Stop pretending to miss the point. Anything that goes across the internet, or is placed on a computer connected to the internet, has a chance of falling into the hands of people you probably don't want to have it.
People who know this consider the tradeoff between risk and reward. Risk of putting in CC# into a website when I buy something: having someone charge something to my credit card, and then have to go through the hassle of straightening that out. Reward: unparalleled convenience. I can live with that.
Risk of putting up embarrassing pictures online: having them exposed to people you probably wouldn't want to see them. Reward: the enjoyment of a select group of people. Knowing this, I could choose the level of risk I'm willing to accept.
We see numerous stories of large-scale credit card information leaks all the time. And of private information being exposed through system flaws. The solution is to be aware of the risks and make appropriate decisions, and let market forces punish those who don't seem to put sufficient effort into safeguarding information.
Hopefully a positive side effect of sites adopting the new spec is that search engines can index pages more intelligently. For instance, if two of the terms I'm searching for occur in the same block, the page will be presented with a higher relevance than pages where the terms occur in different articles, or in a different section altogether.
I'm tired of searching for something and having pages match just because they had a small blurb or link on the sidebar but the actual page has nothing to do with what I'm looking for...
This has the potential to turn into something really great. I plan to order a couple CDs through this even before it goes to a pay service if only to show my support and attract the artists / record companies. And yea, I plan to subscribe too. How else will the entertainment industry get the point that there are viable alternatives to their stone-age business model?
The whole point of music on the net in the first place (for me, at least) was to be able to listen to whatever I wanted whenever I wanted to. That's what hooked me on Napster. I don't mind paying for the ability to do that. And I can't wait for CD burning capabilities..
Anyone tested this out on wine yet? Is it REALLY windows-only?
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Stop pretending to miss the point. Anything that goes across the internet, or is placed on a computer connected to the internet, has a chance of falling into the hands of people you probably don't want to have it.
People who know this consider the tradeoff between risk and reward. Risk of putting in CC# into a website when I buy something: having someone charge something to my credit card, and then have to go through the hassle of straightening that out. Reward: unparalleled convenience. I can live with that.
Risk of putting up embarrassing pictures online: having them exposed to people you probably wouldn't want to see them. Reward: the enjoyment of a select group of people. Knowing this, I could choose the level of risk I'm willing to accept.
We see numerous stories of large-scale credit card information leaks all the time. And of private information being exposed through system flaws. The solution is to be aware of the risks and make appropriate decisions, and let market forces punish those who don't seem to put sufficient effort into safeguarding information.
Hopefully a positive side effect of sites adopting the new spec is that search engines can index pages more intelligently. For instance, if two of the terms I'm searching for occur in the same block, the page will be presented with a higher relevance than pages where the terms occur in different articles, or in a different section altogether.
I'm tired of searching for something and having pages match just because they had a small blurb or link on the sidebar but the actual page has nothing to do with what I'm looking for...
This has the potential to turn into something really great. I plan to order a couple CDs through this even before it goes to a pay service if only to show my support and attract the artists / record companies. And yea, I plan to subscribe too. How else will the entertainment industry get the point that there are viable alternatives to their stone-age business model?
The whole point of music on the net in the first place (for me, at least) was to be able to listen to whatever I wanted whenever I wanted to. That's what hooked me on Napster. I don't mind paying for the ability to do that. And I can't wait for CD burning capabilities..
Anyone tested this out on wine yet? Is it REALLY windows-only?