Re: [webpage ad] OLYMPIC TRAIN TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE

["Mitch" <webmaster@nos-pam.mitch.zzn.com>]

I have watched gates at busy stations and MOST people [99%+] know what that
big arrow means. The problem with gates that accept multiple tickets is
that:

1) They are very expensive
2) They are un-necessary
3) There are already a lot of the current gates, and replacement at this
current time will result in people putting the tickets in the older machines
the wrong way.

Remember when they showed the gates at the Easter Show :)







"Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> "Mitch" <webmaster@nos-pam.mitch.zzn.com> wrote in message
> news:5xJs5.5295$gg.15180@news1.rivrw1.nsw.optushome.com.au...
> > Mainly because there is probably [at max] 2 ticket readers per gate at
an
> > airport. The cost to implement two way gates that can read tickets
> > everywhich way would outweigh the benefit. It's not really THAT hard is
> it!?
>
> Try looking at the gates at busy stations. If a ticket could go in any
which
> way, it would speed things up considerably.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> > "Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> > news:dzqs5.51131$g53.840265@news5.giganews.com...
> > > "Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com> wrote in message
> > > news:39b2337d$0$26531$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au...
> > > > virtually all magnetic tickets will have a hole in it. If you take a
> > look
> > > at
> > > > the Common Stored Value tickets in the Hong Kong section, you will
> also
> > > see
> > > > holes in the tickets. The are almost required for magnetic tickets
> that
> > > > enters a machine one way and exits another.
> > >
> > > You will find that airline boarding passes, which are effectively
> magnetic
> > > stripe tickets, generally do not have a hole in them, since the reader
> > > generally will accept them no matter which whay they are put in, so
> there
> > is
> > > no need for a validation process to check whether it was inserted
> > correctly.
> > > Why they did not adopt this for railway gates is beyond me (cost? 4
> > readers
> > > instead of 1?)
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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