"...ways in which the peer review system is being subverted. These range from the obvious ones like researchers reviewing their own papers or suggesting people they know as suitable reviewers..."
The people who are most qualified to review a paper are very likely to be known by the paper's author(s) because these technical fields are often very small when you get as specialized as these papers are. In my own field, there are maybe 150 people who study what I do. I know most of them, especially the better researchers who I would want reviewing my paper because they will give the best (most thoughtful, intelligent) feedback.
Every Panasonic Toughbook I or others I know have bought has had battery life almost exactly what is advertised. My ca. 2004 CF-W2 was advertised as having a 6-hour battery and, with WiFi turned off, the HDD inactive, and the screen brightness turned down, I could make it a little more than 6 hours. Maybe that's why I'm almost always disappointed when using another brand of notebook.
"Danger to the rest of us resides in people like you. The people you support would just allow terrorism and attacks on the US to continue unabated."
Oh, my, you're so right! All the Democrats actually want terrorists to completely destroy America. And they want all babies to be aborted, thus leading to the end of humanity. And they want everyone to stop using all energy...so they freeze to death, die from heatstroke, or starve. Yep, the Democrats want to kill everyone.
Seriously...you're just stupid if you actually believe what you wrote. Since I prefer to believe people aren't complete morons, I'll just assume you were joking.
I've been working on getting my Dad to stop responding to spam for about a decade, now...nothing seems to convince him that it's a bad idea. Not the ceaseless viruses and trojans that infect his systems, not the fact that 99.5% of all mail he gets now is spam, not even the realization that he has actually spent money on nonexistent products and services.
Just two months ago, he forwards me a "run your car on water" email to see if I thought it was a legitimate thing.
The guy has two college degrees and has run his own businesses for 25+ years, yet somehow, it rarely crosses his mind that someone sending him an email might not be legitimate.
[shakes head] I don't know...maybe I should just take away his computer altogether.
The VALUE created for the consumer by a musician is when he/she PLAYS the music. Why we think someone should get compensated millions of times for recordings of a single performance is quite absurd. Charge money for your performances and give away the recordings for free. The media is basically like a piece of memorabilia (although Disney does quite well on memorabilia sales) rather than the primary means of income.
Now, does this translate to, say, authors? It'd be hard to justify that someone would have to write a novel in front of an audience to make their money. So, obviously, there are some important differences between the PERFORMING arts and other types of art/expression, at least as far as business models go. So, let's just leave it at musicians for _this_ debate.
CNN doesn't. Their doc-cum-reporter Sanjay Gupta just aired a video saying a study out of Denmark showed that GSM cellular data transmissions can interfere.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/2007/09/06/gupta.cell.phone.hospital.cnn
All I know is that many of the best, most high-tech hospitals in the US are distributing phones (both CDMA and GSM) to their medical staff, so I don't see how this is a significant, widespread problem (wouldn't all these docs have noticed something odd by now?).
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Just a minor quibble
"...ways in which the peer review system is being subverted. These range from the obvious ones like researchers reviewing their own papers or suggesting people they know as suitable reviewers..."
The people who are most qualified to review a paper are very likely to be known by the paper's author(s) because these technical fields are often very small when you get as specialized as these papers are. In my own field, there are maybe 150 people who study what I do. I know most of them, especially the better researchers who I would want reviewing my paper because they will give the best (most thoughtful, intelligent) feedback.
I have...Panasonic Toughbooks
Every Panasonic Toughbook I or others I know have bought has had battery life almost exactly what is advertised. My ca. 2004 CF-W2 was advertised as having a 6-hour battery and, with WiFi turned off, the HDD inactive, and the screen brightness turned down, I could make it a little more than 6 hours. Maybe that's why I'm almost always disappointed when using another brand of notebook.
Re: Re: I suggest that . . .
"Danger to the rest of us resides in people like you. The people you support would just allow terrorism and attacks on the US to continue unabated."
Oh, my, you're so right! All the Democrats actually want terrorists to completely destroy America. And they want all babies to be aborted, thus leading to the end of humanity. And they want everyone to stop using all energy...so they freeze to death, die from heatstroke, or starve. Yep, the Democrats want to kill everyone.
Seriously...you're just stupid if you actually believe what you wrote. Since I prefer to believe people aren't complete morons, I'll just assume you were joking.
My dad is guilty
I've been working on getting my Dad to stop responding to spam for about a decade, now...nothing seems to convince him that it's a bad idea. Not the ceaseless viruses and trojans that infect his systems, not the fact that 99.5% of all mail he gets now is spam, not even the realization that he has actually spent money on nonexistent products and services.
Just two months ago, he forwards me a "run your car on water" email to see if I thought it was a legitimate thing.
The guy has two college degrees and has run his own businesses for 25+ years, yet somehow, it rarely crosses his mind that someone sending him an email might not be legitimate.
[shakes head] I don't know...maybe I should just take away his computer altogether.
@A.L.Flanagan: I see what you did there. Very nice.
I've been saying this for years
The VALUE created for the consumer by a musician is when he/she PLAYS the music. Why we think someone should get compensated millions of times for recordings of a single performance is quite absurd. Charge money for your performances and give away the recordings for free. The media is basically like a piece of memorabilia (although Disney does quite well on memorabilia sales) rather than the primary means of income.
Now, does this translate to, say, authors? It'd be hard to justify that someone would have to write a novel in front of an audience to make their money. So, obviously, there are some important differences between the PERFORMING arts and other types of art/expression, at least as far as business models go. So, let's just leave it at musicians for _this_ debate.
I agree...but...
CNN doesn't. Their doc-cum-reporter Sanjay Gupta just aired a video saying a study out of Denmark showed that GSM cellular data transmissions can interfere.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/2007/09/06/gupta.cell.phone.hospital.cnn
All I know is that many of the best, most high-tech hospitals in the US are distributing phones (both CDMA and GSM) to their medical staff, so I don't see how this is a significant, widespread problem (wouldn't all these docs have noticed something odd by now?).