Aah yes, still clinging to the hope that a person's "love for the environment" can defeat the free market economy. Let me know how that works out for you.
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You obviously have not been paying attention to the news. All the news sources say that the Bird Flu is going to kill us all. Of course, these are the same news sources that said Y2K, the West Nile virus, and SARS would kill us all, but still: EVERYONE PANIC
AJAX and fat web apps are turning the browser into the new development "platform". The browser isn't nearly as robust a platform as, say, Java, only by virtue of the statelessness of HTTP. Not everything needs to be a web app. I know eventually some jackass is going to make an AJAX word processor/spreadsheet, but does anyone else see that this is just wrong?
Yes, the blame is on the publishers. The professors are just ignorant in this case, so up on their academic high horses that they don't even bother to think of how much the book costs the students.
Textbooks are such a gouge. I for one believe strongly in the power of the free market economy, so I guess they're not that big of a gouge if people keep buying them. Still, though, I'll continue to import my books from the Netherlands as long as I can - and if Congress does legislate these costs as you say they will, I'll buy a book scanner and scan my textbooks - then return them. Copyright violation be damned, the things are just too expensive.
This would be a very useful service if textbooks were included. I, along with many other students, know the pain of buying a $120 textbook and only using the first 2 chapters, then selling it back to the book store for $20 and a Hershey's bar.
Of course, this was before I figured out their racket and started buying international textbooks....
Googleen will be available in an ad-supported context, where you receive free Googleen in exchange for targeted advertisements displayed on your windshield. Of course, Googleen has been engineered by the top Ph.D. minds in the world, so not only will you get 100 miles per gallon, but the Googleen will also clean your engine, and proactively repair problems with your car.
calm yourself down. i'd like to point out these following things that do not yet exist: cure for cancer, flying car, free renewable energy, holodeck, ability to regrow new organs, computer implants for our brains, etc.
remeber reading in wired about all these things that we were gonna get "soon"? yeah...it's not going to happen.
The problem with scientific journals is that the work submitted is peer reviewed, which costs money. It is expensive to add legitimacy to a paper - so it's expensive to access the paper. Book publishers, however, have no such excuse. The only costs they incur is the printing/distribution/advertising. To them I say, Welcome to the internet, I hope you enjoy your stay.
Of course, if you're like me, you just look up the paper on CiteSeer and e-mail the author and ask for a preprint PDF.
Where is the Federal Trade Commission when you need them? Seriously, as much as I don't like government messing in the affairs of business, it's times like this where it could be justified.
Well, if they do merge, I just hope the new company is called HyperCompuGlobalMegaNet.
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From on campus, 5MB/sec. Off campus, 200-300k/sec on a good day. Sometimes <30k/sec, though.
Aah yes, still clinging to the hope that a person's "love for the environment" can defeat the free market economy. Let me know how that works out for you.
You obviously have not been paying attention to the news. All the news sources say that the Bird Flu is going to kill us all. Of course, these are the same news sources that said Y2K, the West Nile virus, and SARS would kill us all, but still: EVERYONE PANIC
AJAX and fat web apps are turning the browser into the new development "platform". The browser isn't nearly as robust a platform as, say, Java, only by virtue of the statelessness of HTTP. Not everything needs to be a web app. I know eventually some jackass is going to make an AJAX word processor/spreadsheet, but does anyone else see that this is just wrong?
I am so depressed that I squandered my mod points yesterday modding down trolls on the Intelligent Design thread. You deserve +5.
Yes, the blame is on the publishers. The professors are just ignorant in this case, so up on their academic high horses that they don't even bother to think of how much the book costs the students.
Textbooks are such a gouge. I for one believe strongly in the power of the free market economy, so I guess they're not that big of a gouge if people keep buying them. Still, though, I'll continue to import my books from the Netherlands as long as I can - and if Congress does legislate these costs as you say they will, I'll buy a book scanner and scan my textbooks - then return them. Copyright violation be damned, the things are just too expensive.
Not like it matters now, I graduate in May.
This would be a very useful service if textbooks were included. I, along with many other students, know the pain of buying a $120 textbook and only using the first 2 chapters, then selling it back to the book store for $20 and a Hershey's bar.
Of course, this was before I figured out their racket and started buying international textbooks....
I'm sure you meant CVS...
Maybe they can offer free Gasoline
Googleen will be available in an ad-supported context, where you receive free Googleen in exchange for targeted advertisements displayed on your windshield. Of course, Googleen has been engineered by the top Ph.D. minds in the world, so not only will you get 100 miles per gallon, but the Googleen will also clean your engine, and proactively repair problems with your car.
I agree with parent. My penis has grown a whole six feet since I started using the internet.
you seriously need to calm down and study some economics first before you comment.
calm yourself down. i'd like to point out these following things that do not yet exist: cure for cancer, flying car, free renewable energy, holodeck, ability to regrow new organs, computer implants for our brains, etc.
remeber reading in wired about all these things that we were gonna get "soon"? yeah...it's not going to happen.
...are the words of someone who simply does not know what they're talking about.
Thanks for the input, but why are you being so hostile?
The problem with scientific journals is that the work submitted is peer reviewed, which costs money. It is expensive to add legitimacy to a paper - so it's expensive to access the paper. Book publishers, however, have no such excuse. The only costs they incur is the printing/distribution/advertising. To them I say, Welcome to the internet, I hope you enjoy your stay.
Of course, if you're like me, you just look up the paper on CiteSeer and e-mail the author and ask for a preprint PDF.
Granted, whoever wins claim to 'GMail' is going to have some extra SMTP traffic to deal with ;-)
Making use of this and the Eclipse RCP, the RadRails is also making a big contribution to the community.
The Chirpies has killed fewer humans than lightning.
EBAY MUST FEED.
Ebay takes umbrage at the sight of your small torso and weak, flaccid limbs.
I'm sure by '40%' you mean '10%'.
Where is the Federal Trade Commission when you need them? Seriously, as much as I don't like government messing in the affairs of business, it's times like this where it could be justified.
Well, if they do merge, I just hope the new company is called HyperCompuGlobalMegaNet.
Slashdot has, except for search, run entirely on InnoDB for the past year or two so we're as concerned about this as anybody.
Why? InnoDB is GPL'ed.
punter? what the hell?
maybe these brits should go back to boiling every piece of food to death, instead of using stupid words on slashdot.
Vertically Integrated? What the fuck does that mean?
Not now, Lumberg - I'm busy.
Google Goons: We used to arrange all the world's information. Now we's gonna re-arrange your face. Pay up, sucka.
Speculation for Nerds: Stuff that might matter some day.