Electric Angst said: The only problem with that type of reasoning is that languages are not set in stone...
Although languages evolve. There are a few languages that are controlled by a central authority. French comes to mind.
Even with English, you must ask yourself who controls the evolution of a language? Just because I freely create a word does not mean that it will be adopted into the languuage. Do the editors of the dictionary control our language? Do magazines and media conglomerate control the language?
Returning to the dicsussion at hand (models) the above is a perfect example of how a model has controlled your thinking. Your model of language controlled by the people, stiffles other potentially better models.
In any case, i decided to put off college indefinitely because i couldn't afford it, neither could my parents, and i wasn't ready enough to pick a field to go into, since i'd pretty much be locked in after i finished until i could pay off a massive (probably $50-100k loan)...
College is a lifetime investment. I had similar choice when deciding if I should go to college or even drop out. I was easily making $8-$15/hour doing part-time work during college (95-98). I was also paying thousands of dollars in tution even with a good academic scholarship.
I stuck with college. I'm now $12K in debt. However, the industry and my company has chosen to reward the dedication. I have easily advanced past those workers that choose to enter industry in 95 (after high school).
On another note, who has ever heard of a company having a kegger!:)
There are two fundamentally differences between one-to-many marketing (and pricing) and one-to-one marketing (and pricing).
The first is that one-to-many marketing uses statistical data (think insurance) for determining appropriate price or discount. While one-to-one may use individual buying patterns, browsing patterns, neighborhood or regional criteria, and survey data such as household income. I have taken at least one survey at Amazon.com. Although the information is only as accurate as I want it to be.
The second difference is that collusion can now occur at the individual level. Just last week there was an article on slashdot about Amazon.com planning on selling their customer data. When other retailers discover that you are price-insensitive at Amazon.com you may discover you are paying list price regardless of where you shop! Of course, the government will not allow Amazon.com to sell their data directly to their competitors but other channels (i.e. information resellers) will emerge.
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Electric Angst said: The only problem with that type of reasoning is that languages are not set in stone...
Although languages evolve. There are a few languages that are controlled by a central authority. French comes to mind.
Even with English, you must ask yourself who controls the evolution of a language? Just because I freely create a word does not mean that it will be adopted into the languuage. Do the editors of the dictionary control our language? Do magazines and media conglomerate control the language?
Returning to the dicsussion at hand (models) the above is a perfect example of how a model has controlled your thinking. Your model of language controlled by the people, stiffles other potentially better models.
In any case, i decided to put off college indefinitely because i couldn't afford it, neither could my parents, and i wasn't ready enough to pick a field to go into, since i'd pretty much be locked in after i finished until i could pay off a massive (probably $50-100k loan)...
College is a lifetime investment. I had similar choice when deciding if I should go to college or even drop out. I was easily making $8-$15/hour doing part-time work during college (95-98). I was also paying thousands of dollars in tution even with a good academic scholarship.
I stuck with college. I'm now $12K in debt. However, the industry and my company has chosen to reward the dedication. I have easily advanced past those workers that choose to enter industry in 95 (after high school).
On another note, who has ever heard of a company having a kegger! :)
There are two fundamentally differences between one-to-many marketing (and pricing) and one-to-one marketing (and pricing).
The first is that one-to-many marketing uses statistical data (think insurance) for determining appropriate price or discount. While one-to-one may use individual buying patterns, browsing patterns, neighborhood or regional criteria, and survey data such as household income. I have taken at least one survey at Amazon.com. Although the information is only as accurate as I want it to be.
The second difference is that collusion can now occur at the individual level. Just last week there was an article on slashdot about Amazon.com planning on selling their customer data. When other retailers discover that you are price-insensitive at Amazon.com you may discover you are paying list price regardless of where you shop! Of course, the government will not allow Amazon.com to sell their data directly to their competitors but other channels (i.e. information resellers) will emerge.