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saint:


--- Quote from: ChadTower on September 14, 2007, 01:09:25 pm ---
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--- Quote from: bluevolume on September 14, 2007, 12:16:00 pm --- The machine wasn't malfunctioning, it was simply spitting out all of the tickets that it had queued up while it was empty. 

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Or, uh, it was empty because it was malfunctioning?

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That's my thought.  They don't keep a "queue" of backlogged tickets.  When they keep spitting out tickets it's because there is something wrong with the dispenser control circuit.

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Well actually I've seen a machine do exactly that - spit out a queue of backlogged tickets. Was some hit-the-rubber-thumper-and-it-bounces-the-ball-into-a-variety-of-different-scored-nets thing.


ChadTower:


Hrm.  Maybe some do then, some don't.  The ones I've played around with did not.

SirPeale:


--- Quote from: ChadTower on September 14, 2007, 01:09:25 pm ---That's my thought.  They don't keep a "queue" of backlogged tickets.  When they keep spitting out tickets it's because there is something wrong with the dispenser control circuit.

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I haven't read any posts in front of this, but someone may have said it already.  Yeah, they do keep a queue.  If a machine runs out of tickets the 'out of tickets' sensor is tripped and it queues the remainder.

Unlikely that it queued up an entire book, though.

DrFrag:

That happened to me too, but after they replaced the roll I only got about 80 tickets.  I was never quite sure if there had been a backlog or I'd just been really skillful.  :)

bluevolume:

I really wish I had the clip from "The Jerk" where Steve Martin is the weight guesser.  It would be perfect for this discussion.



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