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digital interlibrary loan for articles.
author | Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu> |
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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 |