When I was in college I was not allowed to use BitTorrent to download Linux, I had to get it the old fashioned way using a direct download. At my school, they had BT traffic throttled to 1 KB/s max.
My feeling is, if your project has an IRC channel for support, there better be someone there ready to answer a question 24/7.
I hope you're kidding. You just said "if people volunteer to help, they BETTER be volunteering around the clock. That's certainly a reasonable demand. (That last sentence is sarcasm.)
The difference between this and a closed-source product is that now that the holes have been discovered, anybody can fix them.
It's not going to be me, however, as I am far too lazy.
I have a patent on a method of attracting two large bodies in a magnitude proportional to their respective masses and distance squared.
You are all in violation of this, actually, but unfortunately my interaction requires large masses for noticeable effects, so a judge would probably deem your infringements negligible.
What part of the world do you live in which still has pay phones? Certainly not in the US. I sometimes see holes in walls where these things once lived.
Unless the promotional materials (such as the packaging of the toy) refer to it as a device for your Wii, how is selling this unethical? The photo gallery (not article, as there was none) only showed pictures of the toy out of the box. There was no mention of a deceptive box, only a statement that, "hey look, this toy is designed to look like a wiimote. And the toy sucks."
Is it also unethical to sell squirt guns on the basis that they are (or were, anyways) designed to look like guns, except instead of using gun powder to propel bullets, they shoot water? If you look at the box before you buy something, you can save yourself some embarrassment when you have to return it later.
Consoles are dedicated video game machines, and as such are much more affordable than fully functioning computers. So once people buy their hot new video game console they have more cash left over for games.
Oh, wait a minute, it seems that the cheapest PS3 on the market is more expensive than a desktop computer+flatscreen monitor combo...
Actually, if you take an art history class, you will learn that people had been making paintings designed to last for many centuries before da Vinci's time. Writing had been invented by the 1400's, so people were capable of sharing knowledge between generations.
To anyone else interested in using this script, the radio programme is weekly on Wednesdays at 18:30, so schedule your crons appropriately. (That said, I'm not sure when the download is made available...)
I agree wholeheartedly here. I myself make my own music. It's not particularly "good" music; I have poor equipment and no knowledge of how professional recording is done, but I have fun making it. I provide it for free to anyone who wants to listen to it, thanks to archive.org. Admittedly, that is very few people.
I used to be a major consumer of the RIAA -- I own over 500 albums! But that all stopped around the year 2000 when I decided that modern music wasn't nearly as good as the older stuff, and I already had plenty of Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and CCR discs/tapes. (The list of old music I have goes on and on, but that's besides the point.) I have not bought a CD from a major label in over five years. I'm just waiting for everyone else to do their share of the boycott.
I consider myself to be quite vain in that I listen to my own music more than the music I've bought.
Biotech, eh? My cousin is doing that, and he doesn't have to pay a dime. I believe he has a research assistanceship.
Me? I have a teaching assistanceship, because I don't really intend to do any mathematical research after I finish here. I teach a course and they pay me and cover the costs of attending the school. So in effect I have a job on the side. To answer your question, yes, I am still a student. Yes, I am being paid to study. One of the people in charge said that I should consider 2/3 of what I'm paid money for studying. The other 1/3 is for the class I teach. Therefore homework takes priority over planning for teaching those little boogers in precalculus.
Since it seems like it might be a little too late now, you might not want to have him investigate how he could have financed his education. But there are definitely opportunities out there. I would not have gone to grad school if I had to pay for it.
You say that six hours is considered full time. Is he actually putting in all his time in that? Because I currently take 9 credit hours and teach 6, and I always think about how I could get a job on the side to make a little bit more money. Not that I need it, my stipend is more than enough. But it's nice watching my bank balance increase as fast as possible.
The "or any future version" is optional for the developers. I have removed it from all of my software, as I do not want to license my code under rules which have not yet been written.
That said, I have no clue if KDE includes that line or not.
You don't need money to do graduate work in most scientific fields. I'm not sure how computer engineering is, but for me to study math I get paid by the school for it.
They accept those who apply. Most Americans are probably happy with just an undergrad degree and don't want to go to grad school.
Being an American graduate student myself, there are a lot of foreigners where I am as well. I don't have a problem with it. Why are you ranting here and not in some blog?
That's an interesting point you make. This semester I saved about $300 with a combination of using the Internet and not buying a book that I can borrow from a friend.
Supposing there are one million students in the US (I have no idea the how accurate this is) then thriftiness is COSTING US BOOKSTORES $600 million a year! (Assuming two semesters a year.)
Your solution is very flawed. A company is a company. It has a bottom line to look after.
Having worked in a University Bookstore which was changed hands while I was employed, I know firsthand that it was far better for the students when the University owned it. The University subsidized everything. It didn't matter that the store was unprofitable. Well, it did to someone, and it got "outsourced" to another company. (A mostly transparent change for the students.)
This company DID care about the bottom line. And books were marked up a little bit more to compensate.
It's not the schools who are money hungry. You're placing your blame in the wrong place.
Having worked in a university bookstore, I can tell you that your 80% number is off base. It is usually between 20% and 33% markup. I was the one who marked them up.
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Lucky duck.
When I was in college I was not allowed to use BitTorrent to download Linux, I had to get it the old fashioned way using a direct download. At my school, they had BT traffic throttled to 1 KB/s max.
I hope you're kidding. You just said "if people volunteer to help, they BETTER be volunteering around the clock. That's certainly a reasonable demand. (That last sentence is sarcasm.)
