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| TxtEdMacs Mar 28, 2009 8:52 AM EDT |
for a paper published after I left a university, I have not found a way to view this paper published by a limited imprint. Even a friend at a major university was unable to get a borrowed copy for me ... |
| ColonelPanik Mar 28, 2009 5:21 PM EDT |
Holding knowledge hostage is a crime!
The "Scholarly Journal" scam has cost the
universities and students huge amounts of
money. MIT is leading education into the future. |
| bigg Mar 29, 2009 7:48 AM EDT |
"Holding knowledge hostage is a crime!" It should be. Our tax dollars support a lot of the locked-up-tight research. And the Baye-Dole Act lets them use our tax dollars to do research that leads to patents. |
| jacog Mar 30, 2009 6:50 AM EDT |
Reminds me a of a buzzphrase that used to do the rounds back in the day: "Information wants to be free" |
| ColonelPanik Mar 30, 2009 1:40 PM EDT |
jacog: Don't we all want to be free? Information wants to be free and accessible! |
| gus3 Mar 30, 2009 1:49 PM EDT |
I don't want to be free. I want an hourly rate. I still have bills to pay. |
| herzeleid Mar 30, 2009 1:53 PM EDT |
Larry wall once said that on the contrary, information wants to be valuable. |
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