I don't blame you, living in Arizona...I bet the summers get way too hot.
For me, I love getting off work and still having a couple hours of sunlight. I can pretend I didn't work all day long. Of course, here in Colorado, the evenings are still nice and cool.
On the flip side, I hate this week more than any other. I've been downing coffee all day, and I could still fall asleep at my desk. If we have to go through this, I think that we should make the change occur at 4:00 p.m. on Friday...I'd rather lose an hour of work than an hour of sleep.:)
They are both in downtown Denver. Coors Field is around 20th, in Lower Downtown, and the Pepsi Center is right off of I-25 on Auroria Parkway.
Isn't the Wheel Park a skate park?
There's no way I'm going right out to buy this. Just wait, six months after I purchase it, they'll come out with the Star Wars Holiday Special: Extreme, Director's Cut, Extended Version. I already own like nine versions of the LOTR DVD's.
"So in your world no one would put any effort into affecting their search rankings other than making a good site!"
I don't recall claiming that we live in a perfect world. I was simply talking about ethics. Let me try a different way.
Do you see any ethical dilima with spamming people to sell your hypothetical candles. Where would you draw the line? You asked, "I show up because of my 'sneaky' tactics, they come to my site, find want they want, and leave a happy customer. Is this wrong?" I would say that it would depend on the 'sneaky' tactics. Are you claiming that there is nothing unethical that can be done to gain serps?
There's nothing wrong with advertising at all. I don't really like billboards, but they have a value to the owners and the advertisers.
Here's the difference as I see it:
Slashdot gives useful content to users, so it becomes popular (and sells ad space...like billboards on a busy road). They don't use tricks to get the search engines to increase their serps rating. With the ad analogy, what is the difference between SEO companies and spam?
Both take advantage of free adspace that annoys users. I use a search engine to search for the results that I'm looking for...not advertisements. That's what Adwords is for.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not against capitalism, advertising or profit. I'm against the idea of someone exploiting a system (email, search engines, illegally painting over a real billboard) to get some free advertising while ruining the value to the users.
I understand the "arms race" and the money that's motivating it. It's the same situation with spam...
It's just the spammers don't brag about being from a Spam Company while posting on slashdot.
My original post didn't have to do with technology or "flaws" in google. It had to do with ethics. I was just intrigued when the SEO guy said they could get good results without being sneaky. I just wanted to know if they considered "link exchanges" a non-sneaky method.
I'm not talking about any of the "reasons for link exchange outside of gaming your pagerank ", I'm talking about link exchanges with SEO's. I posted commenting about the "One need not revert to sneaky tactics to do well." comment. It just seems like these SEO exchanges are just spamming the serps.
"One need not revert to sneaky tactics to do well."
If Google gives higher rankings to sites that have more links pointed at them, would you consider link exchange programs sneaky? For instance, lots of websites link to slashdot.org, but I doubt that CowboyNeil has a SEO company getting reciprocal links for/. I'm really not trying to flame, but I'd like to understand the perspective from the SEO's.
Are link exchanges just another example of exploiting a flaw in google?
"Replacing a compromised retina scan is mighty difficult, however."
I'd rather give up my wallet in a mugging than have to fork over MY EYE.
Seriously, I have a feeling that biometrics will just be spoofed. I'm sure I read an article about Gummy Bears and foiling a finger-print scanner. As long as there are people in charge of information, social engineering will be able to cut through all of these countermeasures.
Illegal or not...they can stop access (or try to) to any protocals they want on a private network. Does your school have wifi? I'd invest in a $20 usb adapter for your pc and use Bittorrent on that. You can argue till you're blue in the face, but you don't really know if the "legality" is even the problem. You may have a change if your machine could stand the scrutiny of a search (man that wouldn't be worth it), but the school is probably trying to protect itself, while increasing the bandwidth for other students. As an alternative, you could try looking into a DC hub that may operate on the lan at your school.
