On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:52:43 +0100, Christian McArdle wrote:

So they've designed a broken system and then dropped the broken pieces
on the general public. I can't see how this is any better than a book of
stamps.

Very simple. I can never find a book of stamps. I can pretty much always
find a computer and printer. No need to go shopping or rummaging through old
drawers in a desperate attempt to find some.

I'm the other way around - book of stamps in the wallet, whereas if I go
near a computer it invariably doesn't work, or the printer's out of
paper, or the printer's out of ink, or communiation between printer and
computer is broken... :-)