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--Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 05:36:05PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: > So I'm attending a conference, and I'm staying in a room in a hotel (as y= ou > do) and I'm sharing a twin room with a friend (as is not unknown) and we = both > know a lot of other people attending and might actually have two separate > lives (shock horror). >=20 > The room has a swipe card lock. Moreover, you need the swipe card to make= the > lights work inside. So with one key you generally have to stick together.= .. >=20 > Us: Can we have a second key for room [XXX] please? > Receptionist: Sure. But when I make the second key the first will stop wo= rking. > Us: Oh. But we haven't lost the first key. > Receptionist: But you can only have one key for the room. > Us: Oh, why? > Receptionist: Security, you see >=20 > We politely say that we understand and thank him and decline the new key. >=20 >=20 >=20 > Hateful hotel software. Nasty evil thing. Security be bollocks. Given that > we needed no proof that we were the legitimate residents of room XXX, it's > because the sub-muppet software is too damn stoooopid to write two keys to > have the same magnetic strip. Or if the keys have fixed stripes, then it's > the firmware in the door is tooooo damn stupid to be programmable to acce= pt > more than one guest-issue key. We have a cheaper hotel, and there having two hotel keys for the same room isn't a problem. That of course doesn't mean the keys don't suck. It's one of those locks where you insert the key, then remove the key, and then you get either a green light (and you can open the door), or a red light, and the door stays locked. But it's set up real tricky. Moving the card quickly in and out gives you a red light -- apparently, you did it too quickly. But if you leave the card for a second, you get a red light as well. It takes too long. Every time I enter the room, I have to try the card several times. If you have Parkinson desease you better find a different hotel. Abigail --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDGBvUBOh7Ggo6rasRAmwlAKCs2wcu5Nv+BHw/75dFRA/BAYTmPACgvktL UuS7ZgkAdk0+zDIe5uAXC3Q= =Y6uf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v--
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