Napster would ban users via their ID, email address and IP address. Creating a new ID/email address is trivial. As for the IP address, I just fired up Napster. Go to File => Preferences.
Just above the OK and CANCEL buttons is an area for firewall settings and a space for a proxy server and address.
Any banned user can easily get back onto Napster.
Everyone should be using a proxy server to protect their identities.
Flying to Manchester, NH (MHT) is also an option - and is sometimes cheaper than even Providence. Busses run frequently between the Manchester airport and Boston. It's only about a 1 hour trip.
Local geeks know this trick well - saves us hundreds or thousands annually.
There are several cases where radio would be more advantageous than the Web.
I camp with 10000 people in western PA every August. The site is a few square miles. Two of the people I camped with a few years ago brought a small 35 watt transmitter and covered the entire site. Granted, this was for their own amusement, but the transmitter could be put to good use.
Another time where this would be useful: The Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in upstate NY runs for 3 days and has an annual attendance of about 10000. A low power transmitter run on site could provide news to those camping at the event.
Imagine a city arts festival taking place in the streets and galleries of Berkeley. The target audience of such a broadcast would be mobile - those in their cars and on foot going to such events.
How about a legal radio station for Burning Man?
BTW, this has been legal in the UK for years. Local groups can buy a time limited low power license from the government for very little money.
This will be quite a problem. My understanding of the technology is that it will not only tell you when to throw away the milk when it goes bad, the "networked" appliance will also reorder fresh milk for you. The possibilities of creative marketing (and invasion of privacy) are endless.
Can you imagine a telemarketer telling me they got my name from my refrigerator?
I also suppose my refrigerator will now talk to my VCR and tell it to record all those commercials for products the marketers are hawking this week....
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Napster would ban users via their ID, email address and IP address. Creating a new ID/email address is trivial. As for the IP address, I just fired up Napster. Go to File => Preferences.
Just above the OK and CANCEL buttons is an area for firewall settings and a space for a proxy server and address.
Any banned user can easily get back onto Napster.
Everyone should be using a proxy server to protect their identities.
Flying to Manchester, NH (MHT) is also an option - and is sometimes cheaper than even Providence. Busses run frequently between the Manchester airport and Boston. It's only about a 1 hour trip.
Local geeks know this trick well - saves us hundreds or thousands annually.
There are several cases where radio would be more advantageous than the Web.
I camp with 10000 people in western PA every August. The site is a few square miles. Two of the people I camped with a few years ago brought a small 35 watt transmitter and covered the entire site. Granted, this was for their own amusement, but the transmitter could be put to good use.
Another time where this would be useful: The Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in upstate NY runs for 3 days and has an annual attendance of about 10000. A low power transmitter run on site could provide news to those camping at the event.
Imagine a city arts festival taking place in the streets and galleries of Berkeley. The target audience of such a broadcast would be mobile - those in their cars and on foot going to such events.
How about a legal radio station for Burning Man?
BTW, this has been legal in the UK for years. Local groups can buy a time limited low power license from the government for very little money.
Can we turn this "feature" off?
This will be quite a problem. My understanding of the technology is that it will not only tell you when to throw away the milk when it goes bad, the "networked" appliance will also reorder fresh milk for you. The possibilities of creative marketing (and invasion of privacy) are endless.
Can you imagine a telemarketer telling me they got my name from my refrigerator?
I also suppose my refrigerator will now talk to my VCR and tell it to record all those commercials for products the marketers are hawking this week....