"Fingertime" on your trackball is probably around 360x or more than whatever it would be on a fingerprint entry pad (1 sec vs an hour of trackballing?) -- and that entry pad would not need to be designed for high friction, thus with much fewer places for such residue to reside. Remember, this is not like the fingerprint sensors at a bank or something with many users. I'd even hope it would be covered when not in use - again not even a minor inconvenience compared to keystrokes with "ordinary encryption". Given that, this could probably last 8-12 months with zero maintenance.. longer?
I tried to work a licensing deal with lyrics.ch a few months ago. That's when I found out about Harry Fox Agency's involvement. HFA listened politely to our proposal, and then let us know they were going to hold off on licensing lyrics for a while. I got the sense that they're working on trying to monetize that resource themselves. I wouldn't be surprised if we see that as a bargaining chip in MusicNet or Pressplay negotiations, and perhaps one of those services will offer access to lyrics with your subscription. Joy...
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"Fingertime" on your trackball is probably around 360x or more than whatever it would be on a fingerprint entry pad (1 sec vs an hour of trackballing?) -- and that entry pad would not need to be designed for high friction, thus with much fewer places for such residue to reside. Remember, this is not like the fingerprint sensors at a bank or something with many users. I'd even hope it would be covered when not in use - again not even a minor inconvenience compared to keystrokes with "ordinary encryption". Given that, this could probably last 8-12 months with zero maintenance .. longer?
I tried to work a licensing deal with lyrics.ch a few months ago. That's when I found out about Harry Fox Agency's involvement. HFA listened politely to our proposal, and then let us know they were going to hold off on licensing lyrics for a while. I got the sense that they're working on trying to monetize that resource themselves. I wouldn't be surprised if we see that as a bargaining chip in MusicNet or Pressplay negotiations, and perhaps one of those services will offer access to lyrics with your subscription. Joy...