Maybe I'm just weird, perhaps a bit old fashioned, but a girl with a big bushy mustache doesn't do anything for me.
(Further, the Luigi girl appeared to either be on drugs or need to use the restroom quite urgently.)
Wow. Consumerism has reached a new low of people are buying presents for their telephones. I don't even buy my cat a present!
The difference between this and a closed-source product is that now that the holes have been discovered, anybody can fix them. It's not going to be me, however, as I am far too lazy.
I wish I had mod points, that's the funniest quote I've seen in a while.
I have a patent on a method of attracting two large bodies in a magnitude proportional to their respective masses and distance squared.
You are all in violation of this, actually, but unfortunately my interaction requires large masses for noticeable effects, so a judge would probably deem your infringements negligible.
What part of the world do you live in which still has pay phones? Certainly not in the US. I sometimes see holes in walls where these things once lived.
Unless the promotional materials (such as the packaging of the toy) refer to it as a device for your Wii, how is selling this unethical? The photo gallery (not article, as there was none) only showed pictures of the toy out of the box. There was no mention of a deceptive box, only a statement that, "hey look, this toy is designed to look like a wiimote. And the toy sucks."
Is it also unethical to sell squirt guns on the basis that they are (or were, anyways) designed to look like guns, except instead of using gun powder to propel bullets, they shoot water? If you look at the box before you buy something, you can save yourself some embarrassment when you have to return it later.
Where's the article? The entire story appears to be a photo gallery. Not even a blog post of someone ranting over buying crap.
You make a good point, but it is flawed.
Consoles are dedicated video game machines, and as such are much more affordable than fully functioning computers. So once people buy their hot new video game console they have more cash left over for games.
Oh, wait a minute, it seems that the cheapest PS3 on the market is more expensive than a desktop computer+flatscreen monitor combo...
Actually, if you take an art history class, you will learn that people had been making paintings designed to last for many centuries before da Vinci's time. Writing had been invented by the 1400's, so people were capable of sharing knowledge between generations.
Excellent. Thanks. :)
To anyone else interested in using this script, the radio programme is weekly on Wednesdays at 18:30, so schedule your crons appropriately. (That said, I'm not sure when the download is made available...)
220k ought to be enough for anybody.
I agree wholeheartedly here. I myself make my own music. It's not particularly "good" music; I have poor equipment and no knowledge of how professional recording is done, but I have fun making it. I provide it for free to anyone who wants to listen to it, thanks to archive.org. Admittedly, that is very few people.
I used to be a major consumer of the RIAA -- I own over 500 albums! But that all stopped around the year 2000 when I decided that modern music wasn't nearly as good as the older stuff, and I already had plenty of Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and CCR discs/tapes. (The list of old music I have goes on and on, but that's besides the point.) I have not bought a CD from a major label in over five years. I'm just waiting for everyone else to do their share of the boycott.
I consider myself to be quite vain in that I listen to my own music more than the music I've bought.
Biotech, eh? My cousin is doing that, and he doesn't have to pay a dime. I believe he has a research assistanceship.
Me? I have a teaching assistanceship, because I don't really intend to do any mathematical research after I finish here. I teach a course and they pay me and cover the costs of attending the school. So in effect I have a job on the side. To answer your question, yes, I am still a student. Yes, I am being paid to study. One of the people in charge said that I should consider 2/3 of what I'm paid money for studying. The other 1/3 is for the class I teach. Therefore homework takes priority over planning for teaching those little boogers in precalculus.
Since it seems like it might be a little too late now, you might not want to have him investigate how he could have financed his education. But there are definitely opportunities out there. I would not have gone to grad school if I had to pay for it.
You say that six hours is considered full time. Is he actually putting in all his time in that? Because I currently take 9 credit hours and teach 6, and I always think about how I could get a job on the side to make a little bit more money. Not that I need it, my stipend is more than enough. But it's nice watching my bank balance increase as fast as possible.
The "or any future version" is optional for the developers. I have removed it from all of my software, as I do not want to license my code under rules which have not yet been written.
That said, I have no clue if KDE includes that line or not.
You don't need money to do graduate work in most scientific fields. I'm not sure how computer engineering is, but for me to study math I get paid by the school for it.
They accept those who apply. Most Americans are probably happy with just an undergrad degree and don't want to go to grad school.
Being an American graduate student myself, there are a lot of foreigners where I am as well. I don't have a problem with it. Why are you ranting here and not in some blog?
The margin of error is about 8%. It's not that bad. Now had it been a sample of 16...
That's an interesting point you make. This semester I saved about $300 with a combination of using the Internet and not buying a book that I can borrow from a friend.
Supposing there are one million students in the US (I have no idea the how accurate this is) then thriftiness is COSTING US BOOKSTORES $600 million a year! (Assuming two semesters a year.)
Therefore, thrifty students are causing about as much damage to the ECONOMY as fraudulent ad-clickers on Google.
Your solution is very flawed. A company is a company. It has a bottom line to look after.
Having worked in a University Bookstore which was changed hands while I was employed, I know firsthand that it was far better for the students when the University owned it. The University subsidized everything. It didn't matter that the store was unprofitable. Well, it did to someone, and it got "outsourced" to another company. (A mostly transparent change for the students.)
This company DID care about the bottom line. And books were marked up a little bit more to compensate.
It's not the schools who are money hungry. You're placing your blame in the wrong place.
Having worked in a university bookstore, I can tell you that your 80% number is off base. It is usually between 20% and 33% markup. I was the one who marked them up.
While someone already beat me to it, did you even check the link you posted? It has nothing to do with the form of which you speak.