PNW

burnzz wrote:
hey, those are blind people friendly.

unnamednewbie for treasurer . . .

Thanks.

JohnG@lt wrote:
Two-fifty seems extraneous. Also, use inches, not metric, you heathen!

They're actually more easily measured in metric.

2010-09-18 18:44:55

#139

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5648|London, England

unnamednewbie13 wrote:
burnzz wrote:
hey, those are blind people friendly.

unnamednewbie for treasurer . . .
Thanks.

JohnG@lt wrote:
Two-fifty seems extraneous. Also, use inches, not metric, you heathen!
They're actually more easily measured in metric.

Metric, like soccer, is something they've been saying is the wave of the future for the past fifty years

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-09-18 18:48:32

#140

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,057|7062|PNW

The system of measurement hardly matters. What matters is that they're evenly scaled. And Imperial(e:/US customary) sucks when you have to start dicking around with fractions of an inch.

2010-09-18 18:49:17

#141

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5648|London, England

unnamednewbie13 wrote:
The system of measurement hardly matters. What matters is that they're evenly scaled.

1/8 in.
3/16 in.
1/2 in.

etc

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-09-18 18:52:18

#142

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,057|7062|PNW

I use those all the time in construction because that's what everything here gets measured in and is also what everything here seems to be cut in. But in my opinion, a 10-base system wins over that any day.

You'll see metric if you're working with bolts or something. God damn toolboxes in the US are twice as heavy because they include both kinds of sockets. But with coins, if I'm not mistaken the mints all measure by metric.

2010-09-18 18:53:57

#143

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5648|London, England

unnamednewbie13 wrote:
I use those all the time in construction because that's what everything here's measured in. But in my opinion, a 10-base system wins over that any day.

Duh. I'm just fucking with you man.

Nothing more frustrating than designing a project and then having to convert it all into AS.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-09-18 18:55:16

#144

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,057|7062|PNW

[may not karma within 24 hrs...]

I know.

Also:

JohnG@lt wrote:
Two-fifty seems extraneous.

/limited circulation.

2010-09-18 18:56:59

#145

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5648|London, England

There's a fatal flaw in your design. Every cash register in America would have to be redesigned and replaced

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-09-18 19:01:16

#146

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,057|7062|PNW

JohnG@lt wrote:
There's a fatal flaw in your design. Every cash register in America would have to be redesigned and replaced

And vending machines. I know.

ignoring all the extraneous expenses and public confusion attached

Also, people would have to get used to the resizing of .01<.05<.10<.25

2010-09-18 19:06:37

#147

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,057|7062|PNW

Roger Lesboules wrote:
11 Bravo wrote:
pennies are useless
Only old people pay with em actually.

I for myself keep em, roll em and bring em back to the bank every now and then, not really worth it you might say but at least i dont trow money away like everyone does with those pennies.

I hate doing that. None of the machines I've tried are very good at counting them, and my time is more valuable than manually counting out each roll for $0.50 value. I'd rather take the 'commission' hit and drop everything into a coinstar.

2010-09-18 19:07:36

#148

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5648|London, England

https://gizmodo.com/images/2006/04/coinstar.jpg

ftw.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-09-18 19:08:18

#149

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|6983

I like counting out and rolling coins. I like wasting time.

x

2010-09-18 19:12:30

#150

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,057|7062|PNW

What really pisses me off about it is I end up with like 80 rolls of pennies, but less than a dozen rolls combined of any other type of coin.

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JohnG@lt wrote:

Ticia wrote:

Mekstizzle wrote:

JohnG@lt wrote:

Ticia wrote:

Mekstizzle wrote:

Mekstizzle wrote:

burnzz wrote:

11 Bravo wrote:

burnzz wrote:

burnzz wrote:

burnzz wrote:

JohnG@lt wrote:

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

burnzz wrote:

JohnG@lt wrote:

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

JohnG@lt wrote:

JohnG@lt wrote:

Roger Lesboules wrote:

11 Bravo wrote:

Board footer

Value	Nick	Diameter	Thickness	Edge	Usage	Obverse	Reverse	Color
.01	Penny	18mm	1.4mm	plain	limited	Lincoln	Union shield	copper
.05	Nickel	20mm	1.5mm	reeded	wide	Jefferson	Cape Disappointment Lighthouse	dull silver
.10	Dime	22mm	1.6mm	plain	wide	FDR	Marine Corps War (Iwo Jima) Memorial	silver
.25	Quarter	24mm	1.7mm	reeded	wide	Washington	continue 'America the Beautiful' theme	dull silver
.50	Half-dollar	26mm	1.8mm	plain	wide	JFK	Apollo 11 LM on lunar surface	silver
1.00	Gold dollar	28mm	1.9mm	10-sided	wide	decd US presidents/prominent legislators & governors	American eagle motif or state seal	gold
2.50	Two-fifty	30mm	2.0mm	25-sided	limited	decd US civil & equal rights/immigration figures (+unintended)	relevant to each face	inr milled; gold (inner 80%) / silver (outer 20%)
5.00	Five	32mm	2.1mm	serrated	wide	Series 1: decd US science/exploration figures; Series 2: decd prominent US captains of industry	relevant to each face	silver