So that's what "portable" means?
>>> by "portable" i meant that if the chip is hardwired into a computer and contains your ecommerce info and security, then you are the only one who can use that computer for that purpose. Whereas a smartcard can be used on any computer, as long as it has a reader. The info on the chip is specific to the device on which it is stored whereas a smartcard is particular to the user, allowing greater flexibility. <<<<<
............. Enam Luf
"I don't know what you mean by 'glory,'" Alice said.
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you don't - till I tell you. I meant 'there's a nice knock-down argument for you!'"
"But 'glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument,'" Alice objected.
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master - that's all."
A little discourse on nominalism from Lewis Carroll.
I believe Lewis was a "blue-collar intellectual" of a sorts too. <g>
Just having fun..
Marty
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