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[David Matusiak <matusiak AT speakeasy.net>]

and /what/ bank was this??
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On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Michael S Czeiszperger wrote:

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> I went to the bank this morning, and a little old lady was at the ATM
> machine. She was a little perplexed and asked for my help. When I looked at
> the screen I saw a familiar dialog:
>
> Internet Explorer: Javascript error, would you like to debug?
> YES NO
>
> I can't believe someone would build an ATM on top of Windows and Internet
> Explorer!!!! The poor old lady (and the four people behind her) had to wait
> around for five minutes while I tried to get rid of the error dialog. The
> system had a touch screen, but I couldn't hit the tiny "NO" button-- in the
> end it probably just timed out.
>
> To add insult to injury, we all had to sit through video commercials on the
> ATM screen. I went in to the bank and complained, but the system was working
> OK when a teller came out, so there wasn't any evidence for them to see. It
> took about five minutes for me to explain what happened, and I eventually
> just gave up.
>
> The operating costs of the new systems, including OS licensing fees and
> repairs have got to be much larger than the old ATMs. Hopefully the bank 
> will
> figure this out
>
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> Michael S Czeiszperger
> czei AT webperformanceinc.com