The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Hacking the farm with low-cost, open source tool designs
Don Watkins, opensource.com, 15 February 2016
Phi Beta Iota: MUST READ. Kudos to Don Watkins for the questions and opensource.com for paying attention outside the IT arena. This is a very positive development.
SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/Steele-Hack
PPT (24 Slides with Notes): The Ultimate Hack 1.1
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Meet the Robin Hood of Science
The tale of how one researcher has made nearly every scientific paper ever published available for free to anyone, anywhere in the world.
Continue reading “Sepp Hasslberger: Elsevier & Thomson Reuters Et al — Going, Going, Gone?”
Open-Source Textbooks Gain in Push for College Affordability
ABC News (Michael Melia of Associated Press)
The standard textbook for Fundamentals of General Chemistry I at the University of Connecticut has a list price of $303. For students who use the version professor Edward Neth is preparing for the fall semester, the cost will be zero. An early adopter of open source textbooks, Neth said he turned to the new technology out of frustration with spiraling prices of commercial textbooks.
GPS tracking down to the centimeter
TRAI tells telecos: Adopt open source tech for unbiased Internet connectivity
Talking on TRAI's differential pricing order that speaks about review process after two years, Sharma said two years is a long time for a technology-driven industry.
A day after prohibiting mobile operators from offering differential data tariff plans, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has asked them to adopt open standards, open source (software) technology, and open software codes to provide unbiased Internet connectivity.
