Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!news.tal.de!news.wtal.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bob Eager Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: 1976 vs. 2016? Date: 3 Feb 2016 01:18:40 GMT Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <977171a2-738d-4405-9241-7cd8f403ef94@googlegroups.com> <56AB34BF.9030305@koerber.org> <9b5oabh1k6vuil2c7pd59bop74qtqfefht@4ax.com> <8737tf4y41.fsf@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> <6a77d7ef-5dc8-4c56-a765-29c76b500a57@googlegroups.com> <178029475.475890088.507946.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <20160131094248.39f4c0b282484fa720279fae@eircom.net> <7JmdnZv5zeBjLTLLnZ2dnUU78cOdnZ2d@giganews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net z1gMIc4xMO17KNFUEddIsQ4WG5LQv2KE2sdOlEtGrIp+Ah0yMt Cancel-Lock: sha1:xnqAwEbIPO1C8LT5vqffDBcSr1k= User-Agent: Pan/0.139 (Sexual Chocolate; GIT bf56508 git://git.gnome.org/pan2) Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:158657 On Tue, 02 Feb 2016 20:34:42 +0000, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2016-02-02, Bob Eager wrote: > >> On Tue, 02 Feb 2016 16:23:14 +1100, jack wrote: >> >>> "Mathias Koerber" wrote in message >>> news:dhaqk1F415fU1@mid.individual.net... >>> >>>>> The only thing they can't do is the tolls on roads, but that is >>>>> because a card wont work in that situation because the system needs >>>>> to be able to see the thing in the car from a much greater distance >>>>> than with the cards which you tap against the card reader. >>>> >>>> ERP has worked in Singapore for years, with a reader that holds a >>>> cashcard (stored-value card).. >>> >>> Ours is entirely cardless. You just register the thing that goes in >>> the car. >> >> We don't even have a thing that goes in the car any more. You register >> all your cars and it just recognises the number plate. > > That's an option with our system, but it's mostly there to accomodate > visitors. You pay less if you get the RFID tag. Presumably that's > because number plate recognition is more work for the tolling agency. We had RFID tags for years, but they phased them out in favour of the ANPR. It seems to work pretty well. I do have the old RFID tag in the car still. -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org