briancleland

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by briancleland 10y ago
Ask them to show you their full internet history. Ask them to give you a copy of their family's internet history, including parents, siblings and children. They aren't allowed to ask for permission.
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by briancleland 10y ago
Those are not the only options. Free and open source innovations can create enormous economic opportunities - witness Linux, the Web, etc etc. Even now, unpatented medicines are widely commercially available and making some people a lot of
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by briancleland 10y ago
I don't see any reason why the researchers couldn't have placed their discovery in the public domain, just as Tim Berners-Lee did with his ideas. Unfortunately many universities (and hence researchers) are under pressure to commer
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by briancleland 10y ago
The article states that they are seeking a commercial partner, which suggests the research was indeed publicly funded.
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by briancleland 11y ago
I'd suggest reading the Enchiridion first. It's arguably the most influential text of all, and it's a very quick read. http://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/epicench.html
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by briancleland 11y ago
There is only a disadvantage if you place value in externals. The most important lesson in Stoicism is that only the things in our power are good or bad, whereas externals have no intrinsic value. "Wherefore, O judges, be of good cheer
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by briancleland 11y ago
Graphviz for the web: http://mdaines.github.io/viz.js/ Nomnoml, a tool for drawing UML diagrams based on a simple syntax: http://www.nomnoml.com/