Friday, April 29, 2016

[dhsezymy] Fake rulers

Consider a boutique business that constructs objects at sizes slightly different from their standard sizes.

Most interestingly, measuring tools.  Obviously usable for fraud, but perhaps other things.  (Jokes like in Amelie.)

Need to be careful about trademarks.

What kinds of things, especially measuring tools, do people take for granted that they are accurate, that no one would take the effort to go out and make a very realistic fake?  Inspired by a cheap wooden ruler.  More complicated measuring tools people will easily suspect are broken or miscalibrated, e.g., scales, thermometers, timers.

Under what situations could a fraudulent measurement be perpetrated then actually matter a lot?

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