Do you think the Yuan will appreciate against the Dollar?

As much as the US government would like that and is constantly pushing the CN government to take steps into that direction, such an appreciation would bring huge implications for the world's 2 largest economies. Such as massive inflation in the US and great unemployment in China which could also potentially make it politically unstable.

That's an interesting discussion, do you guys think the US government really wants this and is prepared (or getting prepared for) such an event? And how about the CN government?

What are your bets? Will this event happen, when it will happen and will it be quick or gradual?

Sometimes a transaction like this is for speculation -- to hold Canadian currency to speculate on the future exchange rate.  If that is the case, then usually the amount being sought is a larger amount.  Other times, this type of trade is related to travel or for gifts -- where one looks to procure CADs now to have for some future event.  In that instance, the amount is generally not a larger amount.

If the purchase amount you are looking for is not a large amount, then what you might do is try to find an individual trader from Canada who will send cash in the mail.  

The #bitcoin-cad IRC channel is one such place you might find someone trusted who will do this.
 - http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#bitcoin-cad

LocalBitcoins.com is another -- simply search for a canadian location, like Toronto  for instance:
 - http://localbitcoins.com/postal_code/ca/toronto/#

Another method is to find someone locally who does USD/CAD exchange.  Some banks might offer this, or there may be an exchange that caters to travelers which does this (e.g., Travelex).  Then simply cash out your bitcoins to USDs and do the trade that way.

You listed "in a bank" as one method of receiving your CADs, rather than exclusively getting physical currency.  This might be because you were taking advantage of arbitrage opportunities that existed where profits of several percentage points were available by simply buying bitcoins with USDs and then turning around and selling them for CADs.  Other times the reverse trade is profitable.   Right now these two markets are efficient meaning there is nearly no profit from arbitrage possible.

For that purpose though, and for other various uses, a bank in the U.S. with a foreign currency savings account might work for you.  HSBC, for instance, offers this which they target for use by expatriates.   There are high minimum balances though (like $25K US).

According to this URL it is on one of their updates:
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/33087/apple-java-for-mac-os-x-10.6/

Java 6 was released Dec 2006 so anything relatively modern should have it (or a later version). 

What are folds going to protect against?  Someone snapping a picture of the bill and redeeming it?  Why, assuming this were to happen, they could easily splice it back together with Photoshop.  It's not as though the information isn't there for an attacker to redeem the bill, he just has to work a little bit to piece it together.

This is interesting! I'll match BTC to BTC for every donation you received to date provided, of course, that ONLY two more people do the same behind me. If I've done the math correctly, by this time next year you'll be in for a big surprise when you re-open up your wallet.

Who wants to play? Simply state you'll match my match and get this a Ponzi thing a rollin'.

~Both Sigs~

I use a CooKey from LaCie.com.  They are beautiful flash drives.  They are metal, thin, virtually unbreakable, and don't bulk up my keys.  With 32GB, I have all my important software everywhere I go.  I am appalled that most flash drives on the market don't look like this one.  (link: http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?id=10462 )

On top of that, I found that the website MemorySuppliers.com has a knock-off of this drive available for bulk purchase.  So I bought 500 of them and have been giving them away as gifts left and right.  Everyone loves them and puts them on their keychain the moment they get them, yet they cost me under $10 each, including the custom engraving.  I made sure I had them engrave the size on it too - 8 GB - as if someone's going to make a flash drive their "one and only", it better be big enough to hold their stuff.

That said, consumer grade flash drives often contain the worst flash memory in existence.  That's part of why they are so cheap.  Avoid using them for anything irreplaceable, or else, save your important stuff in two places.  When they fail, locking up your computer is generally the symptom, and then you're totally screwed.  It's not like you can open the thing and do surgery on it.

Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I believe this is The Powers That Be (TPTB) using their influence at Verisign to interfere with bitcoin.

A few months ago, I have had similar problems with Firefox telling me that the certificates were not valid on the Intersango, Mt Gox, and btc-e.com.

Even today, my android phone will not let me use MtGox Mobile app due to some problem with the certificate.

IMO TPTB use certificates authorities and anti-virus software like Norton to implement a casual form of website blacklisting.

Splitting the private key to front and back would increase security but would increase the rate of printing errors (imagine a single sided printer and multiple bills per page...multiple pages in a print job...you're just begging for mistake).

Mad Magazine has those fold pictures. You could do that with a paper wallet. If you want the code to not be easily seen, you could print with invisible, UV, or infrared ink.

How much Canadian cash do you need?  How close to the border are you?