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by rp 18y ago
You are right; I had it reversed. I will add that Harvard Law is switching to a pass/fail system in 2009.
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by rp 18y ago
Yale Law School, which is consistently rated as #2 after Harvard, has pass or fail w/no grades. The implication is that getting in is enough to "signal" your "quality" on the market. Compare this all other law schools where students are mer
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The Media is Dying(twitter.com)
1 points by rp 18y ago|0 comments
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by rp 18y ago
"a great deal of apple's strength is that they don't follow trends. if they listened to what the industry thinks, they would license osx for plain-vanilla pcs, compete against ugly low-cost hardware from their competitors, etc etc etc, unti
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by rp 18y ago
The counter-argument is as follows: what better subject group for a study about learning than a group immersed in learning activity (i.e., students)?
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by rp 18y ago
I recommend the original post and related comments over the link provided above: http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/12/against-interesting-pr...
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by rp 18y ago
They probably qualify for the DMCA safe harbor so one of the few incentives to act are complaints. Also, one can assume they are getting complaints given the volume of documents they host.
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by rp 18y ago
Re: "entirely online" bank accounts, E*Trade is a company providing such services.
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by rp 18y ago
The recent decision of Jacobsen v. Katzer (different jurisdiction) held that violation of an open source license can be a copyright violation, which is what is being claimed here. This filing suggests that they FSF was emboldened by the Jac
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by rp 18y ago
Balanced updates: http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/aust... http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/aust...
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by rp 18y ago
http://www.red.com/
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by rp 18y ago
Please remember that the only thing that is "free" is the fee that you would pay this company to do your paperwork. You will have to pay business organization fees to the state of formation no matter what you do (check your state). As noted
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Intro to Innovation(overcomingbias.com)
2 points by rp 18y ago|0 comments
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by rp 18y ago
Perhaps the comparison is off-base but I have not read any mention of the Principality of Sealand in relation to this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand
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by rp 18y ago
Linking free speech to property rights carries a bunch of political and philosophical assumptions that are divorced from the legal history and realities of 1st amendment law in the U.S. Thats not just not how it works from either a legal or
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EconTalk Podcast: Chris Anderson on Free(econtalk.org)
2 points by rp 18y ago|0 comments
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by rp 18y ago
Duplicate post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=182379
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by rp 18y ago
The one thing that stands out in this analysis is the author's almost casual statement that Flicker users regard "Flickr as their property and are resistant to change of any kind." Given the recent flap over adding video to the site, which
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Validity of Patent Judges, and Thousands of Their Decisions, in Question(nytimes.com)
23 points by rp 18y ago|0 comments
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by rp 18y ago
Its not that its inherently hostile but it demonstrates one of the possible scenarios where private control can slip away with a majority of directors votes.
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by rp 18y ago
I guess you have never heard of a reverse merger: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_takeover http://reversemergerblog.com/
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Berkshire Net Off 64 Percent on Derivatives(reuters.com)
3 points by rp 18y ago|0 comments
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by rp 18y ago
Apple fans have always been fervent even during the very long period where the computers very obviously underpowered and overpriced. Apple was putting out 040-based computers at high prices when the PC industry was knee-deep in comparativel
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by rp 18y ago
Its important to remember that market for Internet skills was completely different back in 1994. Working sweatshop hours, and jumping to unknown VC-backed companies for a shot at an IPO was just part of the game. I will also note that the
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Self-Copying Factories(overcomingbias.com)
1 points by rp 18y ago|0 comments
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by rp 18y ago
So, who are some computer scientists (and mathematicians) that should be on the list? That is a loaded but honest question.
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by rp 18y ago
You can certainly recycle incorporation papers, etc. You can also bear the brunt of the legal problems that may arise if those documents are defective. I think one really has to understand the legal implications of forming a corporation (wh
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by rp 18y ago
The specs on the RED link above lists "8X T2.8 Red Zoom Lens" so I think this comes with a lense.
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by rp 18y ago
The camera that is discussed in the original post is the RED Scarlet, which is set to come out in 2009 ( http://gizmodo.com/379530/red-scarlet-3k-hd-pocket-pro-camer... ). You are thinking about the RED OnE. I am not slagging the author of
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by rp 18y ago
What are you shooting with that specs comparably against the RED Scarlet that can be had for under $1.5K (Scarlet < $3K)? The Scarlet technical specs seem to far beyond anything currently within the $1500-$3000 price range. Unlike other

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