French chip & pin

<Des mode>

The one that's only just come into place, it's perhaps worth pointing
out. There seems to be some sort of assumption that it's the nasty
froggies being different, when in reality it's just that they've had
their own system for years and it's only now the rest of Europe's
catching up, and implementing a standard system, that there's any
reason to change.

</Dm>

 

oh, right.

 

well, recently rather than "only" just, and the spec has been
available for ages.

I am aware of this. I wasn't intending my statement above to be a
criticism of the French - in fact, I'm astonished they're moving so
quickly on it!

 

ogden bored us all completely to death with wittery prose along the
lines of:

 

darsy bored us all completely to death with wittery prose along the
lines of:

To be fair, the system that is being put into place was developed by
the French. This is the v2 system. More secure than the old one.
Because they already have the system in place, it's a case of changing
over the cards.

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yeah, it's been pointed out now.

I never really bought into the whole chicory memelet.

 

**** knows, Calais...left a bit along some road, then right, then god knows
as i was relagated to the back because my bike is noisy and the wimps could
not hear there radio's and stuff.

I remember coming back into France from Ostend, but no idea where, just
playing
follow my leader.

Alan

 

Six or seven of us tried doing that on the last French Run. we found a
willing Frog, but even his card glitched in the machine, several times.
It took about 45 minutes to get all the bikes filled up, IIRC.

 

All of them?

 

I wouldn't bet against it. I guess that's why he prefers iBikes. The
iFuel consumption must be pretty iMpressive.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, darsy

Get out of the Java business. Now.

It's for your own good.

 

so you say, COBOL-boy.

 

I'd post a helpfull URL, but would only get slagged off for it

 

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