Re: Why do smart cards have a 'sex' option?

2010-09-19 Thread Werner Koch
On Wed, 1 Sep 2010 11:17, pe...@digitalbrains.com said: > My guess is it is to address the user correctly in dialogs, in some languages. > The sex of the person addressed might determine the grammatical gender of > words > used in dialogs. I've forgotten which languages have this feature, but I'

Re: Why do smart cards have a 'sex' option?

2010-09-01 Thread Grant Olson
On 9/1/10 5:17 AM, Peter Lebbing wrote: >> I just got my new crypto-stick, and it's pretty slick. I understand why >> I'd want to set my name and language preferences, but I was trying to >> come up with a good scenario where my sex would be useful, or what the >> rational was for including that f

Re: Why do smart cards have a 'sex' option?

2010-09-01 Thread Peter Lebbing
> I just got my new crypto-stick, and it's pretty slick. I understand why > I'd want to set my name and language preferences, but I was trying to > come up with a good scenario where my sex would be useful, or what the > rational was for including that field. My guess is it is to address the user

Why do smart cards have a 'sex' option?

2010-08-31 Thread Grant Olson
I just got my new crypto-stick, and it's pretty slick. I understand why I'd want to set my name and language preferences, but I was trying to come up with a good scenario where my sex would be useful, or what the rational was for including that field. I'm just curious more than anything. -- Gra