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- Some 40,000 college students studying on a Flat World
- Cool idea - Thanks!My daughter currently rents her books from Chegg.com for a fraction of the $100-$200 price range offered on campus. I'll let her know about this offering as well.Cheers!Being WAY past college age I have to admit....that my first reaction to the headline was that fundamentalist nutballs had...
- Tags: Benefits, benefit
- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
- Author royalties the test for Flat World
- Our model is a core, then we plug in other revenue streams, testing those which work. And whenever we generate any revenue the authors get the 20% royalty, so they're invested in it. We want them to feel it's the right relationship for them. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Revenue, Royalty, Operational Accounting, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn, Semester, Textbook, Flat World
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Competing in a flat world
- Competing in a flat worldThey don't see education as a pathway to success.This, from a panel of people who all have more suits than pencils.Here's a clue, suits: students don't see [i]technical[/i] education as a pathway to success because they have examples like you: the real successes in our society,...
- Tags: flat world
- Discussion threads 2005-11-17
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- East Anglia: Chapter 3
- Of course we are"The global warming skeptics are perfectly happy to overlook the illegality of the hacking and theft of private emails, according to this blogger."Sure, how else would this information have been made public. Many of the emails highlight to obfuscation of information, others point to the planning to...
- Tags: Litigation, fraud
- Discussion threads 2009-11-22
- Reid promises 60 on Saturday
- promises, promises, promisesHe will not get his 60 on Saturday. There are enough senators with the backbone to avoid what will be an economic catastrophe for our nation.Obama created phantom jobsSomeone did bother looking into the jobs Obama claimed to save / create and found this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1t3zZBhJ7wBlog not about Obama or...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Reid
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- IBM feels cozy on sidelines as Oracle-Sun deal languishes in anti-trust purgatory
- IBM should thank M$for activating its agents in the EC and stalling the Oracle-Sun deal.MySQL/MariaDB may be where most of the data residesYes, Oracle and DB2 have a significant market share of large DB installations, but most of the data in the world isn't aggregated by a few large companies,...
- Tags: Corporate law, Databases, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., antitrust
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Cap and trade controversial in Australia
- This is what happened:An Australian researcher who was critical of mainstream theories got censored.The new Inquisition: dare to raise your voice against the enviro-whackos and they get all angry.CEC FAILs againCEC claims: [i]"An Australian researcher who was critical of mainstream theories got censored."[/i]He wasn't censored for disagreeing with the global...
- Tags: theory, CEC, global warming, Cap-and-Trade, carbon dioxide, tax
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Google hit again with Street View privacy concerns - in Switzerland
- It is NOT up to Google to insure your privacy in public places. These are places it is perfectly legal to be in and take pictures of, then publish the pictures. Just because the pictures are taken automatically, does not suddenly make them illegal. If you want to restrict the...
- Tags: U.S. Military, Google Inc., photograph
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- Booq Boa Squeeze
- A great laptop backpack has several important qualities: good protection, a comfortable feel, ample storage pockets, and ideally a design that transcends the staid world of computer bags. We may have found the perfect mix with the $100 Booq Boa Squeeze. In a compact frame, the Boa Squeeze has more...
- Tags: Notebooks, laptop backpack, laptop computer
- Product reviews 2009-11-12
- 2010 Subaru Outback 2.5i
- Photo gallery:2010 Subaru Outback 2.5iAs much as we respect the general utility of many Subaru models, the cars have proved very limited in useful cabin electronics. That hasn't changed much for the 2010 model year, with Subaru moving very tentatively into accommodating personal electronics. The 2010 Subaru Outback 2.5i maintains...
- Tags: gear ratio, cargo area, Outback, Subaru
- Product reviews 2009-11-11
- Rupert Murdoch and the dirty little secret about Google traffic...
- Dangerous generalisationsNEWCASTLE UK - While I might agree with your argument in the special case of WSJ your logic breaks down for newspapers in general. The WSJ is a broadsheet for a very small sector,the Financial World, as opposed to The Times or The SUN where the aim is the...
- Tags: Rupert, Rupert Murdoch, Washington Post Co., Google Inc., music
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- Nokia 3711 - sable (T-Mobile)
- Nokia fans in the United States don't get many breaks. Few of the company's phones make it to U.S. carriers and the models that land here tend to be basic handsets for making calls. The Nokia 3711 for T-Mobile is one such phone. Simple in form and function, the 3711...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, T-Mobile, phone, Nokia Corp., keypad button
- Product reviews 2009-11-10
- Is MySQL an "albatross" around the neck of Larry Ellison?
- The EC is CLUELESSAbsolutely NOTHING changes about MySQL or its license open source with the buy out.infiltrated M$ agents are obfuscating this issueThe MySql should be a slam dunk, but M$ agents are feeding false information to the commision to harm OSS.Are you sure about that?MySql (and of course SUN...
- Tags: Databases, MySQL, open source, Larry Ellison, Microsoft Corp., agent
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- In Smartphone Wars, Darwinism Triumphs Over Intelligent Design
- OT, but what the heck.The remark:"...even the mechanism called Natural Selection referred to in Evolution, bears the mark of underlying intelligence, since the only way such a sophisticated mechanism could be implemented, is via a highly sophisticated and capable intelligence."flies in the face of established creationist beliefs. The creationist...
- Tags: Mobile operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Handhelds, Smart phones, Intelligent Design, deity, Microsoft Windows Mobile, theory, Smartphone
- Discussion threads 2009-11-08
- X-Prize competition for ultra-efficient car speeds ahead
- X-prize competition for cars1) Ummm, shouldn't that read 5.5 "million" dollars?2) Would it be possible to add some summary of whether qualifiy cars must be in some way fewaible - for example, can travel at least 55 mph for at least 50 miles on a single charge (or what ever...
- Tags: X-Prize competition, car, X-Prize
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- Not tolerating the intolerant
- My thoughts"Most reject volunteerism in search of making money, satisfying career ambitions, relaxing or spending time with friends and family."Some volunteerism is fine, and I'm glad to help out when I can - but I don't think it can or should sustain an economy or nation. And yes, I think...
- Tags: tolerance, volunteerism, apathy
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac prices
- RE: Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac pricesIf they wanted marketshare at a lower entry price they could have pulled that off years ago with cloner acquisitions and more mfg on their own part with rigid standards and practices to ensure quality and lower production costs. ...
- Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Mac proponent, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Audi AG, Mac Share
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Sony Ericsson Equinox TM717 - carbon black (T-Mobile)
- Photo gallery:Sony Ericsson Equinox TM717The Sony Ericsson Equinox is the first phone from the manufacturer to land at T-Mobile since the TM506. In many ways the Equinox is a fitting successor; like the TM506 it has a thin flip phone design and it sports a similar feature set that includes...
- Tags: display, Equinox, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, phone, T-Mobile
- Product reviews 2009-11-03
- Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Best iPhone & iPod touch apps
- It's that time of the year again! It's hard to believe, but this time last year, we only had 5,000 apps to choose from in the App Store â€" this year there's more than 85,000 apps to choose from. What a difference a year makes. Whether you're looking...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Twitter Inc., Video, Road Trip, Apple iPod Touch, App, Smart Phones, Corporate Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-11-01
- 2010 Scion xB
- Photo gallery:2010 Scion xBWith funky styling and a reputation built around the tuner crowd and the sound-off set, the Scion xB almost single-handedly established the market for little boxy city cars in the North American market. However, the current generation xB faces stiff competition from the likes of the even-quirkier...
- Tags: Performance management, Scion xB
- Product reviews 2009-10-27
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