SV: SV: SV: [governance] ISO standards

[Christopher Wilkinson]

Well, GSM Cellphone chips have one corner cut off.
Otherwise, we would all have trouble knowing which way up to put the chip in 
the slot.

CW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roland Perry" <roland at internetpolicyagency.com>
To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>
Cc: "zara" <ecrire at catherine-roy.net>; "Kicki Nordström" 
<kicki.nordstrom at srfriks.org>
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: SV: SV: SV: [governance] ISO standards


In message <3DF8101092666E4A9020D949E419EB6F027C91B7 at ensms02.iris.se>,
at 17:51:30 on Fri, 15 Aug 2008, Kicki Nordström
<kicki.nordstrom at srfriks.org> writes
>
>You misunderstood me, it is not the slot we need to fix

It is, because as you noted, even normally-sighted people have problems
knowing which way to insert cards.

>it is the card and we do not need to Braille it,

Well at least that's consistent with denying that the current embossing
is a very good indication of which way up the card is.

>only to cut one corner which we hoped to get standardised. It is not that 
>complicated, but if you cut the card yourself, it will become invalid.

I can see why cutting a corner off the card would cause all sorts of
problems with card-handling apparatus.

Are you really sure a Braille marker on that corner you'd otherwise have
cut off isn't a suitable proxy?
-- 
Roland Perry
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