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Most people do stupid things when they’re pissed. Unfortunately, they just end up making themselves look even dumber than people originally thought they were. Case in point? Well, there’s this guy who felt that he was being ‘extorted’ by a traffic camera which caught him running a red light.
He got a ticket, given the fact that he was caught and all. He then ranted and claimed the ”town where the cops (and absurd red-light cameras) are pretty much a money trap and that’s it.” So instead of paying his ticket and letting it go, he took 137 dollar bills and painstakingly folded each and every one of them into tiny origami pigs. As revenge.
Did he fail to see the irony of it all? It looks like he’s proud of what he did though, because he uploaded a video documenting the entire thing on YouTube. Probably to show the whole world how he got back at the cops for the ticket–not.
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Like big sodas, paper ticket stubs may soon become a thing of the past in New York. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has announced that, come next month, its employees will begin trials of a smartphone-based ticketing system aboard the Metro-North Railroad. While the grand experiment is currently closed to the public, it's said that railroad workers will use their Android, BlackBerry and iPhone handsets to purchase rail tickets, which may then be validated directly from their smartphone. During the trial, the new system will be compared to the current purchasing scheme that combines both ticket machines and on-board purchases. Should everything prove successful, the MTA will expand the Metro-North's new system to all-comers. Transit-minded folks will find the full PR after the break.
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Filed under: Cellphones, Transportation, Software
New York MTA announces smartphone-based ticketing trials aboard Metro-North Railroad originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Jul 2012 04:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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From airline and train boarding passes to concert tickets, we've seen a variety of tix make their way into the digital realm at venues around the world. With today's announcement of Passbook, the hard copy credential may soon be a thing of the past. Speaking on stage at Apple's WWDC keynote, VP of iOS Software Scott Forstall demonstrated the feature with United boarding passes, Fandango movie tickets and a Starbucks gift card. While none of these examples are making their premiere debut, Passbook will certainly make the QR-code-based stubs more user-friendly, while also increasing awareness among folks who continue to opt for paper while doubting the usability and authenticity of a digital counterpart. Passbook is also location aware, bringing up a Starbucks card as you approach a shop, for example. You can also get updates related to your stored credentials, such as a gate change announcement with a pending United boarding pass. The feature will come bundled with iOS 6, set to launch this fall.
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Apple demos Passbook, a one-stop shop for tickets and boarding passes originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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