jaylectricity: Is it too obvious to mention that being colored is a security threat in Virginia?

Dammit, stole my thunder

jaylectricity: Is it too obvious to mention that being colored is a security threat in Virginia?

Over in one.

/turn off the lights on your way out

Magorn: "Almighty God created the printer inks cyan, black, yellow, green and red, and He placed them in separate printer cartridges. And but for the interference with His arrangement there would be no cause for such color photographs. The fact that He separated the inks shows that He did not intend for them to mix"

/sorry, couldn't resist, law geek humor

That's really not humor.

/lawgeek

He still looks colored to me...

My first thought upon reading that headline; "where the hell is New Virginia?".

That's more proof that the Democrats can't fix even the smallest things efficiently, let alone a global financial crisis.

They're gonna ruin the US big time.

How will this affect DWB arrests?

Let's hear it for Dixie

Our state has been going down the drain since Governor Kaine.

ikapoz: My first thought upon reading that headline; "where the hell is New Virginia?".

Yup, me too.

/colonizing the Moon already are we?

FTFA: "Apparently, however, the lasers don't engrave in color."
Well, engraving is just that, isn't it? Inquiring minds want to know. Paging all knowledgeable persons on this topic...

FTFA again: "We've been to the moon... to the moon... sigh."

And the writer has completed a course in journalism? Sheesh.

"And remember, the Virginia DMV reserves the right to refuse to issue a driver's license or ID card to any applicant who appears for photographing in a disguise or intentionally distorts their face to alter their appearance. According to the DMV, a disguise includes, but is not limited to, unusual makeup, paint, wig, sunglasses or false facial hair. Facial distortion includes, but is not limited to, deliberately crossing or squinting eyes, or opening or twisting mouth."

Oh, really?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jOFf_KB3lI

I see nothing wrong with this except a black guy named Maury

Upon actual reading of the article, I have to say that I'm surprised at the pop culture references. That's... not what I expect from the news.

/Also, not funny
//but that's beside the point

I'm in CA, I'm surprised we haven't gone to this so everyone's license doubles as their head shot.

/would like my license photo in sepia, please. It flatters me.

raptusregaliter: Well, engraving is just that, isn't it? Inquiring minds want to know. Paging all knowledgeable persons on this topic...

Yeah, it's like chiseling a rock and expecting a full-colored image to appear. The writer's a moran.

jaylectricity: Is it too obvious to mention that being colored is a security threat in Virginia?

thread in one.

Just wait until they look at the license and go "your license shows you as black, son", and you're just tan or something.

/salutes

You clever bastards...

Color pictures are easier to manipulate and alter in photo editing software versus black and white. With more colors it becomes easier to blur facial proportions and features to make the picture look more like the intended recipient as opposed to the original.

Why, yes I was rather popular in high school... Why do you ask?

Also, who at fark started working for NBC washington? They wrote the article with a little color to it.

Is it me, or does the photo look like Reginald VelJohnson, the actor who played Sgt. Al Powell in the first Die Hard movie?

/oblig

ultraholland: raptusregaliter: Well, engraving is just that, isn't it? Inquiring minds want to know. Paging all knowledgeable persons on this topic...

Yeah, it's like chiseling a rock and expecting a full-colored image to appear. The writer's a moran.


One could imagine a plastic substrate that consisted of thin layers of different colored plastic. Then, depending on how deeply one chiseled, one could make a pixel of any of the various colors present in the substrate.

/probably already patented

also oblig?

You know what's a security threat?

Dipwad bureaucrats.

The latest UK licenses have already started doing this. I don't know if its for the same reasons.

bunner: You know what's a security threat?

Dipwad bureaucrats.

...and the Dutch.

ikapoz: My first thought upon reading that headline; "where the hell is New Virginia?".

Right on top of Old Virginia

that's my home state

raptusregaliter: FTFA: "Apparently, however, the lasers don't engrave in color."
Well, engraving is just that, isn't it? Inquiring minds want to know. Paging all knowledgeable persons on this topic...

FTFA again: "We've been to the moon... to the moon... sigh."

And the writer has completed a course in journalism? Sheesh.

What? That was my favorite part! I found the article to be entertaining.

Moved to Alberta recently and was surprised to see that, here too, drivers' licenses are black and white.

Damn, the new licenses are much uglier than the current ones. still I got a couple years before I renew.

So how long before Justin Maury is making large purchases on credit cards he didn't open? Did they really post up someone's DL with number, name, address, and birthdate?

jshine:

/probably already patented

if its not it will be soon.

/Yoink!

chef_riggy:
Ha! Good one.

But still...it's supposed to be an informative article and all I saw was scattered b.s. and catchy crap.

jshine: ultraholland: raptusregaliter: Well, engraving is just that, isn't it? Inquiring minds want to know. Paging all knowledgeable persons on this topic...

Yeah, it's like chiseling a rock and expecting a full-colored image to appear. The writer's a moran.


One could imagine a plastic substrate that consisted of thin layers of different colored plastic. Then, depending on how deeply one chiseled, one could make a pixel of any of the various colors present in the substrate.

/probably already patented

Thanks. It's nice to have my thoughts on the matter validated. I freely admit minimal knowledge of such things. :)

The_Maxxx: jshine:

/probably already patented

if its not it will be soon.

/Yoink!


Go for it, I've got a million of 'em.

/it's fun being an engineer!

Our state has been going down the drain since Governor KaineAllen.

FTFY. I remember after Allen's first year in office, all official state documents/licenses went from being laser-printed on bright, thick stock to hand-typed on near-newsprint.

I'm sure you'll get a couple strange looks if ever try to use it outside of Virginia. People down here in Florida think my New York ID is fake because it's flexible...

Am I the only one that thinks this makes sense and that it doesn't look have bad?

Kinda classy ya know?


/I r art

ikapoz: My first thought upon reading that headline; "where the hell is New Virginia?".

It's a Martian Colony.

I need to find a New Virginia...

jshine: One could imagine a plastic substrate

Sure, but to get the right color combinations, one would have to view the picture from the proper distance much like a pointillist painting

This from the same people that didn't figure out SSN printed on the card as your id number was a bad idea until a few years ago.