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Monday, February 16, 2004 |
The Gaming Open Market is a currency exchange for virtual currencies. I always figured that a rolling double auction would be more efficient than eBay, and here it is. [Hack the Planet]
9:12:58 PM 
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BNA News has three from WSJ:
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POLLS SAY 'DO-NOT-CALL' IS WORKING
The US do-not-call registry appears to be sharply cutting
back on unwanted telemarketing calls. According to the FTC,
57 million numbers were on the "do not call" list as of
earlier this month. According to a Harris survey, of people
who signed up for the list, almost all said they were
receiving fewer telemarketing calls than before. Twenty-five
percent said they had received no marketing calls since
signing up. The registry went into effect in October.
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MAINSOFT NAMED IN MS WINDOWS CODE THEFT
The investigation into the illegal disclosure of blueprints
for some versions of Microsoft's Windows software has turned
to Mainsoft, a small technology company in Silicon Valley
that works closely with Microsoft. Microsoft has provided
Mainsoft access to parts of its Windows blueprints since at
least 1994 under conditions that generally prohibited them
from disclosing them to others.
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WORKERS CHARGED FOR COPYRIGHT CONSPIRACY
US federal authorities have charged three former employees
of Lightning Media with conspiracy to violate copyright law
after movies they allegedly copied found their way onto the
Internet. The FBI started an investigation after a
three-minute excerpt from "The Passion of the Christ"
appeared on the Web site filmstew.com in October, before
director Mel Gibson had even found a distributor for the
movie.
2:42:45 PM
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Understanding the Economic Burden of Scholarly Publishing, by Cathy N.
Davidson, in The Chronicle of Higher Education (last fall).
The bottom line is that scholarly publishing isn't financially
feasible as a business model -- never was, never was intended to be, and
should not be. If scholarship paid, we wouldn't need university presses.
Without a subsidy of one kind or another, scholarly publishing cannot
exist. Right now, universities are responsible for finding a way to support
scholarly publishing -- but most universities are in perilous financial
situations, too. That is the crisis. The most basic aspect of scholarship
-- the foundation of our profession -- is at risk under the current model
of who pays to publish the books and articles we write.
11:42:07 AM
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