Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ok then define "Smart Card". Because as you are a French guy you could be talking about who knows what!!?! I Wiki'd it. But its not all falling together. On 6/3/13 4:52 PM, "Philippe Amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: > Can't recall when I got my first one, must have been in the mid-80s ? > > Yes, there was a time in my film days when they also had that > (flat)iron to stamp the digits on paper. I bought my Contax with that > in 1981 :-) > That was a real credit card then - I got some purchases I had made in > India withdrawn from my account 6 to 8 months later ;-) I had even > forgotten I had bought these things ... > > The next move is the smart phone - all the banks here are now > competing to sell phone subscriptions to their clients so that they > may switch their systems to cellphone payment ... > > Amiti?s > Philippe > > > > Le 3 juin 13 ? 22:41, Mark Rabiner a ?crit : > >> I think I got my first one last week. A debit card. >> Its got a thing in the front so I don't have to swipe it I think. >> Just get >> it near something. But I've not had a chance to try that out yet but >> its >> only been a week. >> >> >> On 6/3/13 3:43 PM, "Philippe Amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: >> >>> This is old hat Mark >>> >>> Smart cards are the standard the world over. >>> >>> Ph >>> >>> >>> >>> Le 3 juin 13 ? 21:38, Mark Rabiner a ?crit : >>> >>>> And you can hope those particular magnets are not going to mess up >>>> your >>>> particular credit cards as they go near them. >>>> >>>> http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/video-magnets-make-credit-card->>>> m >>>> ag-stripe-not-work-1457.php >>>> >>>> Or >>>> http://tinyurl.com/kx6v5w2 >>>> >>>> >>>> On 6/3/13 12:41 PM, "Bill Pearce" <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> magnetism >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mark William Rabiner >>>> Photography >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible >>> to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. >>> NO ARCHIVE >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible > to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. > NO ARCHIVE > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/