Gas pumps at my gas station....
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Rant: We have these chip reading gas pumps that want a pin if you are using a debt card, a zip code if credit and curiously there is a hardware button that says bypass pin. On all the pumps, bypass pin has been pushed so much in favor of all other zip or pin choices that it is cracking from wear. If the pin can just be bypassed, lines and lines of code could have been eliminated and all the gymnastics that are required to tank up the old heap could be reduced.
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Rant: We have these chip reading gas pumps that want a pin if you are using a debt card, a zip code if credit and curiously there is a hardware button that says bypass pin. On all the pumps, bypass pin has been pushed so much in favor of all other zip or pin choices that it is cracking from wear. If the pin can just be bypassed, lines and lines of code could have been eliminated and all the gymnastics that are required to tank up the old heap could be reduced.
But, but, we like pin ups over here :-\
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Rant: We have these chip reading gas pumps that want a pin if you are using a debt card, a zip code if credit and curiously there is a hardware button that says bypass pin. On all the pumps, bypass pin has been pushed so much in favor of all other zip or pin choices that it is cracking from wear. If the pin can just be bypassed, lines and lines of code could have been eliminated and all the gymnastics that are required to tank up the old heap could be reduced.
It's a conspiracy we can PIN on the button manufacturers.
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Rant: We have these chip reading gas pumps that want a pin if you are using a debt card, a zip code if credit and curiously there is a hardware button that says bypass pin. On all the pumps, bypass pin has been pushed so much in favor of all other zip or pin choices that it is cracking from wear. If the pin can just be bypassed, lines and lines of code could have been eliminated and all the gymnastics that are required to tank up the old heap could be reduced.
same thing at my area in the states. Some station implemented with some agreement a rewards points system. The first question you have to answer after your card is inserted is. "Do you have reward points" the "NO" button has been pushed so many times on all those machines it does not work. The only way around now is to hit the yes button multiple times like 3. The yes button is beginning to wear out as well. You have to answer this question before you can even hit the bypass pin or enter your pin or zipcode.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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Rant: We have these chip reading gas pumps that want a pin if you are using a debt card, a zip code if credit and curiously there is a hardware button that says bypass pin. On all the pumps, bypass pin has been pushed so much in favor of all other zip or pin choices that it is cracking from wear. If the pin can just be bypassed, lines and lines of code could have been eliminated and all the gymnastics that are required to tank up the old heap could be reduced.
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same thing at my area in the states. Some station implemented with some agreement a rewards points system. The first question you have to answer after your card is inserted is. "Do you have reward points" the "NO" button has been pushed so many times on all those machines it does not work. The only way around now is to hit the yes button multiple times like 3. The yes button is beginning to wear out as well. You have to answer this question before you can even hit the bypass pin or enter your pin or zipcode.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
rnbergren wrote:
You have to answer this question before you can even hit the bypass pin or enter your pin or zipcode.
Just like the 'Updates are available. View available updates?' screen I get when logging onto a remote server. It's modal and the only option is to click 'Yes'. :|
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Rant: We have these chip reading gas pumps that want a pin if you are using a debt card, a zip code if credit and curiously there is a hardware button that says bypass pin. On all the pumps, bypass pin has been pushed so much in favor of all other zip or pin choices that it is cracking from wear. If the pin can just be bypassed, lines and lines of code could have been eliminated and all the gymnastics that are required to tank up the old heap could be reduced.