Just because something is an ISO standard, doesn't mean it's free in any sense of the word. For example, ISBNs are completely controlled by R.R.Bowker in the United States, access …

[quote=Now, if you can come up with a database that will resolve Dutch barcodes like Amazon does for the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, the U.K., and Japan, and talk them into givi…

Maybe after Delicious Library 2 comes out and we have time and money, Lucas and I should do a world tour and hammer out some details with international sites in all those non-Amazo…

You could implement the Z39.50 protocol and get access to the collection information of various libraries. A plug-in architecture for data sources would be cool because then people…

One thing I really like about LibraryThing is that you can sort books by LC Call number. I'm not sure if this is a common way of sorting among people that use book organizers but …

Damn, I was just looking for a sorting algorithm for Library of Congress call numbers and ended up having to write my own. I should have called LibraryThing! -Mike

Comic Books! I wish the folks at DM would make a seperate app that can catalog comic books, there isnt a single app out there that has the polish that DL has nor the ease of use. …

Well, I mean, if you just want to enter them by hand, you can do that now. -Mike

Yeah, if you added a plug-in architecture, international users could do the work for you and everyone would win

Maybe. Delicious Library has an easily hackable XML file, yet there's not that many good utilities out there adding functionality lacking in the actual program. That makes me wond…

When any program crashes, it produces a crash report, which contains some information about your computer, most notably what it was doing when it crashed. If you look at the crash …

They just mentioned this on CNBC. Apparently the built in iSight violates the new security policy on airplanes and government buildings regarding recording devices. And it's not li…

Quote: Originally Posted by BaronVonBlah security policy on airplanes and government buildings regarding recording devices. Does this policy only cover video recording devic…

I laughed out loud when I read this. Does anyone else find it funny?

I'm not so sure the airplane thing holds true. I've taken many pictures in planes and from plans while flying, it's never been an issue. I've even used a cell phone in the plane as…

Quote: Originally Posted by siMac Does this policy only cover video recording devices or audio too? A lot of people are going to find themselves unable to take their cellphones …

Government work is one thing, but surely it can't be true that you can't take a camera on an airplane. And if so, why is the MacBook getting the press? As others have said, banning…

If someone use that ipatch thing for what it is designed for, to stop people from seeing you when you want to have privacy, they must have a serious case of paranoia! oh, and... 1…

that iPatch thing doesn't seem useful in this case since I doubt they'll be like "Go ahead Akbar, just promise not to remove that piece of plastic from the camera...ok?"

Well, supposedly it can be attached permanently. I guess the other option for people working where they don't allow cameras is to just destroy the camera with some superglue or som…

I travel through Hartsfield Int'l Airport (Atlanta) on a regular basis and have yet to meet one employee who I felt would know the difference between a Macbook and any other comput…

It would really be nice if Apple had a BTO option for a camera-less version. It would be simple enough to implement, I'd think.

This review seems to confirm the government building restrictions: http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardw...cbookpro.ars/2 Quote: The availability of the built-in iSigh…

I don't think we need confirmation on that aspect -- I've known camera restrictions for government work for years.

Quote: Originally Posted by BaronVonBlah And I thought going to jury duty next month was going to be a lot less boring Good luck with that. Jurors out here can't bring any…