Two key differences are that this is a collaboration of the Dojo Offline project and Google (which grew out of dojo.storage which is based around flash storage) and is using a relational DB (SQLite) as opposed to a flat-file data store.
It's also Open Source and they have support from Adobe, Mozilla and Opera (as mentioned in the Press Release).
I've used their software to catalog my collection of approx. 1500 CDs. It doesn't come close to the visual beauty of Delicious Library, but it is very powerful and easy to use. The pro edition is $40 but well worth it. The company is very responsive to user input and is very generous with their licenses (free upgrades for life, discounts for multiple items purchased, etc.).
Wow for someone who has "hacked" their phone, your really don't understand the basics of this whole issue. Unlocking refers to carrier lock-ins, not the ability to do things on your phone. Yes, there are other carrier specific customizations and things that may be disabled, but you can clear those and still be locked to your carrier. Your post completely misses the mark on this, as do the replies below you.
The REAL reason cell phone companies don't want you to unlock your phone is because you could then use it with another carrier, drying up their revenue stream from you (after your contract with them is up, if you jump ship during the contract period, you're contractually obligated to pay hundreds of dollars for breaking said contract). It has NOTHING to do with DRM and MP3 ringtones.
Both Cingular and T-Mobile lock their phones however the difference is that T-Mobile will unlock after 90 days of service and Cingular will never unlock your phone (even when you're out of contract). That was one of the big reasons (besides the additional minutes for less money) that I moved to T-Mobile.
The problem with that logic is that you're still under contract. Take your business elsewhere before it's up and you're forced to pay very high cancelation costs (which more than make up for the phone subsidy). This is about the phone companies wanting to lock your phone that you have paid for (both in initial cost and service fees, which make up the difference between your initial cost and the real cost to the carrier) into their service for life even though you have other (possibly better) choices out there when your contract does expire.
For a while I purchased nothing but Maxtors (mostly because they were the cheapest drives for the $ at the time), and they all died premature deaths- clicking noises first followed quickly by corrupt data. I've since moved to anything but...
My dad had me hitting keys on the keyboard before I could talk (this was in the early 80's on an Apple II), but my parents always encouraged me to take up a sport a year or so, let me pick what I wanted to do. I bounced around for a number of years from soccer to basketball to gymnastics (which I did for a few years), then ice hockey (again, for another few years). Of course, they also encouraged me with technology, got me a C64 when I was around 10, let me go to a programming camp for a week or two one summer (around the same age), etc. Just make sure to encourage both and don't push them too hard in any one direction...
Only if you want to start paying micropayments for every page view (ie- slashdot subscriptions except for the whole internet, with no way to view free content unless it was a promotional site for a product/service that you had to pay for...)
Just because the MS marketing engine says so doesn't make it true. 32k wma may be roughly the same as 64k mp3, but 128k mp3 sounds significantly better than 64k wma, especially in the upper end of the music spectrum- where cymbals and syllabance are heard.
ERIC: *takes out a device and waves it around* Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep! KYLE: What the hell are you doing, fat ass? ERIC: I'm searching for robot guards. STAN: There won't be any robot guards, you retard! Now get that urn and we can leave! ERIC: *looks at Stan and takes the urn. He climbs out of the window* *Afterwards, a robot appears* ROBOT: Beep, beep, Beep, beep!
Because if they hold the key on all the major distribution channels, they believe they can sell more of *their* product. If the distribution channels are open to any/everyone, more product will be sold, but a lower percentage of that product will be theirs.
My biggest problem with this isn't the $1.50 restocking fee, but that they no longer have a lot of the latest movies I want to see in stock. I'm signed up for the Blockbuster.com NetFlix rip-off mostly because of the 2 free in-store rentals (which are nice when I decide on a whim that I want to see a certain movie). However, that's really not doing much for me if they don't have what I want in stock... Hopefully it's just growing pains with the new terms and they'll iron things out soon.
The carriers are typically the ones who "lose" money selling phones (which really isn't truly a loss, they more than make up for it in the service charges). Cell phone manufactures don't typically have problems making money on their products. I doubt Apple would be losing money on these either. I was very skeptical about the iPod mini (I still don't really understand its appeal- for $50 more you can have 5 times the storage in a slightly larger, yet still extremely portable case), but they managed to outsell even Apple's predictions, I doubt they'd be wrong on this one either...
