-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >That was really awkward on Monday. I was sitting right behind the speaker in question, and watching him, I felt embarrassed by >some of what people were saying at the mic. I suppose, but he's been around long enough that he really shouldn't have been surprised. Personally, I'd have tolerated the talk a lot better if he opened the kimono a wee bit and told us how he was planning to do digital signatures everywhere in a way that scaled, worked for people who aren't megageeks, etc. It's not like it's news to anyone here that signatures are dandy if you can get stuff signed in the first place. On a more positive note, the first talk wasn't flashy, but it was a nice overview of the issues that people will need to deal with in succesful online payments system. It was, for example, helpful to me when he pointed out that a remarkable number of electronic payments are already among people who don't have bank accounts and aren't likely to have one any time soon. R's, John -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlMYWcIACgkQkEiFRdeC/kUONACeIEzpLTcNJkvtpW2PBfWcxVLC X0EAnRpBcScyD5A8X06hFEdw5iE5RDmz =ZTTK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----