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Comment on Carry your PIN number in your wallet by Jon Wright

Jon Wright — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 07:35:49 +0000

I know this is an old topic; however I have an alternative idea to offer.
Each card usually has 16 digits + 3 more on the back.
Nearly all card issuers now allow you to select you own PIN.
Choose a set position from the card number (hint: if you put your card in most readers – not ATMs – the last 4 digits on the card are still visible) e.g. the 14th & 15th. They will almost always be different across the cards you have, add two more numbers that mean something to you (old house number, partner / parent / child birthdate / birthmonth / birthyear, part of phone number etc. etc. and avoid repeats like 00, 11… ) & there you have a 4 digit PIN that is different for each card & easy to re-generate without carrying anything else, or depending on your phone being charged!
Change you PIN at the ATM & job done!
Only thing to watch for is the bank issuing a card with a new number – then you have to change PIN again…
I find this particularly useful for cards that I use less frequently.
Major potential downside could be if you are unable to read the numbers on the card!

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Dogsbody — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 10:59:37 +0000

Awesome to hear form you Jon and even better to hear that you wrote it! 🙂

Spelling corrected too 🙂

Comment on Silicon valleys, Germanium hills… by Jon Ribbens

Jon Ribbens — Mon, 12 May 2014 22:24:15 +0000

I wrote the poem. Although the first word was “silicon” not “silicone” 😉 I put it in the object code of various projects that I released as public domain a great many years ago.

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Comment on UT2003/UT2004 Map pictures by Dogsbody

Dogsbody — Mon, 16 May 2011 00:42:49 +0000

In reply to Dragonsys.

Now you are stretching my brain cells! From memory it was something along the lines of…

– Open up map in Unreal Map Editor and identify the three images that were used as map screenshots in the game (there were usually stored in the same place but no idea now)
– Save these images out as separate files (I think they saved as TIF’s)
– Convert these three images to static GIF files
– Create an animated GIF from the three static files

There was a separate tool I used for each one of these steps and I can already think of much better ways to do it nowadays! LOL

I hope that helped. Let me now how you get on 🙂

Comment on UT2003/UT2004 Map pictures by Dragonsys

Dragonsys — Sun, 15 May 2011 05:22:55 +0000

How did you create the Map Images? I have a bunch of maps without images and I would like to create them.

Thanks

Comment on Carry your PIN number in your wallet by Tom H

Tom H — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:27:04 +0000

My pin is now in muscle memory. as proven by the fact that I can buy many drinks at a bar whilst faaaar too drunk.

Comment on Carry your PIN number in your wallet by Valerie

Valerie — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:25:45 +0000

Good idea, I too remember words but came unstuck when presented with a card terminal that didn’t have letters next to the numbers.

Comment on Carry your PIN number in your wallet by Dogsbody

Dogsbody — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:01:34 +0000

In reply to tentonipete.

No 🙂

Shapes work well too but you do need a separate shape for all your PIN’s else they will all be the same again.