You're wrong about there not being phones with those features that work on the 850mhz band. The T616 (SE's upgrade to the T68i) would be the logical upgrade, but instead, AT&T is calling the T226 an "upgrade" when in fact, it is only newer and supports the 850 band. It has fewer features and worse battery life. That's the whole issue. RTFA.
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Besides the faster processor, the only other difference is the dual 2ghz machines have better video (RAM is the same on the 2 models)... My guess is that all the motherboards are dual processor boards. Regardless, if I had $3k to burn the dual G5 would most likely be my next computer.
"While all vehicles with air bags use EDRs, other automakers have not been as quick to increase the amount of information recorded. Some are worried that consumers may resent having such personal information collected and they're waiting to see what happens to GM, Haseltine said."
That's great that he realizes that, but it's in no way stopping him from participating. It's almost impossible to find any statement from him in that interview that's not filled with hypocracy or lies.
I agree. I really think the RIAA is just scared that P2P will become the main method that people will use to find out about new artists. Without the need for artists to promote through the Clear Channel monopoly of homogeneous radio stations, the musicians gain the ground that the music industry loses. That opens up the chance for artists to sell directly (because their fans have found out about them without going through the industry). Most indie artists who have put logical thought into the matter are pro-file sharing. Even some of the smarter major label owned artists are pro-sharing. The only ones that seem to be against it are the music industry puppet acts whose goal is to sell albums and make the industry money.
A better analogy would be that all babies born in the US are implanted with a chip that only lets them wear T-shirts that contain a special "authorized merchandise" chip.
Considering it's more than 10% of the beta testers, it is somewhat significant. I personally am not interested in Ogg because it's open (although that's a benifit), I'm interested in it because it sounds better than an MP3 file of the same size.
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Two key differences are that this is a collaboration of the Dojo Offline project and Google (which grew out of dojo.storage which is based around flash storage) and is using a relational DB (SQLite) as opposed to a flat-file data store.
It's also Open Source and they have support from Adobe, Mozilla and Opera (as mentioned in the Press Release).
http://collectorz.com/book/
I've used their software to catalog my collection of approx. 1500 CDs. It doesn't come close to the visual beauty of Delicious Library, but it is very powerful and easy to use. The pro edition is $40 but well worth it. The company is very responsive to user input and is very generous with their licenses (free upgrades for life, discounts for multiple items purchased, etc.).
Wow for someone who has "hacked" their phone, your really don't understand the basics of this whole issue. Unlocking refers to carrier lock-ins, not the ability to do things on your phone. Yes, there are other carrier specific customizations and things that may be disabled, but you can clear those and still be locked to your carrier. Your post completely misses the mark on this, as do the replies below you.
The REAL reason cell phone companies don't want you to unlock your phone is because you could then use it with another carrier, drying up their revenue stream from you (after your contract with them is up, if you jump ship during the contract period, you're contractually obligated to pay hundreds of dollars for breaking said contract). It has NOTHING to do with DRM and MP3 ringtones.
Both Cingular and T-Mobile lock their phones however the difference is that T-Mobile will unlock after 90 days of service and Cingular will never unlock your phone (even when you're out of contract). That was one of the big reasons (besides the additional minutes for less money) that I moved to T-Mobile.
The problem with that logic is that you're still under contract. Take your business elsewhere before it's up and you're forced to pay very high cancelation costs (which more than make up for the phone subsidy). This is about the phone companies wanting to lock your phone that you have paid for (both in initial cost and service fees, which make up the difference between your initial cost and the real cost to the carrier) into their service for life even though you have other (possibly better) choices out there when your contract does expire.
For a while I purchased nothing but Maxtors (mostly because they were the cheapest drives for the $ at the time), and they all died premature deaths- clicking noises first followed quickly by corrupt data. I've since moved to anything but...
So put them on eBay with a $50 reserve. Pay someone to spend the time listing them out of the extra money that you'll be making...
My dad had me hitting keys on the keyboard before I could talk (this was in the early 80's on an Apple II), but my parents always encouraged me to take up a sport a year or so, let me pick what I wanted to do. I bounced around for a number of years from soccer to basketball to gymnastics (which I did for a few years), then ice hockey (again, for another few years). Of course, they also encouraged me with technology, got me a C64 when I was around 10, let me go to a programming camp for a week or two one summer (around the same age), etc. Just make sure to encourage both and don't push them too hard in any one direction...
The 30% who marked it Funny got it. It was the other 60%. Don't ask me where the other 10% went, slashdot math is almost as good as slashdot grammar:
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Only if you want to start paying micropayments for every page view (ie- slashdot subscriptions except for the whole internet, with no way to view free content unless it was a promotional site for a product/service that you had to pay for...)
