Card Readers That Whir

On this oh-so-fabulous technologically advanced campus environment I have chosen for myself (I say this with truth, not sarcasm), there are several computer labs. I have been able to use all of them, and print things out in two.

The printing system here is incredibly fun. It's not like a high school system where you just look up and say,"No one print right now!" Instead, you select the page(s) you would like to print, and go through the motions you would to print them.

(This is the cool part.) Instead of physically printing it, the information is sent to a cache, and the computer's number which you are using, pops up on another screen (the one set up to do all the print jobs, of course). You simply select your computer, and the information pops up, stating what it is you're about to print. If indeed you would like to print it, you simply slip your copy card into the reader, and it whirs about for a few seconds. Once your page is printed, it pops your card right out, and you take it, and your papers without fuss.

Granted, the computers have been running pretty smoothly for me, so I haven't run into many kinks. I'm sure I will as time goes on.

And those, are the card readers that whir.

Actually, it's not really a whir, it's more of a tone it plays as it pushes the card back and forth while reading it to make sure it's got money on it. But whirring sounded good for writing purposes