Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 08/11/07 00:56

William Gill wrote:
>
>> Barcodes & a scanner at the entrance (which will offcourse pick up
>> duplication)?
>>
>> Or just give the a unique (unguessable) ticketnumber (so not in
>> ascending order, more of a simple random string or number), and have a
>> list at the entrance where people can give their number, and once
>> someone used it, it gets crossed off the list?
>> --Rik Wasmus
>
> That's basically what I told him. Either they pick up tickets at will
> call, or they get manually validated via bar code or id number. He
> wouldn't want to slow the gate, so we're back to will call.
>
>
> Thanks Jim and Rik

I've been to baseball games where the validation is done by handheld
scanners. It's quite quick, and doesn't slow down the flow in any
noticeable manner.

With a little practice, you can scan a ticket as quickly as you can tear
it in half.

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