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digital interlibrary loan for articles.
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Sat, 16 Nov 2013 15:16:04 -0500
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29 #+begin_quote 29 #+begin_quote
30 There's no end to what a man can accomplish if he doesn't care about 30 There's no end to what a man can accomplish if he doesn't care about
31 getting credit. 31 getting credit.
32 #+end_quote 32 #+end_quote
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34 - digital inter-library loan :: libraries at universities already do
35 interlibrary loans for books, so why not do the same for access
36 to stupid paywalled digital papers? All the universities could
37 allow access to articles for registered students to all the files
38 available through any participating university. This could be
39 achieved by sending requests through proxies at participating
40 universities. Each university would decide who at the university
41 can access the proxy network. Access to the proxy network could
42 be made easy using something like http://libx.org/.
33 43
34 - chess visual :: to show the vast size of the game trees considered 44 - chess visual :: to show the vast size of the game trees considered
35 by computers, show two people playing chess in a 45 by computers, show two people playing chess in a
36 void. They are floating in space, and there is a 46 void. They are floating in space, and there is a
37 simple chess board between them. Then, as they play, 47 simple chess board between them. Then, as they play,
48 uniform. You could compare deep blue and a modern 58 uniform. You could compare deep blue and a modern
49 laptop. Use actual data when fighting two computers! 59 laptop. Use actual data when fighting two computers!
50 60
51 - time verification :: some standard way to verify that some piece of 61 - time verification :: some standard way to verify that some piece of
52 data was recorded at a specific time. Might involve a time 62 data was recorded at a specific time. Might involve a time
53 server, a key for each time period, something liek that. 63 server, a key for each time period, something like that.
54 64
55 - tamper proof gold bars :: [[http://www.tungsten-alloy.com/gold-plated-tungsten-alloy-bar.html][this site]] offers gold plated tungsten bars 65 - tamper proof gold bars :: [[http://www.tungsten-alloy.com/gold-plated-tungsten-alloy-bar.html][this site]] offers gold plated tungsten bars
56 as "novelty" items. One reason to prefer coins is because they 66 as "novelty" items. One reason to prefer coins is because they
57 are much harder to counterfeit because there is less surface area 67 are much harder to counterfeit because there is less surface area
58 to mass ratio. However, gold bars are still a great design 68 to mass ratio. However, gold bars are still a great design