Occasionally provide some talk about Apple products or the iPod and Googlebomb it.
Change your metatags to reflect (download free music) and other such tags.
Put a link to the free download of the week. Even if they click on that and then buy something you get credit. WOW! One day, I will luck up, you might too.
talk it up in your tagline here it slashdot. You didn't mind doing the free iPod scam;-)
"I don't see a privacy policy on your site. Seems to me like you're violating Apple's terms of service. Naughty naughty."
It's there in the about section - but actually it is more clear on the adzoox section (which could be considered the parent because I am an authorized sales affiliate there.)
I use it on my site and my site happens to use a BLOG as its small news item/incremental update/forum section.
I have made about $7.35 from the affiliate program so far.
The cool thing is, it doesn't just apply to songs. One day I will luck up and someone will buy an iPod or iMac in the same order - you get 2% off that as well if they buy with 48 hours of clicking on your link.
Each editorial that I post on my website, I post a corresponding song.
For instance: My last story was on Bleu Rose Software exiting the Mac Market. I posted (with the story) - I'm Blue by Eiffel 65
Actually a slot load is better because there is no fan and you don't have to pull out a tray to load CDs - less mess - less chance of dirt getting inside. (They are also easier to upgrade)
I would also add either getting an iSkin keyboard cover or just getting one of those foldable/indestructible keyboards so oil/spills/dirty fingers don't cause a problem.
Some people on this board are trying to legitimize the fact they received a "free" ipod, so they are all legit. They are NOT, not a single one of them. Their sole purpose is to harvest email. If you promote these services to ANYONE (even if you know how to skate the system by using dummy emails) you are doing us ALL an inservice by keeping them active!
Interviewer: "Mr Dell, what is your research & development budget?"
Micheal Dell: "What is Apple's? Apple does everyone's R&D in the PC industry"
With comments like that and "out of no where" hits like the iPod, everyone is CLOSELY watching Apple. If competitors; like Creative, would have gotten a hold of the iPod, they most likely would have made a deal with Toshiba as well. Toshiba had EXCLUSIVE contract dealings with Apple for the hard drives in the original iPod. That carried to larger hard drives - Apple had 20 and 30GB WAY before everyone else did (in the 1.8" size)
Revealing Apple trade secrets hurt Apple. Many have said Apple should be the ones at fault here for not having a tighter lipped unsinkable ship. One of the best comeback's against God in the Bible [from Cain], where God honestly had no answer - "Am I My Brother's Keeper?" comes to my mind. Of course this begs the answer, "yes". But truthfully, we cannot control any one. We have the responsibility to follow what is just and right. (Not a biblical reference)
Every Jackwhispers page contains a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King:
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
Think Secret's encouragement of injustice to Apple is a threat to innovation, capitalism, and bottom lines.
Think Secret rarely speculates (that's what rumors are= speculations/prognostications) - they always have apparently coerced or received information from the disgruntled.
Does it not bother anyone that Think Secret knows the reseller lawsuit a little too intimately? Has anyone ever thought that Elite Computers and MacAdam could be behind a good portion of this constant "stealing thunder from Apple at the expense of Apple sales and exploiting Apple fans desire to see new products"
It has gone way beyond buzz. Reuters, CNet, & all major stock analysts are NOW PINNING Apple stock targets on a headless sub $500 iMac and a flash iPod.
Even if true, anyone who has spoken of these things have done so at the expense of our favorite company.
Apple spends a lot of it's budget on R&D and makes big deals with BIG companies.
I would expect if I was a trendsetter (which I am * wink*) - that my colleagues would have the courtesy to keep mum. I don't profit or propser by seeming to follow the crowd. I profit by being a leader....
Might want to change your analogies.. Ken Star DID sue President Clinton and found him guilty of obstruction of justice. So, a president CAN be sued.
Paypal is in the process of litigation against paypalsucks.com according to eBay shareholder info.
To comment on other posts, so I don't have to make multiple ones.
If you READ my other posts on this topic you will see why there IS malicious intent. And to add - these rumors could be premature to MacWorld in a few days - already analysts are basing stock purchasing on rumors!
Think Secret is also wrong on occasion too - ya know.
And the deal is... while waiting may transalate into hype and actually greater sales... sales drop off dramatically whn rumors like this hit.
Where this REALLY matters is if Apple has sales targets to meet for a certain quarter. Those expectations are approaching impossibly high for Apple. In order for Apple's stock to rise - nowadays.... they have to announce far greater than expected earnings. If they don't meet sales goals (one reason being people have delayed their purchases right at the end of the quarter) then the stock is hurt. Shareholders are swindled by these sites.
