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Open Source Math
An anonymous reader writes "The American Mathematical society has an opinion piece about open source software vs propietary software used in mathematics. From the article : "Increasingly, proprietary software and the algorithms used are an essential part of mathematical proofs. To quote J. Neubüser, 'with this situation two of the most basic rules of conduct in mathematics are violated: In mathematics information is passed on free of charge and everything is laid open for checking.'""
They, at least, saw the benefit of sharing knowledge with everyone, regardless of their means. I can only hope that, somewhere in that misanthropic little husk you call a heart, you will some day find room for a similar spirit of openness and sharing.
I'm not the hypocrite asking for "free" software, you little turd.
If these jackasses want $5000 worth of "free" software from the likes of MathWorks, Wolfram, National Instruments, and SAS [not to mention billions of dollars in source code], then I want $5000 worth of "free" books from Springer-Verlag, Wiley, Elsevier, and all the rest of them.
And, while you're at it, you can throw in "free" subscriptions to all of my favorite journals.
In fact, come to think of it, I'm gonna demand to go to all of the conferences for "free".