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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...average cost per card is approximately $3.50 per card plus labor," Wamback adds...

Author: By Sasha A. Haines-stiles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: The ID Card: What Happens When You Swipe? | 1/6/1999 | See Source »

...card is stolen, and the student files a police report specifically indicating that the card was stolen and presents a copy of that report, the student will not be charged," Wamback reports. "We have no desire to charge a student who has been victimized. If the student so wishes, we will take a new image before the card is reissued. The same is true for broken cards that have not been abused...

Author: By Sasha A. Haines-stiles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: The ID Card: What Happens When You Swipe? | 1/6/1999 | See Source »

...Harvard cards are much more resistant to erasure than ATM cards," Wamback says. "The only time we've heard of an erasure was in an MRI. Any card can be worn out, but that too is a very unusual because the annual expiration and replacement schedule for all cards minimizes any negative impact on convenience. Failure rates are therefore extremely...

Author: By Sasha A. Haines-stiles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: The ID Card: What Happens When You Swipe? | 1/6/1999 | See Source »

...case you are planning to save your card forever, Wamback says that "all cards of this type...will break between two and three years because of the hardening tendency inherent in this kind of plastic...

Author: By Sasha A. Haines-stiles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: The ID Card: What Happens When You Swipe? | 1/6/1999 | See Source »

...Most card readers are set up to accommodate only the residents of a particular House or dorm, Lichten says, meaning that the switch to universal access would mandate a memory increase in many of the older readers. However, Lichten says that some of the newer systems are capable of handling the increased swipe load without modification...

Author: By Sasha A. Haines-stiles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: The ID Card: What Happens When You Swipe? | 1/6/1999 | See Source »

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