Ah, but you're continuing the fallacy - loss of life involved doctors, possibly lawyers, a mortician, coffin designers, possibly priests... most likely neighbors going to the grocery store to buy food for the mourners.
AS for the windows, the "installers" take one or two days, have lunch breaks (bought food) drove trucks (ammortization of maintenance, gas) and fed a family.
I STILL don't see how anyone can think that an insurance agency or government bureaucracy is better than outright reconstruction.
It falls to the democrat/republican debate... do you believe that tax cuts help or hurt the economy? Do you believe the government having MORE money is a good thing? Is their greater admin costs in government?
I have thought for a long time that Think Secret had the sole intention of harming Apple.
Their rumor accuaracy is amazing and it seems they like to steal any thunder they can from Apple.
They take any good news and put a negative spin on it such as; iPod sales. It is predicted that Apple will sell 4 million+ iPods this quarter... Think Secret's spin is - small Apple Reseller's weren't getting enough and the two hard drive suppliers probably wouldn't be able to keep up.
I have also believed that Think Secret's knowledge of the reseller lawsuit brought on MacAdam & Elite Computers is a little too intimate. It's almost like THIS is who's running the show there.
I think Apple should go after them for more than just "trade secret revealing and developer coercing" but also libel and malicious intent.
I think Apple might have all the rumor sites confused a bit or at least making an omission:
Just as Apple bought Soundjam from Cassidy and Greene to make iTunes, and as they bought Logic to create Garageband and their own pro audio app - I see Apple making a foray into BLOGging and possibly integrating it into.Mac. Or it could be part of the iWork bundle.
I would imagine they would go after a the biggest - either LiveJournal or Blogger.
I thought I read that the owners of Blogger are big Mac guys.
"ooh! hurricane! I bet all that spending on new windows helped the economy!"
Incorrect - insurance and goverment assistance is not economic capital realization.
If disasters do not happen, insurance companies retain capital for the next disaster - merely investing it/collecting it
If the government does not use money - it divides it up into other funds - do you honestly think the American people see the same economic benefit from a Stealth Bomber as they do hurricane relief. $2 Billion paid to construction workers and for housing/food assistance is a magnitude greater than 2 billion going to MAYBE 200 people building ONE Stealth Bomber.
I think the hype made people aware and money was "overspent" - so much so that nothing serious happened.
The Y2K problem was NOT just about a bug in the Cobal programming and handling digits.
Here are some interesting facts that I observed:
Several ATMs for Wachovia were crashed in my area -
The Charter Cable TV Channel crashed a lot more often in the next two months - there would often be a screen for Windows NT on it.
My local Toyota dealership found out that the national leasing program billed several 100 customers for loans for some reason starting in 1912. (Toyota also had problems with their database on sept 9 1999)
The power grid went out (albeit a few years late in the North) - I feel this wasn't related to Y2K BUT was just coincidental it didn't happen around the same time.
September 11 2001 happened - there was SO much security and so tight an awareness due to Y2K that I just don't think it was possible to pull off anything. I think we would be naive to think that no one was planning something - even if it wasn't coming from middle eastern or muslim extremists.
The paranoid conspiracy theory person in me says that a lot of things happened that we just were not aware of - behind the scenes.
I proposed that people use tampon boxes for their iPods too.
Eventhough mentioning the Bible doesn't go over well with the/. crowd - another cheap way to "protect" your valuables is to leave two BIbles on the front seat - one where they can plainly see the words Holy Bible - the other with the 8th commandment (Thou Shalt Not Steal) highlighted.
Even if they can't read or are not religios they know what a Bible is.
I posted this in my/. journal last night so I'll give you guys a crack at it:
I'm a big Star Wars fan... not a nut, but a fan.
I didn't like the 1st prequel, although it wasn't as bad as many of the people on/. slice and dice it.
The Attack Of The Clones was pretty good. I would rank it with Jedi
The Revenge Of The Sith is shaping up to be pretty awesome looking. As many are putting it - this movie BETTER be good because it's the whole reason Episodes 4,5, and 6 were done. I think in a way, this proves that Lucas was right to do 4,5,6 rather than 1,2,3 first.
I have enjoyed seeing the story behind the story and the elaborate plot of the emporer to wage war to be able to wage war and slowly kill off the "good troops and jedi" to be able to control the weak and lord over the ruthless.
