Comments on: I know, I am the one being a jerk http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2008/04/i-know-i-am-the-one-being-a-jerk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-know-i-am-the-one-being-a-jerk The Applied Theorist's Point of View Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:13:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Michael Witbrock http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2008/04/i-know-i-am-the-one-being-a-jerk/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Michael Witbrock Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:43:52 +0000 http://www.win-vector.com/blog/?p=16#comment-456 The let's is missing its apostrophe. The let’s is missing its apostrophe.

]]> By: David Rush http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2008/04/i-know-i-am-the-one-being-a-jerk/comment-page-1/#comment-171 David Rush Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:40:19 +0000 http://www.win-vector.com/blog/?p=16#comment-171 I totally agree with you. It is unforgiveable that the ACM should so totally lock up the papers it has published behind fortress-like walls. The only saving grace is that *most* academics also publish current papers on personal web-sites, although you could easily say that this is in spite of the ACM. It doesn't help with papers before about ... oh say 1995, which is really too bad, as there is a lot of good material that is still relevant where you can't get to it without an all-areas-access pass from a large university library. Which, if you're basically out working in industry, is harder to come by than you might think. I totally agree with you. It is unforgiveable that the ACM should so totally lock up the papers it has published behind fortress-like walls. The only saving grace is that *most* academics also publish current papers on personal web-sites, although you could easily say that this is in spite of the ACM.

It doesn’t help with papers before about … oh say 1995, which is really too bad, as there is a lot of good material that is still relevant where you can’t get to it without an all-areas-access pass from a large university library. Which, if you’re basically out working in industry, is harder to come by than you might think.

]]> By: jmount http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2008/04/i-know-i-am-the-one-being-a-jerk/comment-page-1/#comment-99 jmount Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:30:48 +0000 http://www.win-vector.com/blog/?p=16#comment-99 Even better example: try to find the article Effy Oz, When Professional Standards are LAX. The CONFIRM Failure and its lessons, Comm. ACM, 37(1994), 10, 29-36. Guess what- it ACM has it locked behind a pay-wall. How does this in any way promote professional standards in the computing field? Even better example: try to find the article Effy Oz, When Professional Standards are LAX. The CONFIRM Failure and its lessons, Comm. ACM, 37(1994), 10, 29-36. Guess what- it ACM has it locked behind a pay-wall. How does this in any way promote professional standards in the computing field?

]]> By: jmount http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2008/04/i-know-i-am-the-one-being-a-jerk/comment-page-1/#comment-53 jmount Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:53:53 +0000 http://www.win-vector.com/blog/?p=16#comment-53 Better article on a related topic: <a href="http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2009/06/public-service-article-jstor-and-other-useful-research-archives/" rel="nofollow">http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2009/06/public-service-article-jstor-and-other-useful-research-archives/</a> . Better article on a related topic: http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2009/06/public-service-article-jstor-and-other-useful-research-archives/ .

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