an entry system that
genuinely requires no physical key?

A combination lock?  Wait, isn't that what we are discussing?  A=20
combination lock where the fob is supplying the combination?

On 7/31/2014 8:41 AM, David C Brown wrote:
> No.  The real beauty of correctly used language is that it conveys meanin=
g
> precisely.   When you do your Humpty-Dumpty impersonation and redefine a
> word to mean just what you choose it to mean you are both sowing the seed=
s
> of confusion and precluding the proper use of the word.   Having redefine=
d
> "keyless" what word would you use to describe an entry system that
> genuinely requires no physical key?
>
> A better term for these modern entry systems would be Electro-Keyed or ev=
en
> Digi-Keyed :-)
>
>
> On 31 July 2014 16:02, Nicola Perotto <nicola@nicolaperotto.it> wrote:
>
>> On 31/07/2014 08:54, David C Brown wrote:
>>> A pedant such as myself would argue that if you have a lock you must
>> have a
>>> key to open it,
>> You are right. But this is a beautiful property of languages:  the econo=
my!
>> We write "keyless" but the complete meaning is something like: "a lock
>> without
>> the need to put in the key".
>> For me this (the language) is not trivial because a lot of people waste
>> time
>> disserting on very marginal questions!
>>         N
>>

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