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Study: legal music far outweighs P2P on portable music players: Only two years ago we were told that 'stolen' was the most common format on digital music players. A new study suggests that this is far from the truth. (Via Ars Technica.)

Without knowing the methodology of the original study, this is difficult to evaluate, but it agrees qualitatively with what I see in my immediate circle. I wonder to what extent the decay of P2P downloads may be an indirect effect of fear of malware, especially since so many of the P2P programs have been notorious for adware and spyware with security and stability risks. Are malware writers RIAA's best friends?

Wiredmag has a goodlook at the technology that will make the new superscraper that will standon the original spot of the Twin Towers.  Starting with a fortified steel and3ft concrete core; the design's steel frame will interconnect to distribute load inthe event of another terrorist attach or cataclysmic event.

The tower has a 200-foot-tall, bomb-resistant concrete base surrounded by a multi-layeredglass-curtain wall designed to be impervious to any kind of explosion.

The scrapers are supposed to be done by 2011.  I've been avoiding Ground Zerofor five years- the dense smell and light smoke that permeated the city whenI was there one month later has never left me.  Once the memorial is open, I'llgo there.

In the echo of the Supreme Court’s resounding affirmation last week of the rights of individuals to a fair trial, of the limits of the power of the executive, and of a system of checks and balances—in other words, the principles on which our country was founded, ill-defined war or no—this 230th anniversary of the independence of our country seems especially dear. So I like to turn back to the source of much of that dearness, as well as to look around for some other words of inspiration. As Thomas Jefferson wrote in the last letter of his life, ten days before his death:

May it [the Declaration of Independence] be to the world, what I believe it will be, (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all,) the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves, and to assume the blessings and security of self-government. That form which we have substituted, restores the free right to the unbounded exercise of reason and freedom of opinion. All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth, that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of God. These are grounds of hope for others. For ourselves, let the annual return of this day forever refresh our recollections of these rights, and an undiminished devotion to them.

The emphasis, of course, is mine.

• What is the context for registration? People want instant gratification. It’s fairly easy to switch providers –low barriers to entry for online services. People will lie to protect their identity. Remembering account details is difficult.
• In order to establish an effective design, need to embrace user needs & leverage their natural behavior
• Different structures for user registration. Pre: needs unique identifier. Post: encourages return transactions. Immersive: promotes usage. Part of the way you use the product.
• Connecting with the user: build trust so can get factual data within the system
• Error & help text: fun, approachable angle to ease people into it
• Only ask necessary questions
• Only need unique identifier for communication: aol, gmail, etc.
• Banking & Finance: needs identifier for increased security
• Commerce: no meaningful ID needed for commercial transactions
• If going to use a unique identifier, make it easy for people. Use email or a common ID method for registration if you do not need a unique identifier
• Respect your user’s locale: get message to international users that a localized version of site content is available.
• Use CAPTCHA wisely: Provide audio version for the visually impaired, allow user to request a different image, Use CAPTCHA to protect commodities like usernames
• Online circle of life: register, user, forget account information
• Build a relationship prior to or with registration
• Be personable: use humor if appropriate
• Explain the value of questions if they may be seen as out of context
• Use an immersive registration process when possible

• Email: quickest, assumes people have control over email
• Challenge/response model: prone to repeated errors because people lie, works best when information is up to date
• Forensic: confirms account activity and details in order to reset password: verifies actions only known by the account owner, safest method, most difficult to implement
• Email recovery: put the user in the control. Need to ask for email address from user. Confirm where it is sending
• Challenge/recovery questions change over time.
• Users want to retain privacy and may be worried about ID theft
• Put the user in control of account recovery
• Remind users that their account may contain old information
• Use human support when possible