Global cooling can not be attributed other then a media fuck up, the vaccine biy was attrocius but in the end the lancet and other threw that quack out in the cold where he belonged.
Tell that to the wxWindows(now wxWidgets) and MicroWindows(now nano-X) projects...could probably used the reassurance when MS threatened with litigation.
Poor unis and colleges in developing countries are given a rebate on the access, i think. Oxford certainly have that policy.
But we keep forgetting that the library credentials we talk about here isnt just about papers and journals, digital products libraries provide also includes video lectures and text books , products that comes with an expense in its production.
Still, i agree with you when it comes to individuals, money is made on companies and universities paying for the service, if they steal its a lost sale, if an individual pirates its not.
They can afford to let it slide, attleast refrain from pro-active hysteria.
No one is talking about denying the use of the knowledge in other enterprises commercial or not.
But commercializing "THE KNOWLEDGE ITSELF" means exclusion when sold/licensed to a single entity. Public research should not help fuel anti-competitiveness in the market, let the product developers themselves fight to provide the best implementation.
I'm all for public for-profit companies/investments (I'm not talking about infrastructure investments here but endevours that gives a return income to the state budget), but Universities has a higher purpose.
I'm well aware of that, but my point was that wikipedia/media is one enterprise, while the entire field of academic publishing contains many, (also doing alot more work then just the act of publishing and maintaining IT, Remember that content here needs to be approved first and journals must be edited ). Hence the 2 billion budget comparison to the 10 million one was silly.
Also, again, they aren't in a mass market, price reduction means very little when the total amount of sales still remains somewhat low , hence the large profit margins.
That price tag is a bit disengenuous don't you think?
Wikipedia/media is a webservice with their servers in one room.
Academic publishing are several actors all around the globe, which actively maintains their libraries and publishes physical copies once a month.
Also, there are more to the stories then just papers, as i understood it, its also textbooks, special video lectures and such in digital form. Not sure if this is also part of academic publishing, but if you can access it through university credentials.
I think that's where the hurt mostly lies, remember that this isnt exactly a mass consumer market, the price is reflected on the work put into it and the fact its not gonna sell as much as a Dan Brown book.
I actually did some research regarding transporting goods on rails in the US, and I were a bit shocked that trucks were more widely used on long hauls( the number was on the overall goods transported divided on road and rails, those numbers might have been tainted by the fact that the goods on the road was partly carried by rails but i think i excluded that, still dont quote me on this)
The problem is that effectively transporting goods from east and west is an NP conundrum, there are plenty of rails, but they are all connected through loads of nodes and that requires offloading/unloading at alot of depots.
HS rails are dedicated straight solid lines, and can easily be used for both freight and people carrying( where the first is mostly scheduled at nigh time).
Its not gonna be a straight line coast from coast, but getting making half the trip more cost effective will still be a boon for the freight industry.
*put this comment in the "just throwing this out there"pile, i might have been overly pessimistic about US rail freight*
The generals at the supreme court would have use Erodgen as a mop before that happened.(yes I know about officers that were recently on trial, my point still stands)
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Wow, The PC clones must have driven you insane when Compaq first came out.
Thankfully, for the market and the consumer, other actors were able to compete.
And now they CAN'T thanks to patents.
That even if it was to magically pop out of existence there would still be irrational fuckwads.
"Morning, gentlemen. This is your wakeup call. *button* "
Better not mention the Boston (M/m)arathon to the Greeks either.
...Arabs were more partial to Frank Herbert.
Or he could take those small model steam engines into the 21 century!
The internet has a bit bigger scope then the process of paying taxes.
Global cooling can not be attributed other then a media fuck up, the vaccine biy was attrocius but in the end the lancet and other threw that quack out in the cold where he belonged.
Yes.
Tell that to the wxWindows(now wxWidgets) and MicroWindows(now nano-X) projects...could probably used the reassurance when MS threatened with litigation.
