tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post115927872310250299..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: Get Out Of My WaySippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1159297913032464622006-09-26T15:11:00.000-04:002006-09-26T15:11:00.000-04:00The economics bloggers, such as Greg Mankiw of Har...The economics bloggers, such as Greg Mankiw of Harvard, were full of a related story a couple of days ago - that Yale is going to do the same as MIT has been doing for several years and make their teaching material freely available - even as podcast videos, I believe.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, I teach at a decent UK university (Newcastle) but one several dozen notches below Yale and MIT - and Newcastle spends zillions of pounds in _preventing_ the public from getting access to its teaching material (it's locked away behind a password-protected, user-unfriendly interface called Blackboard). <BR/><BR/>No excuses - small mindedness...Editor Theoristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05523719768353591396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1159287168546645682006-09-26T12:12:00.000-04:002006-09-26T12:12:00.000-04:00In law school, after our class asked one too many ...In law school, after our class asked one too many times if "this is going to be on the test", my professor remarked:<BR/><BR/>"Students are the only consumers in the world who want <I>less</I> for their money."PatHMVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15542719040606654134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1159281342043565832006-09-26T10:35:00.000-04:002006-09-26T10:35:00.000-04:00Wow! This is incredible.But, it turns out that muc...Wow! This is incredible.<BR/><BR/>But, it turns out that much of life is "just a matter of going." That's what I find so damning in my life...I've chosen to go so infrequently. And that's a waste of a life.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the MIT link and for the good thoughts.<BR/><BR/>MarkMark Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18205344762960756655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1159279419311688152006-09-26T10:03:00.000-04:002006-09-26T10:03:00.000-04:00Perhaps we should learn to nurture our inner obses...Perhaps we should learn to nurture our inner obsessional weirdo, our T.E. Lawerence in us?<BR/><BR/>Most people running the bases in that force play tend to blame the blown hit-and-run call that led to the feeble swinging bunt which has got them chuffing down to first and oblivion...Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08791314877257904422noreply@blogger.com