I am quite confused though about the new leaked images that have surfaced on the net.
http://www.idontfear.com/
I thought Palpatine WAS the emporer! And all along I thought it was Palpatine behind that hood when talking to Dooku and Darth Maul. The pictures would indicate otherwise, unless it is telling that the dark side in it's truest form transforms you into an ugly creature. Was Maul just a black guy? Then when he was consumed by the dark side - grow horns and intricate red tattoos? It seems this way. Either that - or the emporer is NOT Palpatine - maybe he is a clone? Maybe Palpatine is a clone of the emporer??
Why isn't Dooku all crazy creature fangy snarly?
I would also like for it to be explained how Anakin looks like he does in Episodes 5 and 6 (behind shot in 5, full head shot in 6) - because if he was consumed by the dark side - where is his evil look?
The only hint, so far, that I have seen is in the teaser trailer - Anakin (Hayden Christenson) turns around and his eyes are yellow.
But bthe Heaven's Gate Cult (at least MarshallApplewhite - the leader) had been around preaching about Jesus coming on a comet since the late 70's - right?
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.apple.com/retail/feedback/
I was pondering this same thing. I sell older Apple computer parts.
I could decide if this would just make the market bigger for older stuff or simply reduce my prices that I get for the parts.
Time will tell I suppose.
"Built in blue tooth. Built in airport."
Umm - built in for an extra $139 you mean.
These don't come standard. Neither does it come with a keyboard or mouse or monitor.
But what is your hit total and your draw?
;-)
We all know I endless whore website and occasionally have something opposite opinion that people find interesting.
*wink*
Here's a couple of hints if you want to make money:
Post songs in each post - use the iTunes linkmaker
Occasionally provide some talk about Apple products or the iPod and Googlebomb it.
Change your metatags to reflect (download free music) and other such tags.
Put a link to the free download of the week. Even if they click on that and then buy something you get credit. WOW! One day, I will luck up, you might too.
talk it up in your tagline here it slashdot. You didn't mind doing the free iPod scam
"I don't see a privacy policy on your site. Seems to me like you're violating Apple's terms of service. Naughty naughty."
It's there in the about section - but actually it is more clear on the adzoox section (which could be considered the parent because I am an authorized sales affiliate there.)
http://adzoox.com/ad/p3temp.html
"(Blog, incidentally, is not an acronym. Just so you know.)",/i>
Did I imply that?
I use it on my site and my site happens to use a BLOG as its small news item/incremental update/forum section.
I have made about $7.35 from the affiliate program so far.
The cool thing is, it doesn't just apply to songs. One day I will luck up and someone will buy an iPod or iMac in the same order - you get 2% off that as well if they buy with 48 hours of clicking on your link.
Each editorial that I post on my website, I post a corresponding song.
For instance: My last story was on Bleu Rose Software exiting the Mac Market. I posted (with the story) - I'm Blue by Eiffel 65
Actually a slot load is better because there is no fan and you don't have to pull out a tray to load CDs - less mess - less chance of dirt getting inside. (They are also easier to upgrade)
I would also add either getting an iSkin keyboard cover or just getting one of those foldable/indestructible keyboards so oil/spills/dirty fingers don't cause a problem.
From my BLOG about helping to expose a spammer for "free" iPods in my home state
Some people on this board are trying to legitimize the fact they received a "free" ipod, so they are all legit. They are NOT, not a single one of them. Their sole purpose is to harvest email. If you promote these services to ANYONE (even if you know how to skate the system by using dummy emails) you are doing us ALL an inservice by keeping them active!
Micheal Dell has publicly had this conversation:
Interviewer: "Mr Dell, what is your research & development budget?"
Micheal Dell: "What is Apple's? Apple does everyone's R&D in the PC industry"
With comments like that and "out of no where" hits like the iPod, everyone is CLOSELY watching Apple. If competitors; like Creative, would have gotten a hold of the iPod, they most likely would have made a deal with Toshiba as well. Toshiba had EXCLUSIVE contract dealings with Apple for the hard drives in the original iPod. That carried to larger hard drives - Apple had 20 and 30GB WAY before everyone else did (in the 1.8" size)
Revealing Apple trade secrets hurt Apple. Many have said Apple should be the ones at fault here for not having a tighter lipped unsinkable ship. One of the best comeback's against God in the Bible [from Cain], where God honestly had no answer - "Am I My Brother's Keeper?" comes to my mind. Of course this begs the answer, "yes". But truthfully, we cannot control any one. We have the responsibility to follow what is just and right. (Not a biblical reference)
Every Jackwhispers page contains a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King:
Think Secret's encouragement of injustice to Apple is a threat to innovation, capitalism, and bottom lines.
