At any "exit" point of a store where the product with the RFID tag is given to a consumer (checkout line, etc.), why can't they just render the tag unusable until the consumer wants to reactivate it? That way, both bases are covered. Those who don't care about RFID cannot be tracked and those who want to know if they have 80 quarts of shampoo at home can track it.
Besides being a great book, until these "lie-detectors" have near or at 100% accuracy, instead of 89% reported by a Midwest police department cited in the article, they will still not be able to determine anything that would be admissible in court.
What if you just had an library of every piece of music ever made and allowed only one person to check it out at a time? It works for books24x7.com. No copying of CDs, effectively eliminating the copyright issue entirely, and it would allow users to sample music to their heart's content. Have a search engine for genre, etc., etc. and you'd be all set.
I require two things for digital music: The complete album in high bit-rate MP3 format. I do not want single songs. I do not want proprietary (read: non-MP3 or non-OGG) formats with built-in "digital rights management". I do not want to "burn" anything. Why the heck would I burn a Liquid Audio (whatever the hell that is) on to a CD-R? I want the music on my fileserver where it belongs. Where my AudioTron downstairs and my workstation upstairs can get to them. Where I can stream them from work. I might even put them on a portable MP3 player, but last time I checked the portables didn't support "burning" or formats besides MP3.
I agree, but not in total. Case in point: I enjoy WebShots and, recently, decided to join their Unlimited service for $20 a year. Unlimited downloads of 1600x1200 high quality pics of nature and such, but all the pictures are in WebShots format which requires their special software, which is rock solid.
The point is that I am willing to pay for proprietary things, as long as they are good . I can archive their program and all of the pictures I download and use it forever, even if they disappear later down the road. The same should apply to music.
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Agreed. Check this out.
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=asus+tech+suppor t&hl=en&sa=N&tab=wg
You can read on and on about their nonexistant support. Their products are well made, but their driver support is horrible.
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He could have changed those codes in less than an hour.
Does anything like that exist in the U.S.?
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At any "exit" point of a store where the product with the RFID tag is given to a consumer (checkout line, etc.), why can't they just render the tag unusable until the consumer wants to reactivate it? That way, both bases are covered. Those who don't care about RFID cannot be tracked and those who want to know if they have 80 quarts of shampoo at home can track it.
Besides being a great book, until these "lie-detectors" have near or at 100% accuracy, instead of 89% reported by a Midwest police department cited in the article, they will still not be able to determine anything that would be admissible in court.
What if you just had an library of every piece of music ever made and allowed only one person to check it out at a time? It works for books24x7.com. No copying of CDs, effectively eliminating the copyright issue entirely, and it would allow users to sample music to their heart's content. Have a search engine for genre, etc., etc. and you'd be all set.
I require two things for digital music: The complete album in high bit-rate MP3 format. I do not want single songs. I do not want proprietary (read: non-MP3 or non-OGG) formats with built-in "digital rights management". I do not want to "burn" anything. Why the heck would I burn a Liquid Audio (whatever the hell that is) on to a CD-R? I want the music on my fileserver where it belongs. Where my AudioTron downstairs and my workstation upstairs can get to them. Where I can stream them from work. I might even put them on a portable MP3 player, but last time I checked the portables didn't support "burning" or formats besides MP3.
I agree, but not in total. Case in point: I enjoy WebShots and, recently, decided to join their Unlimited service for $20 a year. Unlimited downloads of 1600x1200 high quality pics of nature and such, but all the pictures are in WebShots format which requires their special software, which is rock solid. The point is that I am willing to pay for proprietary things, as long as they are good . I can archive their program and all of the pictures I download and use it forever, even if they disappear later down the road. The same should apply to music. "This page intentionally left blank."
Agreed. Check this out. http://groups.google.com/groups?q=asus+tech+suppor t&hl=en&sa=N&tab=wg
You can read on and on about their nonexistant support. Their products are well made, but their driver support is horrible.