Yes, there was prosecution overreach. Yes, there was disengagement and enabling of this overreach by MIT staff. But that doesn't change the fact that what he did, in protest, did nothing but harm himself.
Nope, he offing himself brought the issue to the front page of media. Was it worth it? Not if I were him, but it did a lot more than "nothing but harm himself".
Hey, thanks to all for chiming in. I'll look into these kits, and maybe I'll dust off the breadboard, even wire it up to do something silly. I hope this helps to get interested young'uns going, as well as geezers like me.
To wmac1, I hear you, I'm in a somewhat similar boat, although I don't have no PhD. Software, abstract and non-tactile, doesn't give you the same satisfaction as even a primitive hairy-wired breadboard prototype. Maybe it's like the difference between math and physics, as Feynman once said.:P
Back when I was wee lad, little electronic kits consist of discrete transistors, LEDs, op-amps, etc. You can make little toys with blinking lights and such, and perhaps gain some rudimentary but empirical experience with electronics.
I realize today's a different, whole lot more sophisticated (in terms of technology) era, but what would be the equivalent today? This Arduino kit seems way over the top for such purpose.
With one hand, they shove a head of state off their airspace for fear of carrying Snowden. With the other hand, they wage an empty sanctimonious PR campaign with an "award".
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You know, this AC first-post joke is likely the best that can be salvaged from this bullshit "story".
See subject.
And let's let everyone win powerball jackpot.
Nope, he offing himself brought the issue to the front page of media. Was it worth it? Not if I were him, but it did a lot more than "nothing but harm himself".
Yeah, well, if jesus says "I'm the batman", you shouldn't call out his bullshit because he's the jesus? I don't buy that.
Hey, thanks to all for chiming in. I'll look into these kits, and maybe I'll dust off the breadboard, even wire it up to do something silly. I hope this helps to get interested young'uns going, as well as geezers like me.
To wmac1, I hear you, I'm in a somewhat similar boat, although I don't have no PhD. Software, abstract and non-tactile, doesn't give you the same satisfaction as even a primitive hairy-wired breadboard prototype. Maybe it's like the difference between math and physics, as Feynman once said. :P
Back when I was wee lad, little electronic kits consist of discrete transistors, LEDs, op-amps, etc. You can make little toys with blinking lights and such, and perhaps gain some rudimentary but empirical experience with electronics.
I realize today's a different, whole lot more sophisticated (in terms of technology) era, but what would be the equivalent today? This Arduino kit seems way over the top for such purpose.
If you were a Japanese dude with $9/month internet package, you could have been the first. Loser.
With one hand, they shove a head of state off their airspace for fear of carrying Snowden. With the other hand, they wage an empty sanctimonious PR campaign with an "award".
You must have caught the idiot fever.
A price they pay for hawking tax evasion schemes in foreign countries.
How loud could it get?
Wouldn't you know it, Lodsys is one of Myhrvold's shell entities.
Ghengis Khan is said to have said: it's not enough that we win, they must lose. Seems the only way to deal with patent trolls.
It's pretty good for us geezers, too.
Serbs are mad at their science establishment so they go off and ridicule Romanians? What, them East Europeans all the same?!
That's why I don't use chrome. But firefox probably does the same.
First of all, it should be like a dope that gets you hooked, not a bitter medicine to be swallowed.
Second, people aren't stupid. Don't try to be cute and make people throw up.
I read it, and I can't tell if the guys's a clown, an idiot, or both.
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Waterboard the clowns. If you don't know how, send them over to us and we'll take care of them at Gitmo.
That's like DoS attack.
You head hurts because you're talking nonsense. What does "3D critters" even mean?
Oooh, web monkeys scare me. :)
Looked thru it a bit, and found that cookie control shows up when you select: Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> Use custom setting for history.