IT'S HERE !!!!! .... spoiler !!!!

[SkankieBiscuit]

mine is here, got the wrong fan number on it though?

Bet thats mine you have got!!

 

[Bozza]

Even credit cards don't NEED the black strip, I guess they just keep them on generally because people find it reassuring and think it's what differentiates it in importance from, say, a library card. If you think about it, things like car park tokens can contain a quantity of data and they have no visible chips, strips or anything.

Yes they do. If the whole wide world was chip-and-PINed up, and the chip and pin technology never failed then the 'black strip', which is magnetic, would not be needed. But the whole world isn't like that yet so magnetic strips are still very much needed.

 

[Tomnorthi]

Mine came this morning too.

 

[spellfast]

Any one tried to top up their smartcard. I logged on but can't find any smartcard logo to click on??

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Yes they do. If the whole wide world was chip-and-PINed up, and the chip and pin technology never failed then the 'black strip', which is magnetic, would not be needed. But the whole world isn't like that yet so magnetic strips are still very much needed.

But surely it doesn't need to be specifically a black strip. It could easily be incorporated into a card design, is sort of what I was getting at?

 

[The Grockle]

Nope, it couldn't look more boring from the outside.

Just noticed, it does have a return address on though.

That should be fine then, thanks for replying.

 

[Bozza]

But surely it doesn't need to be specifically a black strip. It could easily be incorporated into a card design, is sort of what I was getting at?

Well it needs to be some magnetic material in a fixed place to suit the zillions of card readers out there. As such, there's not much scope unless you start from scratch and replace those card readers.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Ah. I stand corrected.

Well, the most important thing is: I HAVE MY SEASON TICKET

 

[8ace]

Got mine

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Will cost you £3 for a replacement paper ticket if you forget your card, £10 if you lose your card.

 

[Simster]

Well it needs to be some magnetic material in a fixed place to suit the zillions of card readers out there. As such, there's not much scope unless you start from scratch and replace those card readers.

I've never really seen the point of chip and pin. All they seem to do is make cards less secure, seeing as you can swipe and sign anyhow.

 

[34064 Fighter Command]

i wonder where the 'techy' bit is.
i was expecting a chip or summat...perhaps its under the badge?

As it's a contactless ticket reading system the club have, a visible electrical contact ( like with a SIM card ) isn't necessary. You only get them on debit cards because not ALL cash machines are contactless, some still require ( depending on the model of cash machine ) an electrical contact with the chip, rather than the 'transponder' contactless ones use ( i.e. the ticket transmits a radio signal to the ticket reader and is powered by electrical induction, in the same way a Oral-B toothbrush is charged up - the ticket reader emits a high power magnetic field that the ticket can use to generate the small voltage to power the transponder ).

I strongly suggest that you DON'T try to cut the card up to find the chip, as you will break the aerial used to power the chip and transmit the data.

 

[brighton_girl87]

Post has just come and no ST

Oh dear Marc, it seems you have had nothing but problems with your ST!

 

[Set of Tracksuits]

I strongly suggest that you DON'T try to cut the card up to find the chip, as you will break the aerial used to power the chip and transmit the data.

Sh*t.

 

[Falkor]

i guess it works the same way an oyster card does

 

[Bozza]

I've never really seen the point of chip and pin. All they seem to do is make cards less secure, seeing as you can swipe and sign anyhow.

Really? Where used, which is pretty much everywhere in the UK now, it's simple 2 factor authentication - something you have (the card) and something you know (the PIN). Swipe and sign is only 1FA given you just need the card (the ability to roughly copy the signature already on the card adds no security at all).

 

[Blues Rock DJ]

Mine has just PLOPPED satisfyingly on to my doormat and I am lovingly caressing it as we speak

Steady, Edna, it might go off in your hands.......where are you sitting anyway? (ex French Mistress)

 

[8ace]

This is who makes 'em:
FORTRESS GB

 

[Southstandseagullsfan]

hasn't arrived today
got to leave before post tommorow
boll#cks!

 

[brightonmark1234]

mine is here and now i cant wait to go

 

[Slippery Seagull]

Mine has arrived. Time to draw the curtains.....