Sorry, I should have been clearer. Yes, you did acknowledge the point, but that was exactly the point that the judge focused on in making the ruling. So whether or not that really makes it an interactive service, that is the thing that the judge believed made it an interactive service.
Well because AT&T presumably payed a boat-load of money to Apple to be the exclusive carrier for the iphone. If they can't recover that investment because the phone are being hacked and used at other carriers, and if they feel that Apple isn't doing enough to prevent this, then they will probably sue Apple to get some or all that money back.
In support of Weedlekin's comments - There's an interesting book called "Warriors of God" by James Reston Jr. It's about Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade. In this book, there is a description of Richard's actions at a battle near the town of Jaffa. The Christian forces were out numbered and defeat seemed almost certain. However, Richard almost single handedly turned the battle.
He was an indestructible killing machine in his armor. Later in the battle, there were so many arrows stuck in his armor that "he looked like a porcupine". At another point he was completely surrounded by enemies "and yet emerged from a pile of dead unscathed". Richard's skill and physical abilities combined with his armor made him an almost supernatural force that the Muslim fighters learned to give a wide berth.
At the battles outset, the Muslims out numbered the English 4 to 1. However the lightly armor Muslim fighter were no match for Richard and the other armored knight of his party. By the end of the day the Muslims had lost 700 men, while the Crusdader had lost only 2 dead and a number of wounded.
Beyond this illustration of armored men in battle, it's a facinating book. I highly recommend it as both an entertaining and informative read.
Come on! Digg is full of interesting and relevant news stories. Well... Assuming that you find photoshop tutorials and 20 year old Apple new interesting and relevant.
I just had to follow that link and read this comment by Limbaugh. After having read the comment I'm now very concerned for the safety of Mr. Limbaugh. Clearly he would never make such a sensible and rational comment. Obviously he's been kidnapped by aliens and replaced by some kind of pod-person duplicate. An investigation should be started immeadiately!
Well, it's certainly possible. Unfortunately one article is slashdoted and the other contains very few details. It would be interesting to know if they checked to see if the problem occurs everywhere, or just at home. I think that are still a fair number of older homes in the US with wiring that really isn't up to standards.
So the article specifically says once he bought a three pronged adapter the problem was solved. Sounds like it's a dell fault.
Actually it sounds like it might be the fault of the wiring in his house. Isn't that the whole point of the modern AC plugs with the asymetrical prongs. Assuming you have modern outlets, you can only plug them in one way, and then that provides the grounding. (For 110VAC only one of the prongs is actually hot.) Unfortunately this only works if your outlet is wired correctly. If the house's wiring is old, or the outlet was wired by a less than competent electrician, then the grounding won't necessarily work correctly. If his problem was magically solved by a three prong adapter (the old tried and true grounding method) it suggests to me that his outlets may not be wired correctly.
As well as the development reasons noted above, there are still some websites that only work correctly in IE. I normally use Firefox, but occasionally I need to switch to IE to get a website to work. Now if I don't care that much, I don't bother, but if you really want something (info, a product whatever) from these sites you pretty much need to have IE available.
Well the article I read seemed to be mostly outlining how the web numbers are inaccurate and then tossed in a few examples of how people are trying to fix that. There wasn't a lot of discussion on determining worth.
In your original post you ask how to measure profits (note the title). I made a couple of suggestion in my post. I now see from your new post that you don't really want to measure profits, you want to predict profits. My answer to that question is that you don't. At least not accurately. No matter how accurate these numbers are (hits, page views whatever) this is always going to be more of an art than a science. So, you compare costs from various sites and make a judgement call about whether you want to pay that cost. Then after the fact you look at the effect the ad had on your sales and you decide whether it was worth it. If not you stop the ad, renegotiate, whatever.
Making these numbers more accurate is not going to have a significant effect on the accuracy of any profit predictions for the ads. There's too many other factors involved. Instead, you use the numbers as a guide, and then evaluate the ad's value after the fact.
Great. Now, how do you measure profits made from advertising, because as I understand it, that is the issue under discussion here.
The same way businesses always have. This is not a new problem. How do businesses determine how effective an add in a newpaper or magazine is? What about TV? Yes, there's circulation numbers and viewer numbers, but those don't guarantee that any of those people looked at the ads. The parent's point is still valid. The only thing that matters is the bottom line.
So how do you determine that? I don't run a business, but one way is clearly those little surveys that ask "how did you hear about us". Another way I guess would be to add one new form of advertising and then watch the results (or lack there of) in your sales. If you're constantly changing how you advertise it would be difficult to get a clear number, but this isn't a new problem. Presumably businesses (at least the smart ones) know how to do this.