Its not just you.
The term "Window" in reference to GUI's was coined as early as the Xerox PARCS days.
Not to mention we use the term "Window manager" to describe GUI implementation/module of an OS.
Thats nothing, i once had a tumor that had to have his own cancer treatment.
Indeed!
Nobody will buy this travesty in the first place SO THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF THEM BEING RESOLD!
Poor unis and colleges in developing countries are given a rebate on the access, i think.
Oxford certainly have that policy.
But we keep forgetting that the library credentials we talk about here isnt just about papers and journals, digital products libraries provide also includes video lectures and text books , products that comes with an expense in its production.
Still, i agree with you when it comes to individuals, money is made on companies and universities paying for the service, if they steal its a lost sale, if an individual pirates its not.
They can afford to let it slide, attleast refrain from pro-active hysteria.
No one is talking about denying the use of the knowledge in other enterprises commercial or not.
But commercializing "THE KNOWLEDGE ITSELF" means exclusion when sold/licensed to a single entity.
Public research should not help fuel anti-competitiveness in the market, let the product developers themselves fight to provide the best implementation.
I'm all for public for-profit companies/investments (I'm not talking about infrastructure investments here but endevours that gives a return income to the state budget), but Universities has a higher purpose.
I'm well aware of that, but my point was that wikipedia/media is one enterprise, while the entire field of academic publishing contains many, (also doing alot more work then just the act of publishing and maintaining IT, Remember that content here needs to be approved first and journals must be edited ).
Hence the 2 billion budget comparison to the 10 million one was silly.
Also, again, they aren't in a mass market, price reduction means very little when the total amount of sales still remains somewhat low , hence the large profit margins.
[url]http://www.oxfordjournals.org/access_purchase/[/url]
Yes they do, plenty of journals wheter its the univerities own or field specific collections, sells/privides access to individuals and organisations.
Well, 3 years ago NASA sold of a bunch of patents to private entities.
That price tag is a bit disengenuous don't you think?
Wikipedia/media is a webservice with their servers in one room.
Academic publishing are several actors all around the globe, which actively maintains their libraries and publishes physical copies once a month.
Also, there are more to the stories then just papers, as i understood it, its also textbooks, special video lectures and such in digital form.
Not sure if this is also part of academic publishing, but if you can access it through university credentials.
I think that's where the hurt mostly lies, remember that this isnt exactly a mass consumer market, the price is reflected on the work put into it and the fact its not gonna sell as much as a Dan Brown book.
Lisa is a bright kid, she would understand that umbrella terms aren't a place for preconceptions and bromides.
Ideological lables can only give superfiscal information, if you got logic bombed you obviously overestimated your knowledge.
I personally can't stand people that think they have figured out the agenda for everyone.
Indeed, this has nothing todo with environmentalism....its just hyped up aesthetics.
I actually did some research regarding transporting goods on rails in the US, and I were a bit shocked that trucks were more widely used on long hauls( the number was on the overall goods transported divided on road and rails, those numbers might have been tainted by the fact that the goods on the road was partly carried by rails but i think i excluded that, still dont quote me on this)
The problem is that effectively transporting goods from east and west is an NP conundrum, there are plenty of rails, but they are all connected through loads of nodes and that requires offloading/unloading at alot of depots.
HS rails are dedicated straight solid lines, and can easily be used for both freight and people carrying( where the first is mostly scheduled at nigh time).
Its not gonna be a straight line coast from coast, but getting making half the trip more cost effective will still be a boon for the freight industry.
*put this comment in the "just throwing this out there"pile, i might have been overly pessimistic about US rail freight*
The generals at the supreme court would have use Erodgen as a mop before that happened.(yes I know about officers that were recently on trial, my point still stands)
like Podcaster? (was eventually allowed but the point still stand)
Developers should not be hampered in their effort to develop new functionality that can be universally distributed.
The loss is on the customers.