XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy
From: justinthenumbersguy@hatespam.edu
On Tue, 14 May 2013 17:38:19 -0700, Snit wrote:
> On 5/14/13 5:15 PM, in article slrnkp5l50.8dr.g.kreme@mbp55.local,
> "Lewis" wrote:
>
>> In message <6mslf8lov53l$.r1sj4coksp1p.dlg@40tude.net>
>> flatfish+++ wrote:
>>> On Tue, 14 May 2013 23:24:31 +0000 (UTC), Justin wrote:
>>
>>>> Boy, did I have a busy semester! Once again I helped four classes
>>>> get their books for free with NON-DRM PDFs. Each class had about 15
>>>> students,
>>>> undergrads and graduate.
>>>> Here's a rundown of how much money I saved each class for this year:
>>
>>> Typical starry eyed, thieving FOSSie...
>>
>>> What is it with Linux users and FOSSies believing that just because
>>> they can steal something from an "evil" corporation that makes it
>>> alright?
>>
>> Normally I'd agree with you, but textbook publishers are scum who rape
>> their 'customers' who have no choice in what to buy, and then kickback
>> to the teachers. It is a classic example of collusion.
>
> A kickback to the teachers?
>
> How?
>
> I teach at multiple educational institutions and have never been offered
> a kickback. How do I get in on this scam?
>
>
>
> What the publishers do engage in is making materials for the instructors
> - tests and online resources, usually of questionable quality but it
> makes "teaching" easier. I rarely use such material and use
> off-the-shelf books or make my own material.
My guess this only applies to the well known Institutions where lifetime
professors who never spent a day outside the classroom somehow decide what
goes into each textbook.
I think that's why most of the practice problems I see in these expensive
books have goofy names as fictional companies. I mean, do they really
think that "Bullwinkle Incorporated" buying out "Rocky Ltd." is funny?
They're probably aspies.
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