Bobby (nama samaran) adalah seorang Kepala Cabang di sebuah perusahaan swasta terkemuka di Jakarta, seperti biasa ia tiba di rumahnya pada pukul 9 malam. Tidak seperti biasanya Bagas, putra pertamanya yang baru duduk di kelas satu SD yang membukakan pintu. Ia nampaknya sudah menunggu cukup lama.
"Kok, belum tidur?" sapa Papanya., biasanya Bagas memang sudah lelap ketika papanya pulang dan baru terjaga ketika ia akan berangkat ke kantor pagi hari. sambil membuntuti sang Papa menuju ruang keluarga, Bagas menjawab, " Aku nunggu Papa pulang. Sebab aku mau tanya berapa sih gaji Papa?"
"Lho, tumben, kok nanya gaji Papa segala? Mau minta uang lagi, ya?"
"Ah, enggak. Pengen tahu aja."
"Oke. Kamu boleh hitung sendiri. Setiap hari Papa bekerja sekitar 10 jam dan dibayar Rp 400.000,-./hari. Dan setiap bulan rata-rata dihitung 25 hari kerja. Jadi, gaji Papa dalam satu bulan berapa, hayo?" Bagas berlari mengambil kertas dan pensilnya dari meja belajar,sementara Papanya melepas sepatu dan menyalakan televisi.
Rabu, 23 Juni 2010
Bunda tolong mandikan aku sekali saja, please...?!
Dewi adalah sahabat saya, ia adalah seorang mahasiswi yang berotak cemerlang dan memiliki idealisme yang tinggi. Sejak masuk kampus, sikap dan konsep dirinya sudah jelas: meraih yang terbaik di bidang akademis maupun profesi yang akan digelutinya. ''Why not to be the best?,'' begitu ucapan yang kerap kali terdengar dari mulutnya, mengutip ucapan seorang mantan presiden Amerika.
Ketika Kampus, mengirim mahasiswa untuk studi Hukum Internasional di Universiteit Utrecht-Belanda, Dewi termasuk salah satunya.
Setelah menyelesaikan kuliahnya, Dewi mendapat pendamping hidup yang ''selevel''; sama-sama berprestasi, meski berbeda profesi. tak lama berselang lahirlah Bayu, buah cinta mereka, anak pertamanya tersebut lahir ketika Dewi diangkat manjadi staf diplomat, bertepatan dengan suaminya meraih PhD. Maka lengkaplah sudah kebahagiaan mereka.
Ketika Bayu, berusia 6 bulan, kesibukan Dewi semakin menggila. Bak seekor burung garuda, nyaris tiap hari ia terbang dari satu kota ke kota lain, dan dari satu negara ke negara lain. Sebagai seorang sahabat setulusnya saya pernah bertanya padanya, "Tidakkah si Bayu masih terlalu kecil untuk ditinggal-tinggal oleh ibundanya ?" Dengan sigap Dewi menjawab, "Oh, saya sudah mengantisipasi segala sesuatunya dengan sempurna". "Everything is OK !, Don’t worry Everything is under control kok !" begitulah selalu ucapannya, penuh percaya diri.
Ketika Kampus, mengirim mahasiswa untuk studi Hukum Internasional di Universiteit Utrecht-Belanda, Dewi termasuk salah satunya.
Setelah menyelesaikan kuliahnya, Dewi mendapat pendamping hidup yang ''selevel''; sama-sama berprestasi, meski berbeda profesi. tak lama berselang lahirlah Bayu, buah cinta mereka, anak pertamanya tersebut lahir ketika Dewi diangkat manjadi staf diplomat, bertepatan dengan suaminya meraih PhD. Maka lengkaplah sudah kebahagiaan mereka.
Ketika Bayu, berusia 6 bulan, kesibukan Dewi semakin menggila. Bak seekor burung garuda, nyaris tiap hari ia terbang dari satu kota ke kota lain, dan dari satu negara ke negara lain. Sebagai seorang sahabat setulusnya saya pernah bertanya padanya, "Tidakkah si Bayu masih terlalu kecil untuk ditinggal-tinggal oleh ibundanya ?" Dengan sigap Dewi menjawab, "Oh, saya sudah mengantisipasi segala sesuatunya dengan sempurna". "Everything is OK !, Don’t worry Everything is under control kok !" begitulah selalu ucapannya, penuh percaya diri.
Sabtu, 12 Juni 2010
Pay to surf
Pay to surf or is a business model that became popular in the late 1990s, prior to the dot-com crash. Essentially, a company uses income from advertising placed on members' screens to pay them for time spent surfing.
A pay-to-surf company would provide a small program, commonly called a "viewbar", to be installed on a member's computer. Advertisers' banner ads were then displayed while the member was browsing the web. Since the viewbar tracked websites that the user visited, the pay-to-surf company was able to deliver targeted ads for their advertisers. Advertisers paid the pay-to-surf company a small amount (typically US$0.50) for every hour of a member's surfing.
Members were usually limited on the amount of time per month for which they would be paid to surf (typically 20 hours). However, pay-to-surf companies also paid their members for each new user referred to the company (typically US$0.05 - US$0.10 per recruit). Thus, it was profitable for a member to garner as many referrals as possible, encouraging some users to recruit members using spam, though officially forbidden by the user's agreement.
The first and most well-known pay-to-surf company was AllAdvantage. It launched in March 1999 and grew to 13 million members in little over a year with the multi-level marketing system of recruiting new members. The scheme capitalized on the notion that anyone could make money on the internet without much effort.
AllAdvantage’s success attracted many imitators. At its peak, there were several dozen pay-to-surf companies. AllAdvantage had US$175 million in venture capital; its imitators did not and thus their members were never more than a small fraction of AllAdvantage's.
After 18 months, even AllAdvantage ceased operations. At that point, AllAdvantage had paid out over US$160 million to its members. Many members of smaller pay-to-surf companies were never paid when the companies shut down.
By late 2001 with the dot-com bubble collapsed, very few pay-to-surf companies remained. This is not surprising since 100% of the revenue came from internet advertising, which was the area hardest hit.
As with many Internet business models, pay-to-surf companies attracted people trying to defraud the company out of money. First, as noted above, the companies had to deal with spammers, often having to terminate member accounts. They were also required to get parental permission from members under the age of 18, many of whom flocked to these programs as an easy source of income. Finally, utilities started appearing which allowed users to simulate surfing activity.Some users even created mechanical mouse-moving devices which ran around their desks, i.e. "JiggyMouse".These programs and devices allowed users to get paid simply for leaving their machines on. This began an arms race between the pay-to-surf companies who built fraud-prevention software and fraud program developers, with each releasing increasingly sophisticated versions of their software.
published : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paid_to_surf
A pay-to-surf company would provide a small program, commonly called a "viewbar", to be installed on a member's computer. Advertisers' banner ads were then displayed while the member was browsing the web. Since the viewbar tracked websites that the user visited, the pay-to-surf company was able to deliver targeted ads for their advertisers. Advertisers paid the pay-to-surf company a small amount (typically US$0.50) for every hour of a member's surfing.
Members were usually limited on the amount of time per month for which they would be paid to surf (typically 20 hours). However, pay-to-surf companies also paid their members for each new user referred to the company (typically US$0.05 - US$0.10 per recruit). Thus, it was profitable for a member to garner as many referrals as possible, encouraging some users to recruit members using spam, though officially forbidden by the user's agreement.
The first and most well-known pay-to-surf company was AllAdvantage. It launched in March 1999 and grew to 13 million members in little over a year with the multi-level marketing system of recruiting new members. The scheme capitalized on the notion that anyone could make money on the internet without much effort.
AllAdvantage’s success attracted many imitators. At its peak, there were several dozen pay-to-surf companies. AllAdvantage had US$175 million in venture capital; its imitators did not and thus their members were never more than a small fraction of AllAdvantage's.
After 18 months, even AllAdvantage ceased operations. At that point, AllAdvantage had paid out over US$160 million to its members. Many members of smaller pay-to-surf companies were never paid when the companies shut down.
By late 2001 with the dot-com bubble collapsed, very few pay-to-surf companies remained. This is not surprising since 100% of the revenue came from internet advertising, which was the area hardest hit.
As with many Internet business models, pay-to-surf companies attracted people trying to defraud the company out of money. First, as noted above, the companies had to deal with spammers, often having to terminate member accounts. They were also required to get parental permission from members under the age of 18, many of whom flocked to these programs as an easy source of income. Finally, utilities started appearing which allowed users to simulate surfing activity.Some users even created mechanical mouse-moving devices which ran around their desks, i.e. "JiggyMouse".These programs and devices allowed users to get paid simply for leaving their machines on. This began an arms race between the pay-to-surf companies who built fraud-prevention software and fraud program developers, with each releasing increasingly sophisticated versions of their software.
published : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paid_to_surf
Paid To Click
Paid To Click is an online business model that draws online traffic from people aiming to earn from home. Paid-To-Click, or simply PTC websites act as middlemen between advertisers and consumers; the advertiser pays for displaying ads on the PTC website, and a part of this payment goes to the viewer when he views the advertisement.
The viability of the PTC business model has been questioned, as fraudulent clicks have ramped up the expenses for advertisers. With lawsuits filed against the internet search companies, the burden has been placed on Google, Yahoo and others to determine the valid clicks from the fraudulent ones, although PTC site may just be used as advertising, to direct traffic to one's site. Moreover, many users registered in PTC websites are bots.
Even though advertisement is the most widely known method for PTC to stay alive, most of the profit comes from the direct sales of fake referrals which are created virtually by the PTC owner at his will. To cover up all this scheme, PTC owners inject some normal ads from fictional advertisers, thereby keeping the system running smoothly.
Some PTCs are also used to mimic mass human traffic, which can help a botnet stay undercover and perform click fraud activity in second and third-tier ad networks. Many PTC owners also pollute the ads with malware and botnet rootkits.
Scams, although exposed on various PTC forums, are still heavily used by newcomers who are drawn in to the websites by search engines. Scam PTC sites are known to attract new users with cheap offers for upgrades and referrals and disappear without trace after a short time.
source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paid_To_Click
The viability of the PTC business model has been questioned, as fraudulent clicks have ramped up the expenses for advertisers. With lawsuits filed against the internet search companies, the burden has been placed on Google, Yahoo and others to determine the valid clicks from the fraudulent ones, although PTC site may just be used as advertising, to direct traffic to one's site. Moreover, many users registered in PTC websites are bots.
Even though advertisement is the most widely known method for PTC to stay alive, most of the profit comes from the direct sales of fake referrals which are created virtually by the PTC owner at his will. To cover up all this scheme, PTC owners inject some normal ads from fictional advertisers, thereby keeping the system running smoothly.
Some PTCs are also used to mimic mass human traffic, which can help a botnet stay undercover and perform click fraud activity in second and third-tier ad networks. Many PTC owners also pollute the ads with malware and botnet rootkits.
Scams, although exposed on various PTC forums, are still heavily used by newcomers who are drawn in to the websites by search engines. Scam PTC sites are known to attract new users with cheap offers for upgrades and referrals and disappear without trace after a short time.
source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paid_To_Click
Minggu, 06 Juni 2010
Dulu...Sekarang...
Puisi ini saya dedikasikan buat Guru SD, mantan Guru SD, murid SD, mantan murid SD, orangtua yg anaknya sedang duduk di bangku SD atau pernah duduk di bangku SD.
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Dulu...Sekarang...
karya: Pudji Hastuti
Dulu... guruku berkata,
kamu kok nakal sih,
kamu bandel banget,
kamu susah diatur,
kamu kurang ajar,
kamu terancam tidak naik kelas
rapormu kebakaran,
mau jadi apa nanti besar?
mana prestasimu?
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Dulu...Sekarang...
karya: Pudji Hastuti
Dulu... guruku berkata,
kamu kok nakal sih,
kamu bandel banget,
kamu susah diatur,
kamu kurang ajar,
kamu terancam tidak naik kelas
rapormu kebakaran,
mau jadi apa nanti besar?
mana prestasimu?
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