On 17 Sep, 04:05, Charles Ellson
ellson.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:47:53 -0700 (PDT), Mizter T
>
>
gmail.com> wrote:
>>>On 16 Sep, 21:25, MIG
doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:>
>>> On Sep 16, 8:05Â pm, Mizter T
gmail.com> wrote:>
>>>> On 16 Sep, 18:13, MIG
doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:>
>>> (snip)
>
>>>>> But can you still get travelcards from shops that aren't dated till
>>>>> they've been through a barrier? Â Presumably one could buy them any
>>>>> time, but you'd need to come to an understanding about the date
>>>>> stamped on it.
>
>>>> The point you're making isn't exactly clear to me.
>
>>> Well, if you wanted a travelcard to use the next day, it might work
>>> barriers from when you first used it tomorrow (if that is how they
>>> work) but if the shopkeeper stamped today's date on it, it wouldn't
>>> pass a visual inspection on a bus tomorrow.
>
>>I thought that was the point you were making, but I wasn't entirely
>>clear of that.
>
>>> To ask for it to be stamped with tomorrow's date would provide no
>>> additional cheaty opportunities to what's always possible.
>
> You could use it on the Underground and on buses today in the hope
> no-one looks at the date and then use it tomorrow only on buses (where
> the magnetic stripe isn't going to be read?).
>
Or variations thereof. Yes, I have thought this through and reached
similar conclusions - see my post upthread, though it may not be
immediately obvious as I was purposefully using somewhat opaque
language (though reading between the lines it quickly becomes
transparent).
As ever it's difficult to discuss the potential holes in ticketing
without also flagging them up to those who might wish to take
advantage.
