"Sites with less obtrusive or blatant ads will be more likely to get my business. If sites don't want me to visit with Adblock turned on, I won't visit. "
So less obtrusive or blatant ads don't matter at all. You seem to block everything, regardless.
Yes, this is something that people forget in their "logic". If they block ads how can they know if a site is showing obtrusive advertising?
Perfect. Then they won't care that I don't download their ad if I don't intend to click anyway.
As I replied above, there are different models - CPM (cost per thousand) will pay publishers per ad shown. This is an option for branding. CPC (cost per click) will pay publishers if an action happens (a click in this context).
Saying "I block ads because I won't click on them anyway" hurts the same, because we don't know if the model is CPM or CPC.
You may be buying the products, but that doesn't mean the web sites are receiving any revenue. Google ads and many others often only pay when clicked.
Not exactly. There are different models - CPM (cost per thousand) will pay publishers per ad shown. This is an option for branding. CPC (cost per click) will pay publishers if an action happens (a click in this context).
Saying "I block ads because I won't click on them anyway" hurts the same, because we don't know if the model is CPM or CPC.
This is a naive view. Once micropayments or subscriptions kick in people will just go somewhere else.
In our site we offer a subscription service where users can customize their experience around the site... The number of subscribers count around the couple of hundreds out of a user base of hundred thousand.
If you make the offer "in your face" people complain. If you send out an email reminding there's such an option they call it spam. Even at $5 a month people complain.
Their reasoning? "We are the content creators when we comment in the blog posts or forums so we shouldn't have to pay, and we shouldn't have to have advertising".
These users who many times comment how they have benefited from the connections made through the site ignore the costs of running the site - colocation, traffic, software, development, tax, insurance, salaries, etc, etc...
Interesting that this post showed up on/. after Microsoft news that Windows Vista SP1 is now avaialble to beta testers, volume license users and will be available mid-February to MSDN and Technet subscribers. More information here.
And what US citizens don't realise is how true this becoming. I know a lot of people who rather travel through European routes instead of having to go over the US air space and having to be fingerprinted, photographed, asked questions, searched through, having personal material copied, thoughts inquiried without any reason except because the border agent thinks it his God given right to do so.
I have been photographed and fingerprinted for years when arriving in the U.S. or in transit over it. So why the big deal if other countries do the same? Or are the Americans afraid of this?
Sissyfication of America... I mean, c'mon folks, there's too much Political Correctness in this world. I think irony, sarcasm, a bit of rough play is not bad.
In the UK and some states the U.S. children are not allowed to play tag in school grounds anymore. Yesterday we took our toddler to the park and under the slide and swings there are rubber floors. AS I said to the in-laws, 40 years ago I had no problems falling on the ground and finding my knee scratched.
We didn't die because of those Sesame St episodes, did we?
That sound like spam to me. Why bother about a company no one has ever heard about before. Why no talks about Lavasoftware, which makes a very good produc, or Symantec, or PC Tools Software?
This is so out of sync! Have a look at the DualPhone (review). The DualPhone actually connects to Skype and landline, and you can select to make or receive calls through one or another.
Kodak announced their Kodak Easysahre One back in January 2005. The model was planned for June 2005, but delayed to October. It is coming to the market at the same time as this Nikon model - which was announced a couple of days after the Kodak announcement.
"They are not using the perpendicular technology, but when they do, these drives will be able to hold 5TB. 4 of these drives in the old desktop will allow you 20GB for your documents and letters... "
The memory is 10MB, but TransFlash cards can be used - with cards up to 512MB available and compatible with the phone.
The OP says user-upgradable memory, which is quite not correct - the memory card is in addition to the 10MB but it's not a on-board upgrade. It's just an expansion - like in any other current smartphone or even featured phone in the market.
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"Sites with less obtrusive or blatant ads will be more likely to get my business. If sites don't want me to visit with Adblock turned on, I won't visit. "
So less obtrusive or blatant ads don't matter at all. You seem to block everything, regardless.
Yes, this is something that people forget in their "logic". If they block ads how can they know if a site is showing obtrusive advertising?
Perfect. Then they won't care that I don't download their ad if I don't intend to click anyway.
As I replied above, there are different models - CPM (cost per thousand) will pay publishers per ad shown. This is an option for branding. CPC (cost per click) will pay publishers if an action happens (a click in this context).
Saying "I block ads because I won't click on them anyway" hurts the same, because we don't know if the model is CPM or CPC.
