"and we'll have to pay T-Mobile's high Wi-Fi charges"
There goes another brilliant service down the drain.
High User Access Charges: The reason why services like these remain
hugely unpopular.
Irony though is, service providers spend a fraction of what they earn over
these services. Yet the "its-a-premium-service-hence-we-milk-you" syndrome keeps
them from bringing the charges down. When will the service providers understand
that term premium is only notional. Mobile was a luxury only 10 years ago -- now
a country like India as 100mn cell users -- why ? because its low-cost.
Price is an entry barrier -- and high prices let less and less people use a
service, and recommend it to other users. I just hope T-mobile understands that
and keep the charges minimal, so that more users use it. And OEMs can provide
more cheap solutions leveraging the service -- like wi-fi for train-staff
communication.
Skype calls are encrypted end-end. Even if RIAA gets the wiretapping rights to see if VoIP calls are really U2 songs, it'll be hard for them to snoop in. And skype is just a beginning.
With ever increasing options of sharing digital media, RIAA really has only two options left-
* Get the govt to ban *any* kind of peer-peer activity. Might be a possibilty, esp given those money bags involved. Don't underestimate your govt. yet.
* Embrace the change. Move out of media-brokerage business and let the artists provide their creations on whatever media they choose. Change Happens.
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All your music are belong to us.
Music companies, music stores and the related supply chain existed, and made money because it did the job of the network -- sourcing music from the artist and providing it to the end-user. Inherently, a flawed business model in today's world. Doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure out this old-world supply chain will be dead in another few years, no matter how hard the RIAA try.
No wonder its the supply chain that has lost the most, and not the artists. Artists will, eventually find the internet to provide their creations, and make money on it, online. May be through personal p2p networks.
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All your music are belong to us.
So, here are the interesting features they've added -- in their own words:
(1) The "Encarta Answers" service for getting instant answers to your questions will be available in four new languages. Repeat "FOUR" new languages. Boy, was that tough!
(2) Whole site gets a new makeover, with a simpler, cleaner design. It makes all of our pages load a bit faster, too. Yep, we figure somehow clean sites are not only cleaner, they are a lot clear too. And that makes more space for all those ads too.
(4) Last but not least, we stopped showing ads to Encarta Premium users! This is something that many of you have asked for, and we decided to do the right thing for our customers. Look, no ads when you pay. Now are we great customer lovers or what!
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The third feature will be due next version.
Filing for bankruptcy is the next logical step when you're under debt, being sued and are liable to lose, irrespective of whether the lawsuit has anything to do with criminal or civil implications.
Why does it come as a huge suprise to so many of us ?
Yahoo buying Odd Post and Flickr has less to do with a "fight-back" than with the bull of a Wall Street.
Remember, Yahoo is a publicly
listed company. It has to be in the midst of buzz. And by buying companies,
it does exactly that. Be in the buzz. And Masters of the obvious writers
like Om Malik do their part of the job by highlighting the oh-so-obvious
strategy and swaying the media -- this ensuring the stock remains a high.
Does it cross anyone's mind why Yahoo, with bn$ in cash, doesn't at first
come up with new innovative services that often, and instead safely buy
hit startups? Because Innovation is a gamble. If the innovation flops, the stock
takes a ride down. That's something no listed company can afford, least yahoo.
So the next best option is to gobble up promising hit startups and appease the
markets. That's a safe strategy. Oh and yes, Media is stupid enough to bite.
Yahoo/Google are big fat corporations who have to play the media game to stay
ahead. And while we discuss their obvious strategies and fight back instances,
they laugh there way to the bank.
None of the founders of
Numenta other than Jeff Hawkins have any experience in AI or for that
matter have any background in hardcore computer science.
Dileep George is an
Electrical Engineering graduate, while the CEO Donna Dubinsky is a hardcore
salesperson and holds an MBA. Interestingly, the page also mentions that Jeff
Hawkins "currently serves as Chief Technology Officer at
palmOne, Inc". Fishy!
They stress, over and over, the idea of customer satisfaction, customer service, and friendly employees
Because johny, the *customer* pays for *your* salary, apparently.
In an area like retail, employees are a commodity. For the employer, human resource is a "cost-centre", so its bloody well obvious that he/she would like to keep it down.
After all, you *did* stay for 9 years.
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Aint privacy protection closely linked with forensics ? I believe there's a very thin line seperating the two.
We all know hostile computer forensics does exist -- how to prevent that from happening should be an equally important issue...
Slashdot Mirror
There goes another brilliant service down the drain.
High User Access Charges: The reason why services like these remain hugely unpopular.
Irony though is, service providers spend a fraction of what they earn over these services. Yet the "its-a-premium-service-hence-we-milk-you" syndrome keeps them from bringing the charges down. When will the service providers understand that term premium is only notional. Mobile was a luxury only 10 years ago -- now a country like India as 100mn cell users -- why ? because its low-cost.
