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yes - it was hilarious! Rejsekortet is such an embarrasment to Denmark, my only constellation is that I once had sex with the CEO's daughter.

That escalated quickly.

I think you mean "consolation", but I understand the reasons for the typo.

You cheeky bastard--to boldly go and all that, I assume?

Oh no. You guys are implementing the same system that was launched in Holland (from the looks of the scanner).

It does not get better...

Thus electronic ticket systems :) The local government her in Oslo, Norway are working on something similar[0]. It should have been finished in 2005.

Now after massive cost overruns they have scoped it down and will soon demolish part of the system (the ticket barriers at the railway station), but still keeping some of it. And of course they have now also started to talk about a new system, this time requiring everyone to have a smartphone with them ( what will happen if your battery runs flat?).

0: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reisekort

I think they did.[0]

[0] http://ing.dk/blog/hvorfor-man-ikke-kan-sammenligne-suborbit...