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...newspaper or is enticed by a link to an interesting article is rarely going to go through the cost and hassle of signing up for a subscription under today's clunky payment systems. The key to attracting online revenue, I think, is to come up with an iTunes-easy method of micropayment. We need something like digital coins or an E-ZPass digital wallet - a one-click system with a really simple interface that will permit impulse purchases of a newspaper, magazine, article, blog or video for a penny, nickel, dime or whatever the creator chooses to charge...
...this year. In 2007, online advertising rose 26% to $21 billion. By most estimates, that growth rate dropped well below 20% last year and could fall to under 15% this year. These figures include search advertising which is dominated by Google (GOOG). It is still the most efficient online method for reaching customers, so if search revenue is removed from the analysis, internet display sales may already be falling...
...recently set regarding just punishments for minors convicted of crimes. However, while 13 is much too young for a life sentence without parole, courts should still have the authority to exercise their discretion in giving such sentences to older adolescents. Of course, in such cases, courts must use every method available to determine whether older adolescents are deserving of such harsh punishment. Finally, as Sullivan’s potential innocence demonstrates, both adolescents and adults alike should have more opportunities for appeals and review in non-capital cases. The United States is the only country in the world where...
...Science” is derived from its perception as merely a series of impartial discoveries. But Overbye’s deeper premise—that science must separate itself from the metaphysical—too often goes unquestioned. If scientists truly follow the principles of openness their method espouses, they cannot rule out the possibility of a purpose behind the process...
...that sense, the greatest strength of science is also its greatest weakness. Science advances through perpetual disagreement and revision; scientists establish rigorous methods and standards to work toward the achievement of truth, and never seek to predict outcomes unconditionally. These practices allow for the exhilaration of unexpected discoveries. But it comes with a caveat: When the scientific method is turned inward to examine its own premises, it becomes destabilized. An ideological breach opens, in which, theoretically, a God or ethics could exist...