People are being distracted by the internet's potential to measure exactly how many visitors a website has. This information is clearly useful as a guide, but not much else. (You wouldn't want to advertise on a site with no traffic.) In the end the bottom line is results. If you advertise on a site and get a big boost in sales who cares what the actual traffic is? Yes, you'd pay more for a "high" traffic site, but if you got good value for your advertising dollar isn't that all that matters?
I'm running XP and I just recently upgraded my video card. I definitely did not have to reactivate in that situation. A while back my harddisk failed and I did have to reactivate when I installed the new one, but not for a video card upgrade.
And yet no recall on the batteries in my Sony Vaio laptop?
Yes, I was wondering about this as well. My wife has a Sony Vaio which I'm quite sure has a Sony battery in it. I've been looking for a link to check Sony models against but haven't been able to find one. If anyone knows where to find information for Sony computers please post the link.
Can it go over a waterfall or down some steep rapids? Gliding is great, as long as you have something to glide on, which isn't the case in some of the more turbulent rapids.
It's an ocean kayak, not a white water kayak. Perhaps you were not aware, but kayaks are not all created equal. White water kayaks are shorter, and more maneuverable. Ocean kayaks are longer, more stable, and with more pronounced keels for better tracking in the wind. This kayak was not designed for waterfalls and rapids.
I'm looking at a form right now that asks have you ever been "charged or convicted" for a number of different offense categories. However there's two other categories of interest. A section called "Pending Charges" asks "are there currently any charges pending against you for any offense?" The final section dealing with these matters is called "Other Offenses" and asks "have you been arrested for, charged with, or convicted of any offense(s)" not listed in the above sections?
My dog has a very small RFID that I had the Vet intentional leave in him (name, address & phone number)... now my dog is suing me for violating his rights for privacy.
Wow... that's ruff, but what can you do. It's a dog eat dog world out there.
Back when I was in college there was a brief period where I payed my rent and got beer money by working at a UPS facility. I worked loading UPS semi trailers with packages. The packages would come off of a conveyor belt, and our job was to load the truck as fast as possible.
To make a long story short, we were not particularly gentle with the packages. In fact if you saw the way the trucks were loaded, you'd be surprised at what good conditions your packages are in. I still use UPS, but I always make sure that things are packed very, very well.
I don't understand. Why do people insist on making Wikipedia something that it is not? Wikipedia is not an encyclopedia.
I agree that it's not an encyclopedia. Unfortunately Wikipedia claims to be an encyclopedia. It says "Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia" right on the home page. People expect certain things from an encyclopedia, reasonable accuracy for one thing. Perhaps if Wikipedia stopped claiming to be an encyclopedia people would stop thinking that it is one, and stop writing articles like this one. Understand now?
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Hermaphrodites?
Sorry, I should have been clearer. Yes, you did acknowledge the point, but that was exactly the point that the judge focused on in making the ruling. So whether or not that really makes it an interactive service, that is the thing that the judge believed made it an interactive service.
In short because it contacts the Kapersky servers regularly for updates.
Am I the only one wondering what the hell being in amish country would have to do with this?
Well because AT&T presumably payed a boat-load of money to Apple to be the exclusive carrier for the iphone. If they can't recover that investment because the phone are being hacked and used at other carriers, and if they feel that Apple isn't doing enough to prevent this, then they will probably sue Apple to get some or all that money back.
In support of Weedlekin's comments - There's an interesting book called "Warriors of God" by James Reston Jr. It's about Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade. In this book, there is a description of Richard's actions at a battle near the town of Jaffa. The Christian forces were out numbered and defeat seemed almost certain. However, Richard almost single handedly turned the battle.
He was an indestructible killing machine in his armor. Later in the battle, there were so many arrows stuck in his armor that "he looked like a porcupine". At another point he was completely surrounded by enemies "and yet emerged from a pile of dead unscathed". Richard's skill and physical abilities combined with his armor made him an almost supernatural force that the Muslim fighters learned to give a wide berth.
At the battles outset, the Muslims out numbered the English 4 to 1. However the lightly armor Muslim fighter were no match for Richard and the other armored knight of his party. By the end of the day the Muslims had lost 700 men, while the Crusdader had lost only 2 dead and a number of wounded.
Beyond this illustration of armored men in battle, it's a facinating book. I highly recommend it as both an entertaining and informative read.
Thanks alot! I just had to look up "felching". Now I'll have that disgusting imagery in my mind the rest of the afternoon!
Come on! Digg is full of interesting and relevant news stories. Well... Assuming that you find photoshop tutorials and 20 year old Apple new interesting and relevant.
