I think people are focusing on RIAA and that too much. This is a great project and is a lot of fun. People should sign up for the creative challenge and rewarding experience. I have participated the last two years and have signed up again!
I like the idea of these... but based on how many $300+ phones I have managed to kill over the past 4 years I think these really expensive tech items are going to stay in the fashion accessory type market. Unless they can be made more durable and modular for upgrades / repairs.
I think this is a pretty good move on Google's part. They just acquired a large number of publishers that check the service daily and really care about their feed. The feedburner software and service runs VERY well and serves a real need. I wonder if they settled for too low of a purchase price, but I don't blame them for going for the cash. Lets hope their analytics gets bundled into google analytics for some really powerful (and hopefully free) stats.
Relating the how powerful a few phone calls can be, do you remember the email virus saying "you have been on more than 30 illegal websites". It claimed to be from the FBI. Got people to do stupid things, etc. Well, as the bottom of the email was the contact information for the FBI with the FBI's main number. For all the people that clicked on the virus, many more called the FBI to find out if it was real.
During the time when the email was at its peak, you couldn't call the FBI. Period. I tried over the course of a day. Here is the original email, and a description of the experience I got from trying to call them...
http://www.usefulconcept.com/index.cfm/2005/11/23/ FBI-email-scam--DOS-phone-attack/
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I think people are focusing on RIAA and that too much. This is a great project and is a lot of fun. People should sign up for the creative challenge and rewarding experience. I have participated the last two years and have signed up again!
I have this vision of the future Heroes episode where Peter and Syler have a showdown. Glowing hands and all.
I like the idea of these... but based on how many $300+ phones I have managed to kill over the past 4 years I think these really expensive tech items are going to stay in the fashion accessory type market. Unless they can be made more durable and modular for upgrades / repairs.
I think this is a pretty good move on Google's part. They just acquired a large number of publishers that check the service daily and really care about their feed. The feedburner software and service runs VERY well and serves a real need. I wonder if they settled for too low of a purchase price, but I don't blame them for going for the cash. Lets hope their analytics gets bundled into google analytics for some really powerful (and hopefully free) stats.
Relating the how powerful a few phone calls can be, do you remember the email virus saying "you have been on more than 30 illegal websites". It claimed to be from the FBI. Got people to do stupid things, etc. Well, as the bottom of the email was the contact information for the FBI with the FBI's main number. For all the people that clicked on the virus, many more called the FBI to find out if it was real. During the time when the email was at its peak, you couldn't call the FBI. Period. I tried over the course of a day. Here is the original email, and a description of the experience I got from trying to call them... http://www.usefulconcept.com/index.cfm/2005/11/23/ FBI-email-scam--DOS-phone-attack/