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by czr80 14y ago
Tog wrote about implementing this in MacOS: http://www.asktog.com/readerMail/2000-07ReaderMail.html#Anch...
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Beyond Consumption vs Creation(speirs.org)
1 points by czr80 14y ago|0 comments
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by czr80 14y ago
There is a certain irony in calling out a Google product for mangling their source name - consider it a company tradition!
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by czr80 14y ago
Actually, I find it perfectly comprehensible when said aloud with the right emphasis and pacing - it's only difficult to understand when written down with no punctuation.
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My First Message From the Future: How Facebook Died(theinteractivist.com)
4 points by czr80 14y ago|0 comments
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by czr80 14y ago
Out of curiosity, what happens when you walk into an "undesirable"?
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by czr80 14y ago
People also said that the Segway was going to revolutionize the world.
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Twitter(what-if.xkcd.com)
17 points by czr80 14y ago|1 comments
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Samsung's Heft in Android Worries Google(online.wsj.com)
3 points by czr80 14y ago|0 comments
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Firefox to follow Safari, start blocking cookies from third party advertisers(theverge.com)
2 points by czr80 14y ago|0 comments
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by czr80 14y ago
Interestingly, this is how it works today. All federally funded researchers are required to provide detailed research reports, and these are freely available.
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Filling In Vacant Urban Lots With Augmented Reality Supermarkets(fastcoexist.com)
2 points by czr80 14y ago|0 comments
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The Alchian-Allen Theorem(azmytheconomics.wordpress.com)
82 points by czr80 14y ago|20 comments
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by czr80 14y ago
Honestly, I would pay money to see BoA rebrand to Moolah.com
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by czr80 14y ago
Really? The number one pre-requisite? I think you're greatly overestimating how much the general population shares your particular hobbies.
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It's Easier (For Some) to Read on LCD Screens Than in a Paper Book(the-digital-reader.com)
2 points by czr80 14y ago|0 comments
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by czr80 14y ago
Elsevier and other large publishers publish many journals on behalf of societies, so the distinction between the interests of professional organisations and publishers doesn't really work.
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by czr80 14y ago
If that's all they wanted it would be easy - just post it on a blog. What they really want is access to the journal infrastructure - I'm reminded of the French newspapers who want Google to pay them for inclusion in Google news, on the basi
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by czr80 14y ago
Well, for what it's worth publishers are responsible for maintaining those editorial boards, over time periods much longer than academic careers. They care about the long term sustainability of the journals for commercial reasons, of course
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by czr80 14y ago
I think the real difference here is not so much that the marginal cost of digital goods is low, but that customers also own the means of reproduction. That is the fundamental difference that leads to arguments over rights, and then to argum
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by czr80 14y ago
Author != Submitter
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by czr80 14y ago
Your concerns implicitly depend on productivity per worker remaining constant over time. As that is not true, it's not clear that the changing retiree to worker ratio is as big a problem as you claim.
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by czr80 14y ago
"are giving their work away to journals for free" You know, the funny thing is that this pretty much describes the business model for all websites with user-generated content.
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by czr80 14y ago
That's because too many in the US believe that free markets are defined by the lack of regulation rather than by the quality of regulation.
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Apple’s Profits Are Flat, and Stock Drops(nytimes.com)
3 points by czr80 14y ago|0 comments
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Google vs the press: avoiding the lose-lose scenario(mondaynote.com)
3 points by czr80 14y ago|1 comments
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by czr80 14y ago
True, but you cannot use Nelson Mandela as an example of someone protesting from within a democracy. (Equally, you could not use a Greek slave either).
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by czr80 14y ago
He just means that if you picked up food and walked out without paying it wouldn't matter if you were caught in the parking lot while trying to escape(and so could return the food immediately) or caught two weeks later at home, long after t
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by czr80 14y ago
Since at the time the majority of people in South Africa were not allowed to vote, you could hardly call it a democracy.
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by czr80 14y ago
No, it's just copying the bundle.

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