Comments on: Metcards I: Introduction http://adamluke.com/2009/11/17/metcards-i-introduction/ Doing it wrong since 2009 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:04:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Metcards II « Etherised Patient http://adamluke.com/2009/11/17/metcards-i-introduction/#comment-237 Metcards II « Etherised Patient Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:29:03 +0000 http://www.etherised-patient.net/?p=274#comment-237 [...] in November, I posted about Metcards (you’ll probably want to read that for background knowledge), which are tickets for public [...] [...] in November, I posted about Metcards (you’ll probably want to read that for background knowledge), which are tickets for public [...]

]]> By: Jen http://adamluke.com/2009/11/17/metcards-i-introduction/#comment-236 Jen Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:43:02 +0000 http://www.etherised-patient.net/?p=274#comment-236 They've been trying to get a similar system working in Sydney, but so far it's been a massive FAIL. And by fail, I mean it's ended up in lawsuits, and tonnes of taxpayers' money wasted, simply because they can't get their act together. I think they wanted to base if on Hong Kong's Octupus card -- they should just bring those guys in, and figure it out, I reckon! :P Anyway. That's a lot of tickets you've collected! I have a pile in my drawer too, but they're boring and only vary in color -- blue, orange, red, and green. They’ve been trying to get a similar system working in Sydney, but so far it’s been a massive FAIL. And by fail, I mean it’s ended up in lawsuits, and tonnes of taxpayers’ money wasted, simply because they can’t get their act together. I think they wanted to base if on Hong Kong’s Octupus card — they should just bring those guys in, and figure it out, I reckon! :P

Anyway. That’s a lot of tickets you’ve collected! I have a pile in my drawer too, but they’re boring and only vary in color — blue, orange, red, and green.

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