Members of the general public are right to be angry about having to pay twice for public work. And access to that work is crucial, not just for the edification of knowledgeable laypeople, but so that professionals such as private physicians and patient advocates can make decisions and give advice that are scientifically justified and up-to-date.
However, we in academia should be much more angry, because we have to pay many times over.
We pay...
Once with our taxes
twice with our institutional overheads*
again when we actually do the research (with time and effort)
again for publication fees (page overages, color figures, etc.)
again when we do peer review
and again when we have to buy back the articles.**
* Nearly all institutions charge an overhead, usually around %50, on grant money. This is the manner in which well-funded researchers enrich a university. The overheads or "indirects" are meant to pay for library subscriptions, support staff, infrastructure, etc. Equipment is typically exempted, as it becomes university property.
** Most campuses have some level of subscriptions, but most are also missing access to key journals. I'm not talking about Harvard or MIT here, but state schools, foreign universities, research foundations.
That's true, but they are still engaged in wholesale denial of public access to publicly funding work.
It's not just the general public that is missing out (indeed, few can usefully read academic publications), but researchers at less-well-funded domestic institutions, and those in other countries. Their profits are not worth it.
Yes, OA journals are more expensive, because they do not collect subscription fees, but the publication costs simply become another item in our funding requests. The NIH (and other agencies) want open access, so they will accept this line item.
Subscription-based journals may continue to have a role in publishing authors' whose funding requests were denied - though even this is contingent on funding levels not being restored (currently %~7 of grants are funded, but the system is designed for a %~30 level).
A far more plausible explanation is line quality from PBX to house, or within the house. Old wiring, poor insulation, sources of interference, floating ground, etc.
I'm in pretty good shape because the CO is nearby, though AT&T was marginally faster (presumably because despite my proximity they are still running a fiber to a PBX, and DSL from there, like regular UVerse). Hopefully one day their fiber will leave Sonoma County.
Sonic.net is probably the only ISP where first responses to technical questions commonly come from the CEO.
If you live in Northern California, look them up. They are already providing 1 Gbps / $70 in Sonoma; let's encourage them to roll out to the Bay and see what actual competition does to the market place.
I couldn't agree more. Large scale battles and military operations would add a lot to a game like Skyrim, although they should go hand-in-hand with consequences like destruction of scenery, farms, etc. and good combat AI. For example, "Enemy of my enemy" is totally lacking at this point (try helping a bandit being attacked by a bear, or a giant fighting a dragon).
Do you really want to have to build a changing of the guard, in every town, the vast majority of which, if not all of which, the player will never see?
So only compute these things if we can see them.
I agree with your sentiments, but there are still a lot of missing behaviors that impact immersion more than, say, a changing of the guard in every town. In Skyrim, you can encounter a giant fighting a dragon, but if you try to help the giant it will nevertheless attack you whenever the dragon's movements make you the closest "enemy." For me at least, this kind of poor decision making by the AI seems really cheesy and jars me from the game.
The same goes for AI movements; even with the navmesh in Skyrim and Fallout 3/NV, NPC's can get stuck and fail to navigate difficult terrain.
In fact, permanent absentee voting is policy in Arizona, California, Colorado, DC, Hawaii, New Jersey, Montana and Utah. Delaware permits permanent absentee voting for service members (and the disabled, etc.).
I found this excellent page detailing absentee and early voting laws in all states.
Can service members obtain permanent absentee status so that the ballot is mailed to their current military address for each election?
I registered as permanent absentee when I turned 18 and since then I get every ballot, local or otherwise, in the mail without having to re-apply each time. Of course, my address is permanent and a residence, so I assume postage is much simpler...but is this "permanent absentee" status just a perk of my jurisdiction? (Alameda country, CA.)
I'm a permanent absentee voter because, in addition to the convenience, it ensures that I use a paper ballot.
Although I was (barely) too young to vote in 2004, I manned a polling place, included setup and tear down of the Diebold machines and their "paper trail." I do not trust them.
BTW, the scare quotes above are because the machines use heat-sensitive receipt paper; once you've taped them into the church window as required they'll last for all of two days.
When you are looking ahead while driving, your eyes are focused at infinity. When you glance at the rear-view, they may remain focused to infinity. But if you look at a screen, you have to refocus, which takes roughly 10 - 100 ms (depending on the person and lighting conditions).
As long as the screens are only for parking and the "kid check" it doesn't matter...
...mutate itself out of existence, leading to the eventual extinction of men
That is unscientific hyperbole. The probable long term outcome of genes disappearing from the Y chromosome is that it would only carry the sex determination (SRY) gene, which is just what has already happened in Kangaroos. After that point, further evolution might lead to an entirely new system of sex determination, such as those arising in some species of vole.
Even for rapidly evolving systems such as the SRY gene, Y chromosome and any replacement system, these changes take millions of years. There's no reason to believe that men, or whatever we are calling them then, will suddenly disappear, leaving the species unable to reproduce without technologically induced parthenogenesis.
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Members of the general public are right to be angry about having to pay twice for public work. And access to that work is crucial, not just for the edification of knowledgeable laypeople, but so that professionals such as private physicians and patient advocates can make decisions and give advice that are scientifically justified and up-to-date.
However, we in academia should be much more angry, because we have to pay many times over.
We pay...
* Nearly all institutions charge an overhead, usually around %50, on grant money. This is the manner in which well-funded researchers enrich a university. The overheads or "indirects" are meant to pay for library subscriptions, support staff, infrastructure, etc. Equipment is typically exempted, as it becomes university property.
** Most campuses have some level of subscriptions, but most are also missing access to key journals. I'm not talking about Harvard or MIT here, but state schools, foreign universities, research foundations.
