A few days ago, I finally posted my belated reaction to the AAP’s position on a possible government mandate to make all articles published from publicly funded research freely available to the general public. I was not aware at the time but some reactions to the AAP’s position had already been published when I [...]
This post is a short comment about why I want to use ebooks rather than paper books and why I’m currently not jumping to buy the ebook solutions offered.
Just after posting yesterday about how the AAP uses dubious rhetoric to try to preserve its current power and revenue in the domain of scholarly publishing, I learned of a new alliance dedicated to corrupting public policy in favor of copyright holders called the Copyright Alliance. I examined their list of members. What [...]
The AAP is trying, like the RIAA and the MPAA, to force time to stand still with dubious logic and a general hijacking of public policy. In this post, I show how their attempt at protecting their obsolete business model is flawed. Specifically, I show the flaw in their objection against the proposal that publications from all governmentally funded research should be available at no cost.
I got new that the computer animated series ReBoot is coming to the big screen. Yay!
I found a book in a bookstore labeled with a Devanagari word I could not initially recognize. Was it the name of an ancient author? The name of an obscure philosophical school? No, it was something much more familiar.
Meh…
I just caught a glimpse of a show called “Divorce Court”. It seems to be some sort of show where people with marital problems air their grievances in front of a judge. Anyway, just as I come across that show I hear the following exchange. I’m paraphrasing but I think I have [...]
I don’t think Conley was trying specifically to comment on online discussions with his last strip. Yet, even if inadvertently, that strip does point out a prominent problem when engaging in discussions on the web. The world is filled with people who like to make outrageous claims, all the while being patently aware [...]
Since I’ve moved to the US in 1997, I have never watched any Formula One race… until today. Much to my surprise, I found that Fox is broadcasting the US Grand Prix. I knew that the Grand Prix had come to the US and I knew it was being broadcast. However, in [...]
Paul McCartney understands the realities of the digital age, just like Peter Gabriel did.
