Son #2 put his Charlie Card (the electronic card that lets you ride on Boston public transit) through the dryer.
Twice.
Believe it or not, it still works.
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Jeffrey Shallit
Recurrent thoughts about mathematics, science, politics, music, religion, and
Recurrent thoughts about mathematics, science, politics, music, religion, and
Recurrent thoughts about mathematics, science, politics, music, religion, and
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Jeffrey Shallit
American mathematician, professor of computer science at a major Canadian university, & skeptic.
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- No Ghost in the Machine
- Casey Luskin: Information Theory Expert
- A Much-Too-Credulous Review of Signature in the Cell
- Stephen Meyer - More Honesty Problems?
- How to Test for Syphilis
- Charlie Went Through the Dryer
- Turing vs. the Creationists
- Atheism - The Energy-Efficient Worldview
- An Academic Challenge
- A Question for Christians
- Do Asthmatics Really Sneeze at Plastic Flowers?
- Our House on TV
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4 comments:
Looks like Charlie is still stuck on the MTA!
The CharlieCard is named after the title character in the 1948 protest folk music song, "Charlie on the MTA". The song was written to protest a fare increase in the form of an extra five cent exit fare for longer rides and was later made popular by the Kingston Trio in 1959.
His wife could have put a nickel in that sandwich if she really wanted him back.
As long as the chip inside wasn't baked, warping the card wouldn't do much damage, I should think. An engineer I know once took the chip out and stuck it to the tip of his finger; then he went out and confounded tourists at the T station by opening the gates with a wave of his hand.
Yeah, that whole sandwich thing was sad. Also, I bet Charlie could have sold the sandwich for a nickel.
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