Easily digestible tech news... http://www.techdirt.com/ en-us http://www.techdirt.com/images/td-88x31.gifhttp://www.techdirt.com/ Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:00:00 PST Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101111/18050711822/dailydirt-handwriting-analysis-secretaries-us-treasury.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101111/18050711822/dailydirt-handwriting-analysis-secretaries-us-treasury.shtml

Jack Lew's distinctive signature has been described as a stretched-out Slinky -- which would look awesome unbecoming AWESOME on a dollar bill. A ton of FOIA requests are probably being filed now to see all the documents that have Lew's signature on them.... [url]

Here's a list of 47 signatures that have graced US currency since 1928. Anna Escobedo Cabral wins for the most legibly stylish. [url]

Timothy Geithner also had a unintelligible signature, but he changed it to make it more readable for the US Treasury. From now on, I'm sure some people will refer to Geithner as the former Treasury Secretary known as [insert sig here]. [url]

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]]> urls-we-dig-up http://www.techdirt.com/comment_rss.php?sid=20101111/18050711822 Wed, 7 May 2008 09:14:00 PDT Mike Masnick http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080505/1204011034.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080505/1204011034.shtml urging doctors to stop writing prescriptions so illegibly, as it all too often leads to filling the wrong prescription (even to the point of putting someone's life at risk). However, this is hardly just an Indian issue, as the same thing happens in the US as well. In an age where more and more doctors' offices are computerized, it simply doesn't make any sense not to offer computerized prescriptions that accurately display the drug in question (including, perhaps, questions or warnings about possible conflicts or side effects). The fact that it may save a few seconds for a doctor to scribble hardly seems like a reasonable excuse when people's lives are on the line and it's part of the doctor's job to do whatever possible to keep them healthy.

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