That's true, but they are still engaged in wholesale denial of public access to publicly funding work.
It's not just the general public that is missing out (indeed, few can usefully read academic publications), but researchers at less-well-funded domestic institutions, and those in other countries. Their profits are not worth it.
Fortunately, many open-access journals are experiencing rapid impact factor growth, e.g. BMC, PLoS, etc.
We can publish rigorous, peer-reviewed work on the internet (both BMC and PLoS are electronic-only), but not for free.
It is up to us to convince our employers and funding agencies to support open-access publication costs - the rewards are more than worth it.
Try an "Open Access" journal to see their rates.
Yes, OA journals are more expensive, because they do not collect subscription fees, but the publication costs simply become another item in our funding requests. The NIH (and other agencies) want open access, so they will accept this line item.
Subscription-based journals may continue to have a role in publishing authors' whose funding requests were denied - though even this is contingent on funding levels not being restored (currently %~7 of grants are funded, but the system is designed for a %~30 level).
Aside from the peer-review process
Only they don't even offer us that, beyond contacting potential reviewers.
We (i.e. the peers) review on a volunteer basis, sometimes for free (some institutions consider it a part of your job, some don't).
A far more plausible explanation is line quality from PBX to house, or within the house. Old wiring, poor insulation, sources of interference, floating ground, etc.
That's what I hear, but TFA doesn't say if they are involved in these particular measures.
I'm in pretty good shape because the CO is nearby, though AT&T was marginally faster (presumably because despite my proximity they are still running a fiber to a PBX, and DSL from there, like regular UVerse). Hopefully one day their fiber will leave Sonoma County.
This is why your post is good advice rather than a joke.
(I live in Berkeley)
Sonic.net is probably the only ISP where first responses to technical questions commonly come from the CEO.
If you live in Northern California, look them up. They are already providing 1 Gbps / $70 in Sonoma; let's encourage them to roll out to the Bay and see what actual competition does to the market place.
Sonic.net is the only ethical ISP I've ever even heard of. You'll have to move to Northern California though.
The intern convinced Colangelo that there was a great need for automation.
WTF did he think computers were for before that little piece of enlightenment hit him?
I really hope that was just some random idiot fluff from author of TFA and not an actual sentiment from someone with "Information" in their job title.
Maybe that's why they aren't suing the Other Change of Hobbit, a comic and SF&F store here in Berkeley.
Even if that were true, it is also much, much more delicious.
sexual activity doesn't significantly impact your cancer risk
Not true.
Smoking in restaurants and other workplaces was not outlawed to protect consumers, or because of complaints by consumers.
In California, where smoking laws are relatively tough, the only workplaces that may permit smoking are those which are employee-owned.
In California, the law requires you turn on your lights if you have to turn on your windshield wipers.
As you noticed, not everyone is perfectly law abiding around here...
I couldn't agree more. Large scale battles and military operations would add a lot to a game like Skyrim, although they should go hand-in-hand with consequences like destruction of scenery, farms, etc. and good combat AI. For example, "Enemy of my enemy" is totally lacking at this point (try helping a bandit being attacked by a bear, or a giant fighting a dragon).
Do you really want to have to build a changing of the guard, in every town, the vast majority of which, if not all of which, the player will never see?
So only compute these things if we can see them.
I agree with your sentiments, but there are still a lot of missing behaviors that impact immersion more than, say, a changing of the guard in every town. In Skyrim, you can encounter a giant fighting a dragon, but if you try to help the giant it will nevertheless attack you whenever the dragon's movements make you the closest "enemy." For me at least, this kind of poor decision making by the AI seems really cheesy and jars me from the game.
The same goes for AI movements; even with the navmesh in Skyrim and Fallout 3/NV, NPC's can get stuck and fail to navigate difficult terrain.
In fact, permanent absentee voting is policy in Arizona, California, Colorado, DC, Hawaii, New Jersey, Montana and Utah. Delaware permits permanent absentee voting for service members (and the disabled, etc.).
I found this excellent page detailing absentee and early voting laws in all states.
Can service members obtain permanent absentee status so that the ballot is mailed to their current military address for each election?
I registered as permanent absentee when I turned 18 and since then I get every ballot, local or otherwise, in the mail without having to re-apply each time. Of course, my address is permanent and a residence, so I assume postage is much simpler...but is this "permanent absentee" status just a perk of my jurisdiction? (Alameda country, CA.)
And also so that no one beats the shit out of you for voting the "wrong" way.
I'm a permanent absentee voter because, in addition to the convenience, it ensures that I use a paper ballot.
Although I was (barely) too young to vote in 2004, I manned a polling place, included setup and tear down of the Diebold machines and their "paper trail." I do not trust them.
BTW, the scare quotes above are because the machines use heat-sensitive receipt paper; once you've taped them into the church window as required they'll last for all of two days.
When you are looking ahead while driving, your eyes are focused at infinity. When you glance at the rear-view, they may remain focused to infinity. But if you look at a screen, you have to refocus, which takes roughly 10 - 100 ms (depending on the person and lighting conditions).
As long as the screens are only for parking and the "kid check" it doesn't matter...
...mutate itself out of existence, leading to the eventual extinction of men
That is unscientific hyperbole. The probable long term outcome of genes disappearing from the Y chromosome is that it would only carry the sex determination (SRY) gene, which is just what has already happened in Kangaroos. After that point, further evolution might lead to an entirely new system of sex determination, such as those arising in some species of vole.
Even for rapidly evolving systems such as the SRY gene, Y chromosome and any replacement system, these changes take millions of years. There's no reason to believe that men, or whatever we are calling them then, will suddenly disappear, leaving the species unable to reproduce without technologically induced parthenogenesis.