http://younghee.com/2008/03/05/the-invisible-tag/ Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:52:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://younghee.com/2008/03/05/the-invisible-tag/comment-page-1/#comment-989 dinis Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:29:57 +0000 http://younghee.com/2008/03/05/the-invisible-tag/#comment-989 you are right, it can be very confusing for a newcomer seeing paper + slot. the thing was, there is and has been a rfid plastic card since circa 2002 when they implemented these accesses. but those were only the renewable monthly passes. the single trip, round trip, 10trip etc were all still issued as paper with the magnetic band for the slot. only a couple years ago were they replaced by those like the one you had, so i'm not absolutely sure.. but i would say there arent any tickets for the slots anymore! they should in fact be removed to avoid confusion. you are right, it can be very confusing for a newcomer seeing paper + slot. the thing was, there is and has been a rfid plastic card since circa 2002 when they implemented these accesses. but those were only the renewable monthly passes. the single trip, round trip, 10trip etc were all still issued as paper with the magnetic band for the slot. only a couple years ago were they replaced by those like the one you had, so i’m not absolutely sure.. but i would say there arent any tickets for the slots anymore! they should in fact be removed to avoid confusion.

]]> http://younghee.com/2008/03/05/the-invisible-tag/comment-page-1/#comment-527 CHAPLIN Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:45:10 +0000 http://younghee.com/2008/03/05/the-invisible-tag/#comment-527 Hey there! It's too weird the card was not in english too, here in Porto our meter has it available in several languages.. And the ticket is not in paper, it's in plastic (magnetic). Hmm.. Next time go visit Porto. lol ;) Hey there!
It’s too weird the card was not in english too, here in Porto our meter has it available in several languages..
And the ticket is not in paper, it’s in plastic (magnetic).
Hmm.. Next time go visit Porto. lol ;)

]]> http://younghee.com/2008/03/05/the-invisible-tag/comment-page-1/#comment-411 Trust/no trust (strange difficult and alien.) « human behavior Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:25:52 +0000 http://younghee.com/2008/03/05/the-invisible-tag/#comment-411 [...] April 16, 2008 · No Comments I got a nice link the other day towards misunderstandings of how to use the portuguese rfid-card. Being used to certain types of material in relation to RFID-cards its easy to understand how this can be misinturpreted. Haptic readability can of course throw you off if not designed after conventions you’re used to. The post can be found here.  [...] [...] April 16, 2008 · No Comments I got a nice link the other day towards misunderstandings of how to use the portuguese rfid-card. Being used to certain types of material in relation to RFID-cards its easy to understand how this can be misinturpreted. Haptic readability can of course throw you off if not designed after conventions you’re used to. The post can be found here.  [...]

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