This is even messier because it deals with books, mostly copyrighted works. Copyright is a state-granted artificial monopoly - mix in anti-collusion statues and you get one fine convoluted mess.
Some rich people get sick with a rare condition, they fund research addressing it. Sure, others may benefit from it as well, but it's not exactly selfless philanthropy, is it.
BTW, wired is nothing but bullshit hype. It always has been, and fuck me if I can figure out how they managed to still be in business.
UC (California) schools are recruiting more out-of-state and international students who pay higher tuition. Other state schools are probably doing similar.
Ivy League schools have always done so giving preference to legacy and wealthy applicants (on the hush). Other private schools are the same.
For such a blatant, transparent, promotional, hyperbolic "story", I wish soulskill would at least throw in a sarcastic jab or two to balance out the stench a bit.
All these times we've been complaining how the "editors" were trolling with their crap story selection. And now, for once an editor selects an interesting and relevant story, and all the comments are at the level of 4chan crap.
I suspect a spent and bored mind whenever a physicist goes into gooey subjects like spirituality, god, ying-yang, what-have-you ("intelligence" in this case). Like those Nobel laureates long past their prime.
So sorry that we rescued only half the Europe, and not the whole. And especially not rescuing *your* family. After all, we owe you a living, don't we. How thoughtless of us.
You're not too hot with capitalism, then go ahead and vote for your favorite commie to run your country again. Your call.
Anyway, as you wish, the next time the ruskies kick you around, we will be sure not to lift a finger.
We saved your whiny euro asses and all we get back is your bitching and moaning, and this right after we suffered a lunatic bomb attack.
Clean up, you say? You know why Africa and Middle East is the mess it still is today? Spectacular achievement of you dumbass Euro clowns. Go clean THAT up, dumbass.
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Good one, judges. Please follow it thru to the completion and make an example out of these vile cretins.
All hail to Debian. :-)
When the geezers yell "get the hell of ma lawn!", they are shouting AT YOU. NOW GIT.
This is even messier because it deals with books, mostly copyrighted works. Copyright is a state-granted artificial monopoly - mix in anti-collusion statues and you get one fine convoluted mess.
Some rich people get sick with a rare condition, they fund research addressing it. Sure, others may benefit from it as well, but it's not exactly selfless philanthropy, is it.
BTW, wired is nothing but bullshit hype. It always has been, and fuck me if I can figure out how they managed to still be in business.
It's always been thus, only bit more so recently.
UC (California) schools are recruiting more out-of-state and international students who pay higher tuition. Other state schools are probably doing similar.
Ivy League schools have always done so giving preference to legacy and wealthy applicants (on the hush). Other private schools are the same.
For such a blatant, transparent, promotional, hyperbolic "story", I wish soulskill would at least throw in a sarcastic jab or two to balance out the stench a bit.
All these times we've been complaining how the "editors" were trolling with their crap story selection. And now, for once an editor selects an interesting and relevant story, and all the comments are at the level of 4chan crap.
Slashdot really has fell off the cliff.
Breathe less and you reduce CO2 emission.
Guess slashdot is "thinking of the children".
An interesting contrast: Volkerding does what he does with Slackware with no fuss. Shuttleworth gets all defensive on what he does with Ubuntu.
Yeah. Looks like my summary is crap, too.
TFS is a typical empty PR gibberish, but I went overboard dumping on soulskill. My bad, soulskill.
Basically, past a threshold current, it starts to emit electrons instead of more photons (look up "auger effect").
Thanks again to "editors", illiterate both in English and science.
What's with the profanity? This is a family website.
I suspect a spent and bored mind whenever a physicist goes into gooey subjects like spirituality, god, ying-yang, what-have-you ("intelligence" in this case). Like those Nobel laureates long past their prime.
Not in Britain. But I'm neither a Brit nor a barrister, so a Brit barrister would be able to tell you better.
Yeah, we owe the god damn whole world a living. Load of feckless ingrates.
So sorry that we rescued only half the Europe, and not the whole. And especially not rescuing *your* family. After all, we owe you a living, don't we. How thoughtless of us.
You're not too hot with capitalism, then go ahead and vote for your favorite commie to run your country again. Your call.
Anyway, as you wish, the next time the ruskies kick you around, we will be sure not to lift a finger.
And you're welcome.
We saved your whiny euro asses and all we get back is your bitching and moaning, and this right after we suffered a lunatic bomb attack.
Clean up, you say? You know why Africa and Middle East is the mess it still is today? Spectacular achievement of you dumbass Euro clowns. Go clean THAT up, dumbass.
Well, that narrows it down.
Economics. The social "science" with a pretension and envy of physics, practiced by those who couldn't cut it at math or physics.
What we need is liver.
Patent trolls are trolls.
Is he a slashdot staffer?
Simple. On the other side of the globe, there are people who'd do the same work for a tenth of the price.
That's why.
BTW, which of you modded the parent "insightful"? Everyday more morons collect at this website.