I don't really see them making another TNG movie after the last one anyway. In fact, I don't see them making any for a while; the DS9 crew pretty much left in the finale, Voyager's back in the Alpha quadrent (and no one wants a movie of them). I guess with Enterprise gone, they'll be a break for a while. Oh well...I did hear a cool concept with Riker as captain, but I don't quite remember to details.
...not if they just take it all back. Just think, this could all be some clever joke by Barclay.
I really did start liking the current season a lot better. I've been watching since the 1st season and there have been a few really good episodes mixed in with a lot of boring ones. I guess I don't feel too strongly about the show, one way or the other.
If you're looking at the short term.....maybe. In Colorado, with the mortgage rates so low right now, you can easily get into a house for the same mortgage payment (or less) than it would cost to rent. You have to figure in the tax refund you'll get on your interest paid.
Houses here have been going up at least 4% a year, so on a 300k house, your property will appriciate 12k a year.
Suppose you are paying $1000.00 in rent. You're guaranteed to lose 12k that year for renting. You could drop 4% percent value over the 1st year after a purchase and still be even with the renting plan.
I'm wondering how they'll keep track of this. I just read how New Jersey residents were sent back tax bills for online cigarette purchases. So I could see, if this passed, downloaders getting back tax bills for ignoring the new sales tax.
What happens when a Wisconsin resident has an out of state friend purchase mp3's, software, etc. and then just emails them (or mail them on a CD)? How could you possibly keep track of all of the shareware authors? Does this governor think he'll be attracting IT jobs? I'm guessing he's one of the folks that still thinks the US government is going to add a charge for emails to save the USPS.
I hope this line of thinking doesn't spread to other states. This seems like a creative way to ruin legal mp3 downloads in that state.
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I don't blame you, living in Arizona...I bet the summers get way too hot.
:)
For me, I love getting off work and still having a couple hours of sunlight. I can pretend I didn't work all day long. Of course, here in Colorado, the evenings are still nice and cool.
On the flip side, I hate this week more than any other. I've been downing coffee all day, and I could still fall asleep at my desk. If we have to go through this, I think that we should make the change occur at 4:00 p.m. on Friday...I'd rather lose an hour of work than an hour of sleep.
"Oh my GOD! The slashes from Fark have infected Slashdot."
...and hilarity ensues.
They are both in downtown Denver. Coors Field is around 20th, in Lower Downtown, and the Pepsi Center is right off of I-25 on Auroria Parkway. Isn't the Wheel Park a skate park?
Don't forget Coors Field and the Pepsi Center.
There's no way I'm going right out to buy this. Just wait, six months after I purchase it, they'll come out with the Star Wars Holiday Special: Extreme, Director's Cut, Extended Version. I already own like nine versions of the LOTR DVD's.
My doctor just told me I tested positive for Malwarlaria.B, you insensitive clod.
You are either a real estate agent or work as an SEO'er.
Nice post...I wish I had mod points.
"So in your world no one would put any effort into affecting their search rankings other than making a good site!"
I don't recall claiming that we live in a perfect world. I was simply talking about ethics. Let me try a different way.
Do you see any ethical dilima with spamming people to sell your hypothetical candles. Where would you draw the line? You asked, "I show up because of my 'sneaky' tactics, they come to my site, find want they want, and leave a happy customer. Is this wrong?" I would say that it would depend on the 'sneaky' tactics. Are you claiming that there is nothing unethical that can be done to gain serps?
There's nothing wrong with advertising at all. I don't really like billboards, but they have a value to the owners and the advertisers.
Here's the difference as I see it:
Slashdot gives useful content to users, so it becomes popular (and sells ad space...like billboards on a busy road). They don't use tricks to get the search engines to increase their serps rating. With the ad analogy, what is the difference between SEO companies and spam?
Both take advantage of free adspace that annoys users. I use a search engine to search for the results that I'm looking for...not advertisements. That's what Adwords is for.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not against capitalism, advertising or profit. I'm against the idea of someone exploiting a system (email, search engines, illegally painting over a real billboard) to get some free advertising while ruining the value to the users.
I understand the "arms race" and the money that's motivating it. It's the same situation with spam...
