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by WillyF 16y ago
It's interesting that you mention the HPV vaccine. It's extremely expensive, although that's not entirely based on the research costs. "Gardasil took more than 20 years to develop, is complex to manufacture, and must be constantly refrigera
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by WillyF 16y ago
I still can't believe that there isn't some sort of standard time for a yellow light. I live in Chicago, and the yellows are extremely short. When we drive up to the suburbs to see my girlfriend's family, I am shocked that the light stays y
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by WillyF 16y ago
And big enterprises are places with deep pockets. They'd happily pay the IE6 tax. I'm not really serious about the idea, but the idea of taxing users of outdated software could lead to some pretty interesting applications.
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by WillyF 16y ago
Maybe you could turn this idea into a new monetization technique for content websites. Free for most, but IE 6 users have to pay to view your content.
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by WillyF 16y ago
The "a death is one too many" argument is completely fallacious. If anyone actually believed it, we would all drive our cars at 10 MPH and never fly in planes. Every day we sacrifice human lives for small (or big) conveniences. It's not nic
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by WillyF 16y ago
What about the "radio" stations you can listen to if you plug in to the headrest. I never listen, but do they stop at takeoff and landing? I can't remember if jetBlue turns off your tv during takeoff and landing. I know they turn it off for
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by WillyF 16y ago
I guess that's why the .com appears to be squatted.
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by WillyF 16y ago
The title doesn't really seem to fit the blog post; in fact, the word "seo" isn't even used in the body of the post.
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by WillyF 16y ago
Barnes & Noble and Borders aren't "local" bookstores. They already put most of the local bookstores out of business. Now it's their turn to get run out of business. Right now I can't imagine someone running Amazon out of business, but I
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by WillyF 16y ago
All you need to do is read the subject line of one e-mail a day, and maybe look at a few e-mails that catch your eye. I've saved hundreds of dollars on stuff that I would have already bought. That's probably not good for the businesses, but
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by WillyF 16y ago
I can't believe that the author wouldn't try Groupon again if his favorite restaurant offered one. The value is just too great. And if the Groupon doesn't live up to your expectations: From the Groupon Blog: "If Groupon ever lets you down,
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by WillyF 16y ago
Here's a great J.C. Bradbury piece on why revenue sharing really does nothing for competitive balance. http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2010/08/rev...
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by WillyF 16y ago
Death spiral? MLB revenue was $6.6 billion in 2009. It was $7.6 for the NFL. According to this (outdated) article, MLB was actually growing sales at a better rate than the NFL over the past decade or so: http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/25/co
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by WillyF 16y ago
I run a jobs (entry level and internships) website, so I'm extremely familiar with this seasonal trend. I have a lot of data supporting the trend, but not a lot on why it exists. I never really thought of the seasonal jobs thing because my
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by WillyF 16y ago
Call yourself whatever you want. Just back it up.
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by WillyF 16y ago
I'm not hiring, but I figure that this a reasonable opportunity to plug my site. http://www.onedayonejob.com/ The focus is on entry level jobs, but the content consists of company profiles, so it's useful to pretty much anyone looking for
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by WillyF 16y ago
I find a decent number of the companies that I cover (I write about companies that are hiring) by following investors. Their job is to be up on what's next. The only quibble that I have is that it may be tough to get an angel investor's att
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by WillyF 16y ago
A citation would require a source with knowledge of Google's algorithm. Some of the best research that I've found on SEO is SEOmozs Search Engine Ranking Factors: http://www.seomoz.org/article/search-ranking-factors It's based on a survey
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by WillyF 16y ago
That article says that there is downvoting, but that there is a "karma threshold." The article states that it is 100, but I have over 100 points and no downvote arrows, so it must be higher.
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by WillyF 16y ago
I'm not a fan, but that's because it's overused. I feel the same way about "Ninja," although it does seem more appropriate for Software Development jobs. One term from a job posting that I really liked was "best available athlete." It was f
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by WillyF 16y ago
The iPad is the ultimate bathroom device. Take it with you! Then all you need is an iPad condom to keep from contaminating it.
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by WillyF 16y ago
I think that a much simpler solution is to charge people to apply for jobs. That's what colleges do. There are certainly some complications that would come along with this, but there would be far fewer than with keeping a database of everyo
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by WillyF 16y ago
Yeah, I think he's definitely undervaluing that one.
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That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure. Thanks.
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by WillyF 16y ago
How will this affect web analytics? Let's say that Google chooses to prefetch the #1 result for any given search term. Will the #1 ranking site's analytics package report a unique visitor for every time that query is searched? If so, that w
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by WillyF 16y ago
I agree that police abuse is a problem, and I also agree that laws like the ones mentioned in the article are an obscene violation of our liberties; however, I'm starting to see the problems that recording officers can cause. I was recently
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by WillyF 16y ago
The author of the article mentions the ads in Hotmail's interface as a big drawback. I think the fact that every e-mail that you send has an ad tagged on at the bottom is a much bigger problem. I don't care what e-mail provider you use, but
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by WillyF 16y ago
I got really excited about this when I found out about it, but have barely used it since. Maybe it's because the only person who buys me stuff from my Wish List is my Mom.
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by WillyF 16y ago
It actually took me a few months to get my site to rank #1 for its own brand name. It was extremely frustrating, but I worked at it and it has paid off. Now my brand name and other related terms are by far my top search terms, and this is o
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by WillyF 16y ago
The best way to find out is to look at the iSuppli teardowns. iPhone 3GS 16GB teardown: http://www.isuppli.com/News/Pages/iPhone-3G-S-Carries-178-96... I'm having trouble finding a teardown with cost analysis of the iPod touch, but it see

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