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Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION] |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Nov 4 23:22:31 2011, in response to "Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero." [QUESTION], posted by R36 #9346 on Fri Nov 4 23:15:28 2011. Failed to read it. |
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Posted by G1Ravage on Sat Nov 5 03:12:12 2011, in response to "Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero." [QUESTION], posted by R36 #9346 on Fri Nov 4 23:15:28 2011. Expired in 1990? lol |
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Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION] |
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Posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Sat Nov 5 05:40:21 2011, in response to Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION], posted by G1Ravage on Sat Nov 5 03:12:12 2011. What's more funny is it means that Metrocard will probably encounter the Y2K bug at the end of 2089... |
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Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION] |
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Posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Nov 5 10:20:03 2011, in response to Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION], posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Sat Nov 5 05:40:21 2011. The Metrocard is the Model T Ford of transit cards. Baltimore MTA and WMATA are now joined together as far as fare collection is concerned. |
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Posted by B1bus on Sat Nov 5 19:10:00 2011, in response to Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION], posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Sat Nov 5 05:40:21 2011. The card was demagnatized in the box holder. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 6 00:02:03 2011, in response to Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION], posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Nov 5 10:20:03 2011. The Metrocard is the Model T Ford of transit cards No it's not. You're wrong AGAIN, Dan Lawrence. Why are you almost always wrong? |
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Posted by R36 #9346 on Sun Nov 6 00:39:43 2011, in response to Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION], posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Nov 5 10:20:03 2011. Wrong. Everyone on this board ought to know that SEPTA's passes, (e.g. the One-day "Convenience Pass") are the "Model T Ford of transit cards," as you put it.Keeping with the theme of comparing transit cards to automobiles, MetroCard is more like the K car. |
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Posted by Dan Lawrence on Sun Nov 6 09:42:43 2011, in response to Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION], posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 6 00:02:03 2011. Why are you always stupid? The MTA is the only transit system that uses the Metrocard, AFAIK. |
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Posted by Dan Lawrence on Sun Nov 6 09:46:11 2011, in response to Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION], posted by R36 #9346 on Sun Nov 6 00:39:43 2011. True enough, but SEPTA used to have a "Day Pass" and went to to the "Convenience Pass", just like Day Pass at more $$$.Anybody else using the MetroCard? |
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Posted by hank eisenstein on Sun Nov 6 11:34:22 2011, in response to Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION], posted by Dan Lawrence on Sun Nov 6 09:42:43 2011. CTA uses the same system. |
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Posted by Terrapin station on Sun Nov 6 11:41:21 2011, in response to Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION], posted by Dan Lawrence on Sun Nov 6 09:42:43 2011. How many times do I need to tell you that you are wrong??? You're wrong! |
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Posted by Terrapin station on Sun Nov 6 11:41:22 2011, in response to Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION], posted by Dan Lawrence on Sun Nov 6 09:42:43 2011. How many times do I need to tell you that you are wrong??? You're wrong! |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Nov 6 11:56:08 2011, in response to "Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero." [QUESTION], posted by R36 #9346 on Fri Nov 4 23:15:28 2011. Damaged card. They are not very resilient (probably by design). |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Nov 6 12:24:23 2011, in response to Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION], posted by Dan Lawrence on Sun Nov 6 09:42:43 2011. PATH... |
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Posted by aaron on Sun Nov 6 12:52:04 2011, in response to "Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero." [QUESTION], posted by R36 #9346 on Fri Nov 4 23:15:28 2011. Yeah, I've seen that a few times...Definitely a damaged card, but I always assume it has $0.00 value. |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sun Nov 6 13:23:29 2011, in response to Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION], posted by hank eisenstein on Sun Nov 6 11:34:22 2011. Complete with the same turnstiles... though CTA also uses a smart card. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Nov 6 14:49:48 2011, in response to Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION], posted by Dan Lawrence on Sun Nov 6 09:46:11 2011. The CTA TransitCard is identical technologically. |
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Posted by merrick1 on Sun Nov 6 15:30:55 2011, in response to Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION], posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Nov 6 12:24:23 2011. Bee Line and Roosevelt Island Tram. |
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Posted by R36 #9346 on Sun Nov 6 15:37:54 2011, in response to Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION], posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Nov 6 14:49:48 2011. Correct. Here's a side-by-side photo of both.
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Posted by R36 #9346 on Sun Nov 6 16:02:01 2011, in response to Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION], posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Sat Nov 5 05:40:21 2011. You're assuming, among other things, that people will still be using MetroCard nearly 95 years after its introduction. Even the token didn't last that long in the NYC subway!We'd reach a time when a MetroCard with serial number 4294967296 is produced and used long before that. Why is that number important? That's 232. It has been shown that the MetroCard Vending Machine software uses 32-bit signed integers for the MetroCard serial number. These integers range from -(231) to 231-1. If the sequence of 32 bits were treated as an unsigned integer, the range of valid values would range from 0 to 4294967295, which, in hexadecimal, is 0xFFFFFFFF. Adding 1 to that would result in a 33-bit integer, probably causing overflow or resetting the serial number count to zero. If we're still using MetroCards by then, MetroCard Overflow would likely happen by 2028. |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Nov 6 16:10:46 2011, in response to Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION], posted by R36 #9346 on Sun Nov 6 15:37:54 2011. The buses in Vancouver, BC have the same type of farebox as in NYC, and IIRC, the cards are also the same shape and design. |
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Posted by B1bus on Mon Nov 7 21:32:38 2011, in response to Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION], posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sun Nov 6 13:23:29 2011. One can also put a CTA metrocard into a booth reader and weird numbres will pop up on the screen. |
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Posted by B1bus on Mon Nov 7 21:33:07 2011, in response to Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION], posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Nov 6 12:24:23 2011. PATH has smart cards. |
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Posted by B1bus on Mon Nov 7 21:34:32 2011, in response to Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION], posted by Dan Lawrence on Sun Nov 6 09:46:11 2011. Did y'all forget the Independance pass, and the Family Independance pass that includes the rail after AM rush? |
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Posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Nov 12 09:55:56 2011, in response to Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION], posted by Terrapin station on Sun Nov 6 11:41:21 2011. When pigs fly. |
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Posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Nov 12 09:56:29 2011, in response to Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION], posted by Terrapin station on Sun Nov 6 11:41:22 2011. When pigs fly. |
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Posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Nov 12 09:57:32 2011, in response to Re: ''Your MetroCard Serial Number is Zero.'' [QUESTION], posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Nov 6 16:10:46 2011. I stand corrected. Sorry. |
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