Modelexis
09-05-2010, 06:46 PM
Went to the body worlds show today to see what it's all about. (really enjoyed the exhibits)
My printer is constantly out of ink and I didn't feel like going to any lengths to print it out. Instead I took a screenshot of the pdf and saved it on my iphone so I could easily pull it up at the gate to be scanned.
What I found when I got to the gate was that not only is the barcode not scanned at the gate, and the number below the barcode is meaningless... but they wouldn't let me in the gate without first going to the service desk and having it printed out by the droid at the gate.
I walked up to the droid woman and showed it my ticket, and it's motherboard nearly fried! The droid needed my name to lookup my ticket.
I noticed at the gate the person letting people through was tearing off the barcode and dropping it in a box.
So while I was at the desk talking to the droid I asked it how they are
A) able to tell a fake (photoshop)
B) prevent me from printing out several copies and handing them out.
It was a theoretical q, since I had already bought my ticket and have some basic ethics.
It responded by making up some elaborate story about how they scan them before you get in, just a total load of crap.... and so I didn't argue with the droid and was on my way.
cliffs: Ticket barcode is meaningless and as long as you hand them a piece of paper with what looks like a ticket, you are allowed in.
They have the technology to preserve every single tendon and blood vessel and every form of fetus but they haven't mastered the barcode scanner devices.
Cool story bro :dunno:
My printer is constantly out of ink and I didn't feel like going to any lengths to print it out. Instead I took a screenshot of the pdf and saved it on my iphone so I could easily pull it up at the gate to be scanned.
What I found when I got to the gate was that not only is the barcode not scanned at the gate, and the number below the barcode is meaningless... but they wouldn't let me in the gate without first going to the service desk and having it printed out by the droid at the gate.
I walked up to the droid woman and showed it my ticket, and it's motherboard nearly fried! The droid needed my name to lookup my ticket.
I noticed at the gate the person letting people through was tearing off the barcode and dropping it in a box.
So while I was at the desk talking to the droid I asked it how they are
A) able to tell a fake (photoshop)
B) prevent me from printing out several copies and handing them out.
It was a theoretical q, since I had already bought my ticket and have some basic ethics.
It responded by making up some elaborate story about how they scan them before you get in, just a total load of crap.... and so I didn't argue with the droid and was on my way.
cliffs: Ticket barcode is meaningless and as long as you hand them a piece of paper with what looks like a ticket, you are allowed in.
They have the technology to preserve every single tendon and blood vessel and every form of fetus but they haven't mastered the barcode scanner devices.
Cool story bro :dunno: