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Dutch Academics Declare Research Free-For-All
houghi writes "The register reports how the Dutch open up their research to the rest of the world.
It goes on to tell that commercial scientific publishers such as Elsevier Science are not happy with it.
Will other countries and universities follow, or will they stick to the idea that knowledge is a commodity?"
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On another note, they would like to have you believe that those extra cpu cycles on your desktop are just going to waste, but, in all reality, they are not.Idle cpu's don't use as much electricity as those that are being used,plus the wear and tear on your system shortens it's life, due to more heat, and harddisk usage,not to mention the extra bandwidth it sucks up.
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Do something useful, like donating food or volunteering for good causes, and not to crooks like the Salivating Army, or GoodTill. Industries.
Mod me as a TROLL if you like, I've lived under bridges most of my life, and have discovered that those who live the easy life have no character.
I think that the Dutch initiative is nice, but the real gain for people who want to learn is I thnik in systems like the opencourseware system from MIT.
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They have been the first to adopt new and good ideas so many times, it's just amazing.
Most notably they de-criminalized cannabis! Wohoo!
easy. just give the yanks free weed.
then they'll realize how silly it all is, have some grub and sail home content.
(to face jail time, at home, of course)
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And New York was named "New Amsterdam" in the early years.
more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam
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knowledge is a commodity?
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