Re:So is this like the system in Singapore?
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Hong Kong's Octopus
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No, this is a proximity smart card, just like what a lot of offices use for entry-access and/or logging.
Mondex was tried and more or less failed in HK. Too much like a credit card, and ATM debit cards are almost universal here already. I'm not sure if you can still get Mondex here. I've never known anybody with one and I don't remember seeing a merchant with the reader for quite a while now.
Sounds like he was not really involved with the project, or did not stick around to see the final implementation.
The placement of octopus scanners is such that it is very difficult to accidentally scan them.
On one-time payments like the bus, there is a time lockout (3 minutes?) so that accidental multiple payment is difficult. 7-11 and supermarket payments require a transaction be rung in from the till so multiple payment is not really possible there either.
You don't get a permanent record when you drop quarters in the bus or a payphone, and when you use Octopus at the store, you still get a normal transaction receipt, so that doesn't seem to be a real issue either.
It is after all, an optional payment method.
Dropping/losing an anonymous one is like dropping/losing money.
Dropping/losing a personalized one is like dropping/losing a credit card.
"Leonid Showers tonight." OK, if a stripper named Leonid was doing a shower show tonight. Re this meteor shower, since this refers to this year's singular event, "Leonid Shower tonight." is probably better.
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No, this is a proximity smart card, just like what a lot of offices use for entry-access and/or logging.
Mondex was tried and more or less failed in HK. Too much like a credit card, and ATM debit cards are almost universal here already. I'm not sure if you can still get Mondex here. I've never known anybody with one and I don't remember seeing a merchant with the reader for quite a while now.
Sounds like he was not really involved with the project, or did not stick around to see the final implementation.
The placement of octopus scanners is such that it is very difficult to accidentally scan them.
On one-time payments like the bus, there is a time lockout (3 minutes?) so that accidental multiple payment is difficult. 7-11 and supermarket payments require a transaction be rung in from the till so multiple payment is not really possible there either.
You don't get a permanent record when you drop quarters in the bus or a payphone, and when you use Octopus at the store, you still get a normal transaction receipt, so that doesn't seem to be a real issue either.
It is after all, an optional payment method.
Dropping/losing an anonymous one is like dropping/losing money.
Dropping/losing a personalized one is like dropping/losing a credit card.
How about skip all episodes where:
Picard appears to be made of wood, or
Riker has that shit eating "I get *lots* more than the Captain" grin on his face, or
Dr. Crusher appears to be the most masculine crew member, or
Weasely appears to be the most feminine crew member, or
Troi fails to show any cleavage.
"Leonid Showers tonight." OK, if a stripper named Leonid was doing a shower show tonight. Re this meteor shower, since this refers to this year's singular event, "Leonid Shower tonight." is probably better.
Actually, that sounds more like yoda-speak.
As opposed to motherboards from what other country?
But would a staff of MCP's be able to trace a patch and a cable?