It's just the spammers don't brag about being from a Spam Company while posting on slashdot.
My original post didn't have to do with technology or "flaws" in google. It had to do with ethics. I was just intrigued when the SEO guy said they could get good results without being sneaky. I just wanted to know if they considered "link exchanges" a non-sneaky method.
I'm not talking about any of the "reasons for link exchange outside of gaming your pagerank ", I'm talking about link exchanges with SEO's. I posted commenting about the "One need not revert to sneaky tactics to do well." comment. It just seems like these SEO exchanges are just spamming the serps.
1. Start a business with an "e" in front of the name.
2. Get lots of people to invest,
3. ?????
4. Profit!
The stock market did what??...Nevermind
"One need not revert to sneaky tactics to do well."
/. I'm really not trying to flame, but I'd like to understand the perspective from the SEO's.
If Google gives higher rankings to sites that have more links pointed at them, would you consider link exchange programs sneaky? For instance, lots of websites link to slashdot.org, but I doubt that CowboyNeil has a SEO company getting reciprocal links for
Are link exchanges just another example of exploiting a flaw in google?
Be careful, I've heard the post-op food is just horrible.
After putting that thought in my head, I hope we go the way of the implantable chips.
"Replacing a compromised retina scan is mighty difficult, however."
I'd rather give up my wallet in a mugging than have to fork over MY EYE.
Seriously, I have a feeling that biometrics will just be spoofed. I'm sure I read an article about Gummy Bears and foiling a finger-print scanner. As long as there are people in charge of information, social engineering will be able to cut through all of these countermeasures.
Illegal or not...they can stop access (or try to) to any protocals they want on a private network. Does your school have wifi? I'd invest in a $20 usb adapter for your pc and use Bittorrent on that. You can argue till you're blue in the face, but you don't really know if the "legality" is even the problem. You may have a change if your machine could stand the scrutiny of a search (man that wouldn't be worth it), but the school is probably trying to protect itself, while increasing the bandwidth for other students. As an alternative, you could try looking into a DC hub that may operate on the lan at your school.
I've heard that too, and it still sucked. :)
I don't really see them making another TNG movie after the last one anyway. In fact, I don't see them making any for a while; the DS9 crew pretty much left in the finale, Voyager's back in the Alpha quadrent (and no one wants a movie of them). I guess with Enterprise gone, they'll be a break for a while. Oh well...I did hear a cool concept with Riker as captain, but I don't quite remember to details.
...not if they just take it all back. Just think, this could all be some clever joke by Barclay.
I really did start liking the current season a lot better. I've been watching since the 1st season and there have been a few really good episodes mixed in with a lot of boring ones. I guess I don't feel too strongly about the show, one way or the other.
/still pissed they killed off Data.
......this is not the flamewar that you're looking for.
You forgot 12 and 13:
12. ???
13. Profit!
If you're looking at the short term.....maybe. In Colorado, with the mortgage rates so low right now, you can easily get into a house for the same mortgage payment (or less) than it would cost to rent. You have to figure in the tax refund you'll get on your interest paid.
Houses here have been going up at least 4% a year, so on a 300k house, your property will appriciate 12k a year.
Suppose you are paying $1000.00 in rent. You're guaranteed to lose 12k that year for renting. You could drop 4% percent value over the 1st year after a purchase and still be even with the renting plan.
I'm wondering how they'll keep track of this. I just read how New Jersey residents were sent back tax bills for online cigarette purchases. So I could see, if this passed, downloaders getting back tax bills for ignoring the new sales tax.
What happens when a Wisconsin resident has an out of state friend purchase mp3's, software, etc. and then just emails them (or mail them on a CD)? How could you possibly keep track of all of the shareware authors? Does this governor think he'll be attracting IT jobs? I'm guessing he's one of the folks that still thinks the US government is going to add a charge for emails to save the USPS.
I hope this line of thinking doesn't spread to other states. This seems like a creative way to ruin legal mp3 downloads in that state.
My bad
:)
I haven't actually used it.