Think Secret rarely speculates (that's what rumors are= speculations/prognostications) - they always have apparently coerced or received information from the disgruntled.
Does it not bother anyone that Think Secret knows the reseller lawsuit a little too intimately? Has anyone ever thought that Elite Computers and MacAdam could be behind a good portion of this constant "stealing thunder from Apple at the expense of Apple sales and exploiting Apple fans desire to see new products"
It has gone way beyond buzz. Reuters, CNet, & all major stock analysts are NOW PINNING Apple stock targets on a headless sub $500 iMac and a flash iPod.
Even if true, anyone who has spoken of these things have done so at the expense of our favorite company.
Apple spends a lot of it's budget on R&D and makes big deals with BIG companies.
I would expect if I was a trendsetter (which I am * wink*) - that my colleagues would have the courtesy to keep mum. I don't profit or propser by seeming to follow the crowd. I profit by being a leader.
Alexander got critical raves too.
... very good movies , if you ask me.
Most good reviews are paid, most bad reviews are either revenge/paid/or come from people totally out of touch with the public.
Lemony Snickets and Phantom Of The Opera have gotten bad reviews
ummm ... errr
.. Ken Star DID sue President Clinton and found him guilty of obstruction of justice. So, a president CAN be sued.
Might want to change your analogies
Paypal is in the process of litigation against paypalsucks.com according to eBay shareholder info.
To comment on other posts, so I don't have to make multiple ones.
If you READ my other posts on this topic you will see why there IS malicious intent. And to add - these rumors could be premature to MacWorld in a few days - already analysts are basing stock purchasing on rumors!
Think Secret is also wrong on occasion too - ya know.
"...any news sites have every right to report what they learn"
... learn not coerce
You said it well yourself
And they also have the journalistic responsibility not to libel or have malicious intent by posting their "news"
And the deal is ... while waiting may transalate into hype and actually greater sales ... sales drop off dramatically whn rumors like this hit.
.... they have to announce far greater than expected earnings. If they don't meet sales goals (one reason being people have delayed their purchases right at the end of the quarter) then the stock is hurt. Shareholders are swindled by these sites.
Where this REALLY matters is if Apple has sales targets to meet for a certain quarter. Those expectations are approaching impossibly high for Apple. In order for Apple's stock to rise - nowadays
See my other post about Think Secret
Ah, but you're continuing the fallacy - loss of life involved doctors, possibly lawyers, a mortician, coffin designers, possibly priests ... most likely neighbors going to the grocery store to buy food for the mourners.
... do you believe that tax cuts help or hurt the economy? Do you believe the government having MORE money is a good thing? Is their greater admin costs in government?
AS for the windows, the "installers" take one or two days, have lunch breaks (bought food) drove trucks (ammortization of maintenance, gas) and fed a family.
I STILL don't see how anyone can think that an insurance agency or government bureaucracy is better than outright reconstruction.
It falls to the democrat/republican debate
I have thought for a long time that Think Secret had the sole intention of harming Apple.
... Think Secret's spin is - small Apple Reseller's weren't getting enough and the two hard drive suppliers probably wouldn't be able to keep up.
Their rumor accuaracy is amazing and it seems they like to steal any thunder they can from Apple.
They take any good news and put a negative spin on it such as; iPod sales. It is predicted that Apple will sell 4 million+ iPods this quarter
I have also believed that Think Secret's knowledge of the reseller lawsuit brought on MacAdam & Elite Computers is a little too intimate. It's almost like THIS is who's running the show there.
I think Apple should go after them for more than just "trade secret revealing and developer coercing" but also libel and malicious intent.
By The Time It Got To The Other End Of The Room: Notes About Apple Rumor Sites
Yes I know about those ... but thanks pointing those out.
/. and the past election prove that. Many websites are now just BLOGs with pictures.
I didn't do my homework on Blogger as posts have indicated here.
I think BLOGging is the next big thing - and I think
People expect less from a BLOG - so a lot of flashy HTML and graphics aren't necessary. This is the new webpage boom if you ask me.
Claris Homepage was cool, but not robust. I think Apple could buy out a major player and REALLY promote it heavily.
I think Apple might have all the rumor sites confused a bit or at least making an omission:
.Mac. Or it could be part of the iWork bundle.
Just as Apple bought Soundjam from Cassidy and Greene to make iTunes, and as they bought Logic to create Garageband and their own pro audio app - I see Apple making a foray into BLOGging and possibly integrating it into
I would imagine they would go after a the biggest - either LiveJournal or Blogger.
