http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Par ... TL/garmentApple views tennis-shoe DRM as a way to head off what it sees as a potential plague of sneaker hacking. "Some people," the patent application observes, "have taken it upon themselves to remove the sensor from the special pocket of the [iPod-linked] Nike+ shoe and place it at inappropriate locations (shoelaces, for example) or place it on non-Nike+ model shoes." Oh my God: Geeks are ripping the sensors out of their sneakers and sticking them on their shoelaces! Unleash the shoe nazis!
It used to be cool to be an Apple fanboy. Now it's starting to be embarrassing.
I have to disagree about the being cool part. It never was. And it always was embarrassing.