I just had to follow that link and read this comment by Limbaugh. After having read the comment I'm now very concerned for the safety of Mr. Limbaugh. Clearly he would never make such a sensible and rational comment. Obviously he's been kidnapped by aliens and replaced by some kind of pod-person duplicate. An investigation should be started immeadiately!
Well, it's certainly possible. Unfortunately one article is slashdoted and the other contains very few details. It would be interesting to know if they checked to see if the problem occurs everywhere, or just at home. I think that are still a fair number of older homes in the US with wiring that really isn't up to standards.
As well as the development reasons noted above, there are still some websites that only work correctly in IE. I normally use Firefox, but occasionally I need to switch to IE to get a website to work. Now if I don't care that much, I don't bother, but if you really want something (info, a product whatever) from these sites you pretty much need to have IE available.
Well the article I read seemed to be mostly outlining how the web numbers are inaccurate and then tossed in a few examples of how people are trying to fix that. There wasn't a lot of discussion on determining worth.
In your original post you ask how to measure profits (note the title). I made a couple of suggestion in my post. I now see from your new post that you don't really want to measure profits, you want to predict profits. My answer to that question is that you don't. At least not accurately. No matter how accurate these numbers are (hits, page views whatever) this is always going to be more of an art than a science. So, you compare costs from various sites and make a judgement call about whether you want to pay that cost. Then after the fact you look at the effect the ad had on your sales and you decide whether it was worth it. If not you stop the ad, renegotiate, whatever.
Making these numbers more accurate is not going to have a significant effect on the accuracy of any profit predictions for the ads. There's too many other factors involved. Instead, you use the numbers as a guide, and then evaluate the ad's value after the fact.
The same way businesses always have. This is not a new problem. How do businesses determine how effective an add in a newpaper or magazine is? What about TV? Yes, there's circulation numbers and viewer numbers, but those don't guarantee that any of those people looked at the ads. The parent's point is still valid. The only thing that matters is the bottom line.
So how do you determine that? I don't run a business, but one way is clearly those little surveys that ask "how did you hear about us". Another way I guess would be to add one new form of advertising and then watch the results (or lack there of) in your sales. If you're constantly changing how you advertise it would be difficult to get a clear number, but this isn't a new problem. Presumably businesses (at least the smart ones) know how to do this.
People are being distracted by the internet's potential to measure exactly how many visitors a website has. This information is clearly useful as a guide, but not much else. (You wouldn't want to advertise on a site with no traffic.) In the end the bottom line is results. If you advertise on a site and get a big boost in sales who cares what the actual traffic is? Yes, you'd pay more for a "high" traffic site, but if you got good value for your advertising dollar isn't that all that matters?
I'm running XP and I just recently upgraded my video card. I definitely did not have to reactivate in that situation. A while back my harddisk failed and I did have to reactivate when I installed the new one, but not for a video card upgrade.
I guess I don't know that this is unusual, but here's the seismic event in question:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Q
Yes, I was wondering about this as well. My wife has a Sony Vaio which I'm quite sure has a Sony battery in it. I've been looking for a link to check Sony models against but haven't been able to find one. If anyone knows where to find information for Sony computers please post the link.
Thanks
You keep using that phrase. I don't think it means what you think it means.
Perhaps that is a bit ironic, but he does seem to have a better grasp of how to maintain liberty and democracy than many elected leaders.
It's an ocean kayak, not a white water kayak. Perhaps you were not aware, but kayaks are not all created equal. White water kayaks are shorter, and more maneuverable. Ocean kayaks are longer, more stable, and with more pronounced keels for better tracking in the wind. This kayak was not designed for waterfalls and rapids.
I'm looking at a form right now that asks have you ever been "charged or convicted" for a number of different offense categories. However there's two other categories of interest. A section called "Pending Charges" asks "are there currently any charges pending against you for any offense?" The final section dealing with these matters is called "Other Offenses" and asks "have you been arrested for, charged with, or convicted of any offense(s)" not listed in the above sections?
Back when I was in college there was a brief period where I payed my rent and got beer money by working at a UPS facility. I worked loading UPS semi trailers with packages. The packages would come off of a conveyor belt, and our job was to load the truck as fast as possible.
To make a long story short, we were not particularly gentle with the packages. In fact if you saw the way the trucks were loaded, you'd be surprised at what good conditions your packages are in. I still use UPS, but I always make sure that things are packed very, very well.
I agree that it's not an encyclopedia. Unfortunately Wikipedia claims to be an encyclopedia. It says "Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia" right on the home page. People expect certain things from an encyclopedia, reasonable accuracy for one thing. Perhaps if Wikipedia stopped claiming to be an encyclopedia people would stop thinking that it is one, and stop writing articles like this one. Understand now?