The idea, at least put forward by some proponents of open access, is that publishing fees come out of grants. In particular, one proposal would require that all government grants include money to cover costs of publishing in open access journals.
You raise a good point, though. What about scientists who aren't working from grants in the first place? And, of course, there are plenty of fields (history, social sciences) where there isn't the same kind of grant culture.
That reminds me of the library in the small town where I grew up. In the kiddies' section, there was a wall of videos with a big sign on the wall, "Children's Videos". On the wall over the section of non-kiddie movies (so, things like PBS shows, old movies, etc.) was a big sign that said "Adult Videos".
I don't know if anyone ever worked up the nerve to point out to the nice little old librarian lady, that the sign might be misunderstood.
Alas, shortwave is dead, or at least moribund. The BBC World Service stopped transmitting to North America a couple of years ago, arguing, in part, that their Internet streams served the NA market well enough.
Yes, and you can download an MP3 of them conversing in 1940: http://www.unknown.nu/mercury/ (scroll to bottom)
No idea why this was modded down. (I've already posted to this thread, otherwise I'd mod it up.)
There was a story to this effect on Broadcasting House (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/bh/) a few months ago. The Martians contended that the United States had weapons of mass destruction, was aiding terrorism, etc., and so they invaded. Turns out, their economy relied on methane gas as fuel, and in fact, the Martians were invading only to get control over American cows, or more precisely, one particular by-product. The story ended with a reporter pointing out, "It's well known that the United States is the galaxy's principle source of bullshit".
You can find an MP3 version of the original broadcast at http://www.unknown.nu/mercury/. (Be nice -- the server is slow even when not being slashdotted.)
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IIRC, when Spike Lee filed for a temporary injunction to keep TNN from changing their name to "Spike TV", the injunction was granted in a matter of a few weeks. It seems like IBM, Red Hat, or some other interested party could do something like this here -- file for a temporary injunction against SCO from offering their "licenses". In the course of hearings on that motion, wouldn't SCO have to spell out what the supposed infringing lines in the kernel are? And, couldn't that come before a judge pretty quickly, like in the TNN case?
The BBC's internet-only radio service BBC7 carries radio versions of Dr. Who periodically. Currently they are airing a story called "The Ghosts Of N Space" weekends at 18:00 and Midnight GMT. Check out their Sci-Fi schedule at http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/drama/7thdimension.shtml.
Most nouns in Latin that have "-us" in the singular would have "-i" in the plural. But not all. The "us"->"i" rule in Latin applies to 2nd declintion nouns. Fourth declintion nouns, which can also end in "us" in the singular, have a "u-s" in the plural, where that's my attempt to indicate a long "u" sound. So, "apparatus" is singular, and "apparatus", with a long "u" -- pronounced like "apparatoooos" -- is the plural.
I agree. There might well be good arguments for why, as a matter of public policy, these resources should be required to license public libraries. However, it's still the case that it's not obviously in their financial interest to do so.
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The idea, at least put forward by some proponents of open access, is that publishing fees come out of grants. In particular, one proposal would require that all government grants include money to cover costs of publishing in open access journals. You raise a good point, though. What about scientists who aren't working from grants in the first place? And, of course, there are plenty of fields (history, social sciences) where there isn't the same kind of grant culture.
I don't know if anyone ever worked up the nerve to point out to the nice little old librarian lady, that the sign might be misunderstood.
Alas, shortwave is dead, or at least moribund. The BBC World Service stopped transmitting to North America a couple of years ago, arguing, in part, that their Internet streams served the NA market well enough.
Replay "Radio", huh? I wonder if the nice folks at DNNA might see this as trademark infringement?
ReplayTV does not run on linux. It runs on an OS called VxWorks. See this review from PC World from a while back or here.
ReplayTV has a "content skip" easter egg. See http://www.replayfaqs.com/Detail_FAQ_Display?ID=22 6&Session=SCDYYGTFOG. Rather than automatically skipping the commercials, it will automatically skip the show. Perfect for the Super Bowl!
Sonicblue went under, but its ReplayTV holdings were bought by DNNA. ReplayTV is still alive and well.
You mean something like the "Virtual Desktop Manager" at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/p owertoys.asp?
Wouldn't that be mail fraud?
Interestingly, I just pulled up the "Technology" page. All four of the ads are for linux services!
Yes, and you can download an MP3 of them conversing in 1940: http://www.unknown.nu/mercury/ (scroll to bottom) No idea why this was modded down. (I've already posted to this thread, otherwise I'd mod it up.)
There was a story to this effect on Broadcasting House (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/bh/) a few months ago. The Martians contended that the United States had weapons of mass destruction, was aiding terrorism, etc., and so they invaded. Turns out, their economy relied on methane gas as fuel, and in fact, the Martians were invading only to get control over American cows, or more precisely, one particular by-product. The story ended with a reporter pointing out, "It's well known that the United States is the galaxy's principle source of bullshit".
H.G. Wells was *not* Orson Welles' father. (If nothing else, notice the difference in the last names.) See http://www.bway.net/~nipper/biobirth.html.
You can find an MP3 version of the original broadcast at http://www.unknown.nu/mercury/. (Be nice -- the server is slow even when not being slashdotted.)
For restaurants and bars that might loose business from this, yeah, it's a big deal.
IIRC, when Spike Lee filed for a temporary injunction to keep TNN from changing their name to "Spike TV", the injunction was granted in a matter of a few weeks. It seems like IBM, Red Hat, or some other interested party could do something like this here -- file for a temporary injunction against SCO from offering their "licenses". In the course of hearings on that motion, wouldn't SCO have to spell out what the supposed infringing lines in the kernel are? And, couldn't that come before a judge pretty quickly, like in the TNN case?
BTW, did anyone else think that the second paragraph made him sounds like a total crackpot?
There are ads at the New York Times? I thought they did away with those months ago. Oh wait... that's just when I started using adblock. ;-)
The BBC's internet-only radio service BBC7 carries radio versions of Dr. Who periodically. Currently they are airing a story called "The Ghosts Of N Space" weekends at 18:00 and Midnight GMT. Check out their Sci-Fi schedule at http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/drama/7thdimension.shtml .
Hmmm... But is this reproductive or theraputic cloning? ;-)
Most nouns in Latin that have "-us" in the singular would have "-i" in the plural. But not all. The "us"->"i" rule in Latin applies to 2nd declintion nouns. Fourth declintion nouns, which can also end in "us" in the singular, have a "u-s" in the plural, where that's my attempt to indicate a long "u" sound. So, "apparatus" is singular, and "apparatus", with a long "u" -- pronounced like "apparatoooos" -- is the plural.
I agree. There might well be good arguments for why, as a matter of public policy, these resources should be required to license public libraries. However, it's still the case that it's not obviously in their financial interest to do so.