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Old 22nd Aug 2010, 13:08
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Spitoon
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Some systems can deal with up to N tracks. They just choose a random track and delete it when they reach N+1. You lose a track, but the system still works.

Seems like a scary option to me! Particularly if it does it in in a busy area.
So how else do you think they work?

What's scary perhaps is that it sounds like the system in question fell over rather than degrading the service in a known and managed manner.