I thought I read that the owners of Blogger are big Mac guys.
"ooh! hurricane! I bet all that spending on new windows helped the economy!"
Incorrect - insurance and goverment assistance is not economic capital realization.
If disasters do not happen, insurance companies retain capital for the next disaster - merely investing it/collecting it
If the government does not use money - it divides it up into other funds - do you honestly think the American people see the same economic benefit from a Stealth Bomber as they do hurricane relief. $2 Billion paid to construction workers and for housing/food assistance is a magnitude greater than 2 billion going to MAYBE 200 people building ONE Stealth Bomber.
Say your car gets robbed regularly or you continually park in a bad neighborhood (by choice or not)
...
If it works once - it served it's purpose.
I didn't say this was the BEST solution
Also, how are other drivers on the road going to harass you if you have something in the passenger seat out of view.
The symbol of the fish is NOT as powerful as the cross and the words "Holy Bible"
I think the hype made people aware and money was "overspent" - so much so that nothing serious happened.
The Y2K problem was NOT just about a bug in the Cobal programming and handling digits.
Here are some interesting facts that I observed:
Several ATMs for Wachovia were crashed in my area -
The Charter Cable TV Channel crashed a lot more often in the next two months - there would often be a screen for Windows NT on it.
My local Toyota dealership found out that the national leasing program billed several 100 customers for loans for some reason starting in 1912. (Toyota also had problems with their database on sept 9 1999)
The power grid went out (albeit a few years late in the North) - I feel this wasn't related to Y2K BUT was just coincidental it didn't happen around the same time.
September 11 2001 happened - there was SO much security and so tight an awareness due to Y2K that I just don't think it was possible to pull off anything. I think we would be naive to think that no one was planning something - even if it wasn't coming from middle eastern or muslim extremists.
The paranoid conspiracy theory person in me says that a lot of things happened that we just were not aware of - behind the scenes.
You are saying criminals don't have a conscience.
Everyone knows it's wrong to steal.
Most everyone, even those who don't believe in God, know the 10 commandments.
They MAY look at the Bible and pause to think a second.
This was released several months ago...
/. crowd - another cheap way to "protect" your valuables is to leave two BIbles on the front seat - one where they can plainly see the words Holy Bible - the other with the 8th commandment (Thou Shalt Not Steal) highlighted.
I had done a story on my website about it back in July.
I proposed that people use tampon boxes for their iPods too.
Eventhough mentioning the Bible doesn't go over well with the
Even if they can't read or are not religios they know what a Bible is.
I posted this in my /. journal last night so I'll give you guys a crack at it:
... not a nut, but a fan.
/. slice and dice it.
I'm a big Star Wars fan
I didn't like the 1st prequel, although it wasn't as bad as many of the people on
The Attack Of The Clones was pretty good. I would rank it with Jedi
The Revenge Of The Sith is shaping up to be pretty awesome looking. As many are putting it - this movie BETTER be good because it's the whole reason Episodes 4,5, and 6 were done. I think in a way, this proves that Lucas was right to do 4,5,6 rather than 1,2,3 first.
I have enjoyed seeing the story behind the story and the elaborate plot of the emporer to wage war to be able to wage war and slowly kill off the "good troops and jedi" to be able to control the weak and lord over the ruthless.
I am quite confused though about the new leaked images that have surfaced on the net.
http://www.idontfear.com/
I thought Palpatine WAS the emporer! And all along I thought it was Palpatine behind that hood when talking to Dooku and Darth Maul. The pictures would indicate otherwise, unless it is telling that the dark side in it's truest form transforms you into an ugly creature. Was Maul just a black guy? Then when he was consumed by the dark side - grow horns and intricate red tattoos? It seems this way. Either that - or the emporer is NOT Palpatine - maybe he is a clone? Maybe Palpatine is a clone of the emporer??
Why isn't Dooku all crazy creature fangy snarly?
I would also like for it to be explained how Anakin looks like he does in Episodes 5 and 6 (behind shot in 5, full head shot in 6) - because if he was consumed by the dark side - where is his evil look?
The only hint, so far, that I have seen is in the teaser trailer - Anakin (Hayden Christenson) turns around and his eyes are yellow.
But bthe Heaven's Gate Cult (at least MarshallApplewhite - the leader) had been around preaching about Jesus coming on a comet since the late 70's - right?
I have not seen a celestial event as cool as the Hale Bopp comet.
That was truly amazing.
The Comet Machholz must not be too big because no "Heaven's Gate Type Cult" has been found dead with Nikes on their feet and cyanide laced lips yet!