11 Jan
1999
11 Jan
'99
3:50 p.m.
On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, John Rollins wrote:
Oh, I don't know. I think I'd prefer losing a card to losing a hand!
- don
And if the
ticket machine runs out of Suzy Bs, you wind
up with a major load of quarters.
Which is why that electronic money stuff seems to be an almost good idea...
Sure, there's lots of reasons not to like it... But why carry around a
bunch of heavy coins when you could just have a little chip, maybe just
underneath the skin in the hand or something? I would guess anything but an
implantable chip would be a bit of a security concern...
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