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		arethuza on Jan 10, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Your ATM does not use transactions I was thinking about the actual mechanism that counts and ejects the notes - which is pretty slow by computing standards!

gadders on Jan 10, 2013 [–]

I heard an urban myth the other day that the cash-counting noises are fake and are computer generated to cover the time it takes the ATM to communicate with the mainframe.

I spoke to our ATM dev and test team here, and they told me this is not true.

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