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From: mirtchov@cpsc.ucalgary.ca
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] color of window border
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:58:48 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3f382669702c91ed49cb7144bb0d4b37@plan9.ucalgary.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0ae601c38792$90f2ebc0$6400a8c0@dell01>

> How about a proximity token or vicinity token. The vicinity token is clipped
> to your shirt or embedded in an ID badge. When you walk away your monitor
> and keyboard are disabled, when you come back within (settable) range they
> reactivate. Typically uses Bluetooth or rfid. The prox token uses IrDA and
> must be placed close to the port.

the Sun Ray terminals were good that way -- you plug in your card, do
your stuff and take the card out when you're done.  plug in somewhere
and continue from where you left before...

i've wanted to see that in Plan 9 for 3 years (no, vnc doesn't count :)

	http://wwws.sun.com/sunray/sunray150/




  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-09-30 20:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-09-30 16:52 Richard C Bilson
2003-09-30 16:33 ` Sam
2003-09-30 17:59 ` boyd, rounin
2003-09-30 18:49   ` C H Forsyth
2003-09-30 20:34     ` ron minnich
2003-09-30 23:45       ` Rob Ristroph
2003-10-01  0:24         ` Charles Forsyth
2003-10-01  0:50         ` matt
2003-09-30 23:37           ` boyd, rounin
2003-10-01  1:57         ` mirtchov
2003-10-01  2:02           ` ron minnich
2003-10-01  0:40       ` Charles Forsyth
2003-10-01  1:00         ` Christopher Nielsen
2003-10-01  5:32         ` Dan Cross
2003-09-30 20:36   ` Wes Kussmaul
2003-09-30 20:32     ` boyd, rounin
2003-09-30 20:58     ` mirtchov [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-09-30 18:00 Richard C Bilson
2003-09-30 15:10 a.b
2003-09-30 13:58 a.b
2003-09-30 13:59 ` Lucio De Re
2003-09-30 14:08 ` rog
2003-09-30 15:09   ` Christian Grothaus
2003-09-30 15:13     ` Fco.J.Ballesteros
2003-09-30 15:16     ` Russ Cox
2003-09-30 15:27       ` Christian Grothaus
2003-09-30 15:30     ` mirtchov
2003-09-30 15:38     ` Rob Pike
2003-09-30 16:59       ` Christian Grothaus
2003-09-30 14:19 ` ron minnich
2003-09-30 13:36 a.b
2003-09-30 13:51 ` rog
2003-09-30 14:03   ` mirtchov
2003-09-30 14:20     ` ron minnich
2003-09-30 14:24       ` Sam
2003-09-30 16:11         ` Joel Salomon
2003-09-30 16:33         ` matt
2003-10-01  4:04           ` splite
2003-10-01 10:16             ` matt
2003-10-01 10:06               ` boyd, rounin
2003-09-30 14:59       ` andrey mirtchovski
2003-09-30 15:13         ` C H Forsyth
2003-09-30 15:20           ` ron minnich
2003-09-30 15:39             ` C H Forsyth
2003-09-30 13:51 ` Christian Grothaus
2003-09-30 17:36   ` boyd, rounin

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