User: Dr. Stanley Blitzer

As a professor at MIT,

On: MIT Gnome Invasion

I must say that I know this individual personally. It took all of us (literally) years to compile and create all of these gnomes. It all started out as a joke at first, but it then grew into an obsession and we kept collecting them until we reached a critical mass.

It took us nearly 4 hours to completely place all of the gnomes you see on our webpage. The hardest part of doing it was being able to take pictures of them all.

I hope you all enjoy our collection.

As a professional in applied sciences,

On: Using the DMCA Against License Violations?

I must say that the DMCA has some downsides, but it also has some positive aspects. It has provided researchers (such as myself) with a valuable tool for protecting our intellectual property from theft. Researchers in the fields of physics and other applied sciences sometime spend their entire lives working on certain algorithms and other scientific solutions. To say that people like me *aren't* allowed to profit from our life-long research is a slap in the face to all of my colleagues. Don't get me wrong; I believe that the DMCA can be revised in certain areas. But don't try to dismantle an overall good piece of legislations that protects people like me just because it has a small number is defects.