You may be buying the products, but that doesn't mean the web sites are receiving any revenue. Google ads and many others often only pay when clicked.
Not exactly. There are different models - CPM (cost per thousand) will pay publishers per ad shown. This is an option for branding. CPC (cost per click) will pay publishers if an action happens (a click in this context).
Saying "I block ads because I won't click on them anyway" hurts the same, because we don't know if the model is CPM or CPC.
This is a naive view. Once micropayments or subscriptions kick in people will just go somewhere else.
In our site we offer a subscription service where users can customize their experience around the site... The number of subscribers count around the couple of hundreds out of a user base of hundred thousand.
If you make the offer "in your face" people complain. If you send out an email reminding there's such an option they call it spam. Even at $5 a month people complain.
Their reasoning? "We are the content creators when we comment in the blog posts or forums so we shouldn't have to pay, and we shouldn't have to have advertising".
These users who many times comment how they have benefited from the connections made through the site ignore the costs of running the site - colocation, traffic, software, development, tax, insurance, salaries, etc, etc...
So this was moderated Flamebait? Why? Because you can't accept the original post is misinformed, late and is not reflecting reality?
Anything and everything just to bash Microsoft...
Next?
It is not "Windows Vista". It's a "Windows Update" patch that is a pre-requisite. But it's not SP1.
Sheesh. People can write anythng to make their point. Even if it's not true.
Interesting that this post showed up on /. after Microsoft news that Windows Vista SP1 is now avaialble to beta testers, volume license users and will be available mid-February to MSDN and Technet subscribers. More information here.
FUD.
"Now the plan is to avoid it like the plague."
And what US citizens don't realise is how true this becoming. I know a lot of people who rather travel through European routes instead of having to go over the US air space and having to be fingerprinted, photographed, asked questions, searched through, having personal material copied, thoughts inquiried without any reason except because the border agent thinks it his God given right to do so.
I have been photographed and fingerprinted for years when arriving in the U.S. or in transit over it. So why the big deal if other countries do the same? Or are the Americans afraid of this?
Sissyfication of America... I mean, c'mon folks, there's too much Political Correctness in this world. I think irony, sarcasm, a bit of rough play is not bad.
In the UK and some states the U.S. children are not allowed to play tag in school grounds anymore. Yesterday we took our toddler to the park and under the slide and swings there are rubber floors. AS I said to the in-laws, 40 years ago I had no problems falling on the ground and finding my knee scratched.
We didn't die because of those Sesame St episodes, did we?
What a bunch of crap...
Here's the Vista EULA: http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/defa ult.aspx that you guys couldn't find: http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/defa ult.aspx
http://www.wneweb.com/mobile/more/gw1.htm is the ODM for this device. It runs Linux.
"News for news. Stuff that matters"? Yeah right...
By the way, FIFA rankings are absolute nonsense.
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You are correct... How can we believe the USA soccer is ranked #6, ahead of Germany, Spain (as of the date of this post, from http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/index/0,25
Rankings are not a good index at all. Australia just lost it.
Yeah? They just lost to Brazil, 2 - 0. The software must be faulty somewhere...
That sound like spam to me. Why bother about a company no one has ever heard about before. Why no talks about Lavasoftware, which makes a very good produc, or Symantec, or PC Tools Software?
I guess the OP meant cellular mobile not Wireless, right?
This is so out of sync! Have a look at the DualPhone ( review ). The DualPhone actually connects to Skype and landline, and you can select to make or receive calls through one or another.
This Linksys one is just half way there...
Kodak announced their Kodak Easysahre One back in January 2005. The model was planned for June 2005, but delayed to October. It is coming to the market at the same time as this Nikon model - which was announced a couple of days after the Kodak announcement.
You an still have Bluetooth [On], just don't set it to [Discoverable]. What's the big deal?
For goodness sake folks, just use the technology, it provides the tools for that.
Yes... Calculators are Weapons of Math Instruction.
"They are not using the perpendicular technology, but when they do, these drives will be able to hold 5TB. 4 of these drives in the old desktop will allow you 20GB for your documents and letters... "
You certainly mean 20TB?
It is working for me... I think it was just the initial load on the server.
The memory is 10MB, but TransFlash cards can be used - with cards up to 512MB available and compatible with the phone.
The OP says user-upgradable memory, which is quite not correct - the memory card is in addition to the 10MB but it's not a on-board upgrade. It's just an expansion - like in any other current smartphone or even featured phone in the market.