Author Topic: Dammit, misleading TG-16 Article  (Read 662 times)

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Re: Dammit, misleading TG-16 Article
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2009, 02:07:32 PM »
Holy carp!

At first, I totally didn't "get it", but then, when I finally realized what you meant...


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What an absolutley marvelous find! I'm gonna revive an old thread to include this gem.

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Re: Dammit, misleading TG-16 Article
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2009, 03:48:32 PM »
That was f*cking random.

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Re: Dammit, misleading TG-16 Article
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2009, 04:05:03 PM »
No kidding.

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Re: Dammit, misleading TG-16 Article
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2009, 03:08:32 AM »
Kinda funny and he's aping the color scheme quite nicely; he must be a big fan of both the Turbo and Tolkien.
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Re: Dammit, misleading TG-16 Article
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2009, 03:22:04 AM »
Wow. That's really odd, but cool.


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Re: Dammit, misleading TG-16 Article
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2009, 05:20:02 AM »
I wonder if HuCards fit in that wallet.  My guess is yes.

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Re: Dammit, misleading TG-16 Article
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2009, 06:48:34 AM »
I think I don't get it.

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Re: Dammit, misleading TG-16 Article
« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2009, 07:09:35 AM »
I think I don't get it.

I think I'm with you.
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Re: Dammit, misleading TG-16 Article
« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2009, 07:21:01 AM »
I think I don't get it.

I think I'm with you.

I'm not sure, but I think because of the nature of this new all-in-one credit card, with its pin feature, showed in a couple of the mock-up illustrations. It's still pretty random though. heh


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Re: Dammit, misleading TG-16 Article
« Reply #10 on: October 27, 2009, 07:54:30 AM »
I think there's nothing to get. there's a sticker in the picture, and the color scheme is similar to the turbo controller. I think that's all...

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Re: Dammit, misleading TG-16 Article
« Reply #11 on: October 27, 2009, 11:29:24 AM »
There's a TurboGrafx sticker in the picture along with a bunch of receipts and other non-related items. That's why it's random.

What the f*ck does the TurboGrafx have to do with this new card?

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Re: Dammit, misleading TG-16 Article
« Reply #12 on: October 27, 2009, 11:49:24 AM »
The title of this post is "Dammit, misleading TG-16 Article", which sounds like it would be another post whining about 1UP or some other crappy website but the only TG-16 related thing I can see is the sticker (or whatever it is). So is this article itself the "misleading TG-16 Article", or is there more to it?

BTW, this card is the stupidest f*cking thing since the SUV. The appearance of a card hasn't mattered since the invention of the magnetic strip. Its the data on it that counts. f*cking design students...

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Re: Dammit, misleading TG-16 Article
« Reply #13 on: October 27, 2009, 12:14:54 PM »
The title of this post is "Dammit, misleading TG-16 Article", which sounds like it would be another post whining about 1UP or some other crappy website but the only TG-16 related thing I can see is the sticker (or whatever it is). So is this article itself the "misleading TG-16 Article", or is there more to it?

You'd almost think the title was a bit of a joke or something, but that's just crazy talk.

BTW, this card is the stupidest f*cking thing since the SUV. The appearance of a card hasn't mattered since the invention of the magnetic strip. Its the data on it that counts. f*cking design students...

Did you bother to read the article, or did you just look at the pretty pictures?  It clearly states that the data on the magnetic strip changes to match whatever card is selected, so your point is moot.  Admittedly, the card image is little more than eye candy (akin to album covers on mp3 players), but it doesn't necessitate any major changes to the design, as the screen is already required for displaying stored receipts.
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Re: Dammit, misleading TG-16 Article
« Reply #14 on: October 27, 2009, 03:30:17 PM »
The title of this post is "Dammit, misleading TG-16 Article", which sounds like it would be another post whining about 1UP or some other crappy website but the only TG-16 related thing I can see is the sticker (or whatever it is). So is this article itself the "misleading TG-16 Article", or is there more to it?

You'd almost think the title was a bit of a joke or something, but that's just crazy talk.

If it is a joke then please explain the joke, because I just don't get it. The only explanation I can think if is it that the sticker in the background seems to allude to this thing having a secondary function mimicking a flash HuCard, which it doesn't, and therefor its misleading? In that case...that's all true, so its not a joke at all.

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BTW, this card is the stupidest f*cking thing since the SUV. The appearance of a card hasn't mattered since the invention of the magnetic strip. Its the data on it that counts. f*cking design students...

Did you bother to read the article, or did you just look at the pretty pictures?  It clearly states that the data on the magnetic strip changes to match whatever card is selected, so your point is moot.  Admittedly, the card image is little more than eye candy (akin to album covers on mp3 players), but it doesn't necessitate any major changes to the design, as the screen is already required for displaying stored receipts.

Yes, I did read the article because I was trying to figure out the point of this post...I failed there. What I do understand though is that multiplying the costs of manufacturing a credit card by a factor of at least 1000 is utterly stupid. You can't just duplicate a magnetic strip on your own legally, so anything like this would have to be done with the cooperation of any and all institutions who's data/accounts/whatever you want to use. In that case I'm sure they would rather just back a strip that contained a sort of "master key" to allow you access of all your accounts, or maybe to just have all the account numbers on there. Having it actually change from one thing to another is pointless when it can just be everything at once with a $0.01 RFID chip. The graphic on a credit card is little more than an advertisement for the bank. My point is that this this is stupidly over-engineered, I see nothing "moot" about that point. Just think of all the IT people the banks would have to hire to support thing thing.

BTW, I have no plans for a reply to the 12,000 word flame response that you are certain to add to this thread, so don't bother putting a lot of work into it. In fact, you might as well just skip it.