Just because the MS marketing engine says so doesn't make it true. 32k wma may be roughly the same as 64k mp3, but 128k mp3 sounds significantly better than 64k wma, especially in the upper end of the music spectrum- where cymbals and syllabance are heard.
I was posting from memory, but here's a source that agrees with me:
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http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageSer
ERIC: *takes out a device and waves it around* Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep!
KYLE: What the hell are you doing, fat ass?
ERIC: I'm searching for robot guards.
STAN: There won't be any robot guards, you retard! Now get that urn and we can leave!
ERIC: *looks at Stan and takes the urn. He climbs out of the window*
*Afterwards, a robot appears*
ROBOT: Beep, beep, Beep, beep!
Cartman: "meee meeeee meeeee mee mee meee"
Stan: "Did you get it?"
Cartman: "Hold on, I'm checking for robot guards. - meee meee meee meeee meee mee"
Stan: "THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY ROBOT GUARDS, RETARD, JUST GET KENNY"
Robot Guard: "beeep beep, meee meeeee meeeee mee mee meee"
Because if they hold the key on all the major distribution channels, they believe they can sell more of *their* product. If the distribution channels are open to any/everyone, more product will be sold, but a lower percentage of that product will be theirs.
My biggest problem with this isn't the $1.50 restocking fee, but that they no longer have a lot of the latest movies I want to see in stock. I'm signed up for the Blockbuster.com NetFlix rip-off mostly because of the 2 free in-store rentals (which are nice when I decide on a whim that I want to see a certain movie). However, that's really not doing much for me if they don't have what I want in stock... Hopefully it's just growing pains with the new terms and they'll iron things out soon.
An incentive to return the movie on time...
The carriers are typically the ones who "lose" money selling phones (which really isn't truly a loss, they more than make up for it in the service charges). Cell phone manufactures don't typically have problems making money on their products. I doubt Apple would be losing money on these either. I was very skeptical about the iPod mini (I still don't really understand its appeal- for $50 more you can have 5 times the storage in a slightly larger, yet still extremely portable case), but they managed to outsell even Apple's predictions, I doubt they'd be wrong on this one either...
You're wrong about there not being phones with those features that work on the 850mhz band. The T616 (SE's upgrade to the T68i) would be the logical upgrade, but instead, AT&T is calling the T226 an "upgrade" when in fact, it is only newer and supports the 850 band. It has fewer features and worse battery life. That's the whole issue. RTFA.
It may not make sense, but it's what Apple's site says: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/A ppleStore?family=PowerMac
Besides the faster processor, the only other difference is the dual 2ghz machines have better video (RAM is the same on the 2 models)... My guess is that all the motherboards are dual processor boards. Regardless, if I had $3k to burn the dual G5 would most likely be my next computer.
he gets it from this paragraph in the article
"While all vehicles with air bags use EDRs, other automakers have not been as quick to increase the amount of information recorded. Some are worried that consumers may resent having such personal information collected and they're waiting to see what happens to GM, Haseltine said."
emphasis added...
That's great that he realizes that, but it's in no way stopping him from participating. It's almost impossible to find any statement from him in that interview that's not filled with hypocracy or lies.
"meee meeeee meeeee mee mee meee"
"Did you get it?"
"Hold on, I'm checking for robot guards. - meee meee meee meeee meee mee"
"THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY ROBOT GUARDS, RETARD, JUST GET KENNY"
"beeep beep, meee meeeee meeeee mee mee meee"
I agree. I really think the RIAA is just scared that P2P will become the main method that people will use to find out about new artists. Without the need for artists to promote through the Clear Channel monopoly of homogeneous radio stations, the musicians gain the ground that the music industry loses. That opens up the chance for artists to sell directly (because their fans have found out about them without going through the industry). Most indie artists who have put logical thought into the matter are pro-file sharing. Even some of the smarter major label owned artists are pro-sharing. The only ones that seem to be against it are the music industry puppet acts whose goal is to sell albums and make the industry money.
A better analogy would be that all babies born in the US are implanted with a chip that only lets them wear T-shirts that contain a special "authorized merchandise" chip.
Considering it's more than 10% of the beta testers, it is somewhat significant. I personally am not interested in Ogg because it's open (although that's a benifit), I'm interested in it because it sounds better than an MP3 file of the same size.