Well, because of #3, I guess they can sue every online sales company that ever existed.
Why do companies like this always wait until years later to "notice" someone infringed on their patent? I mean, did they forget they applied for this patent? Or did they not hear about Amazon until just recently?
And the winner is....
Once again, it is the lawyers. When will people learn? Why does today's society insist on suing one another for every (in)feasible thing?
That is like saying that XML should never have been invented. XML (performance-wise) is not as an efficient of a storing method as many other file formats. However, everyone can read it and iterpret it. The key feature it it's broad usability.
In a similar fashion, the DNG file could be larger and possibly not as effiient, but the KEY FEATURE would be that it is standard. Any application would know the settings and extra information about a picture taken from a digital camera, regardless of the brand or type of camer known.
My roommates and I currently use one of our computers to share all of our MP3's. Plus, when we have a party, we generally burn a few CD's and pop them into the CD Player. This device from HP could change things.
For one, if it has the ability to share it's data to other PC's via the LAN connection, it could become our new 'MP3 Server'. We could listen to the music from our PCs or through our Stereo system in the living room.
Another great feature that I hope it has is some type of visual effects such as Geiss. That way, we could have some cool stuff on the TV while the music is playing during our parties.
Plus, you don't have to wait for the CD changer to switch CDs when you have it on Random or on a Playlist. You could have tons of playlists stored (as opposed to the single playlist I currently get on my CD Changer) for all sorts of scenarios. A study playlist, party playlist, romantic playlist;)
All in all, I think this device is Great, and if it features PC Access via the LAN connection, and some type of Visual Effects that go along with the music, you can bet that I'll be picking one up (provided the pricetag is reasonable)
It's too bad that fell through. I would've surely paid $100 to cover my phone service (local and LD) and 8M/1M of internet. I know a lot of people that would be willing to pay this.
Between this and the whole @Home and other Broadband services going belly up, I hope us geeks can still keep a constant high speed interent connection. I don't know what I'd do without one.
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Well, because of #3, I guess they can sue every online sales company that ever existed.
Why do companies like this always wait until years later to "notice" someone infringed on their patent? I mean, did they forget they applied for this patent? Or did they not hear about Amazon until just recently?
And the winner is.... Once again, it is the lawyers. When will people learn? Why does today's society insist on suing one another for every (in)feasible thing?
That is like saying that XML should never have been invented. XML (performance-wise) is not as an efficient of a storing method as many other file formats. However, everyone can read it and iterpret it. The key feature it it's broad usability. In a similar fashion, the DNG file could be larger and possibly not as effiient, but the KEY FEATURE would be that it is standard. Any application would know the settings and extra information about a picture taken from a digital camera, regardless of the brand or type of camer known.
How will I know who to vote for on American Idle?
My roommates and I currently use one of our computers to share all of our MP3's. Plus, when we have a party, we generally burn a few CD's and pop them into the CD Player. This device from HP could change things.
For one, if it has the ability to share it's data to other PC's via the LAN connection, it could become our new 'MP3 Server'. We could listen to the music from our PCs or through our Stereo system in the living room.
Another great feature that I hope it has is some type of visual effects such as Geiss. That way, we could have some cool stuff on the TV while the music is playing during our parties.
Plus, you don't have to wait for the CD changer to switch CDs when you have it on Random or on a Playlist. You could have tons of playlists stored (as opposed to the single playlist I currently get on my CD Changer) for all sorts of scenarios. A study playlist, party playlist, romantic playlist
All in all, I think this device is Great, and if it features PC Access via the LAN connection, and some type of Visual Effects that go along with the music, you can bet that I'll be picking one up (provided the pricetag is reasonable)
It's too bad that fell through. I would've surely paid $100 to cover my phone service (local and LD) and 8M/1M of internet. I know a lot of people that would be willing to pay this.
Between this and the whole @Home and other Broadband services going belly up, I hope us geeks can still keep a constant high speed interent connection. I don't know what I'd do without one.