Price is an entry barrier -- and high prices let less and less people use a service, and recommend it to other users. I just hope T-mobile understands that and keep the charges minimal, so that more users use it. And OEMs can provide more cheap solutions leveraging the service -- like wi-fi for train-staff communication.
When ordinary memorabilia auctions (baseballs fetching more than $10k) at much more, $10k would be a pretty small sum to pay for this original copy.
If it's a unique copy, this could be worth much more. And the price will rise as the time progresses.
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All your magazines are belong to us.
My mistake. I copied the links 'as is' from here
e nt/2100-7352_3-5645776.
(Read last paragraphs)
http://news.com.com/VoIP+calls+get+podcast+treatm
Skype calls are encrypted end-end. Even if RIAA gets the wiretapping rights to see if VoIP calls are really U2 songs, it'll be hard for them to snoop in. And skype is just a beginning.
With ever increasing options of sharing digital media, RIAA really has only two options left-
* Get the govt to ban *any* kind of peer-peer activity. Might be a possibilty, esp given those money bags involved. Don't underestimate your govt. yet.
* Embrace the change. Move out of media-brokerage business and let the artists provide their creations on whatever media they choose. Change Happens.
--
All your music are belong to us.
Music companies, music stores and the related supply chain existed, and made money because it did the job of the network -- sourcing music from the artist and providing it to the end-user. Inherently, a flawed business model in today's world. Doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure out this old-world supply chain will be dead in another few years, no matter how hard the RIAA try.
No wonder its the supply chain that has lost the most, and not the artists. Artists will, eventually find the internet to provide their creations, and make money on it, online. May be through personal p2p networks.
--
All your music are belong to us.
So, here are the interesting features they've added -- in their own words:
(1) The "Encarta Answers" service for getting instant answers to your questions will be available in four new languages. Repeat "FOUR" new languages. Boy, was that tough!
(2) Whole site gets a new makeover, with a simpler, cleaner design. It makes all of our pages load a bit faster, too. Yep, we figure somehow clean sites are not only cleaner, they are a lot clear too. And that makes more space for all those ads too.
(4) Last but not least, we stopped showing ads to Encarta Premium users! This is something that many of you have asked for, and we decided to do the right thing for our customers. Look, no ads when you pay. Now are we great customer lovers or what!
--
The third feature will be due next version.
Filing for bankruptcy is the next logical step when you're under debt, being sued and are liable to lose, irrespective of whether the lawsuit has anything to do with criminal or civil implications. Why does it come as a huge suprise to so many of us ?
Yahoo buying Odd Post and Flickr has less to do with a "fight-back" than with the bull of a Wall Street.
Remember, Yahoo is a publicly listed company. It has to be in the midst of buzz. And by buying companies, it does exactly that. Be in the buzz. And Masters of the obvious writers like Om Malik do their part of the job by highlighting the oh-so-obvious strategy and swaying the media -- this ensuring the stock remains a high.
Does it cross anyone's mind why Yahoo, with bn$ in cash, doesn't at first come up with new innovative services that often, and instead safely buy hit startups? Because Innovation is a gamble. If the innovation flops, the stock takes a ride down. That's something no listed company can afford, least yahoo. So the next best option is to gobble up promising hit startups and appease the markets. That's a safe strategy. Oh and yes, Media is stupid enough to bite.
That's the game Google is playing so very well. Btw Here's a stock comparison.
Yahoo/Google are big fat corporations who have to play the media game to stay ahead. And while we discuss their obvious strategies and fight back instances, they laugh there way to the bank.
None of the founders of Numenta other than Jeff Hawkins have any experience in AI or for that matter have any background in hardcore computer science.
Dileep George is an Electrical Engineering graduate, while the CEO Donna Dubinsky is a hardcore salesperson and holds an MBA. Interestingly, the page also mentions that Jeff Hawkins " currently serves as Chief Technology Officer at palmOne, Inc". Fishy!
Next Generation AI ? Who are we kidding ?
Cds can be as small as your credit card, besides being much more secure.
But wait, how will one patch the CDs in case any security holes are found ? Rewritable CDs wont help either...
They stress, over and over, the idea of customer satisfaction, customer service, and friendly employees
Because johny, the *customer* pays for *your* salary, apparently.
In an area like retail, employees are a commodity. For the employer, human resource is a "cost-centre", so its bloody well obvious that he/she would like to keep it down.
After all, you *did* stay for 9 years.
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Aint privacy protection closely linked with forensics ? I believe there's a very thin line seperating the two. We all know hostile computer forensics does exist -- how to prevent that from happening should be an equally important issue...
Napster creator unveils new company Any Coincidence ?