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   On 5/14/13 5:39 PM, in article kmulfu$foo$3@dont-email.me, "Justin"   
    wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   If you have info to back up your claims I would be interested in seeing   
   them.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Hey, the materials I use include humor and some silliness... and *most* of   
   my students appreciate it. I have had many, many positive comments about   
   such things.   
      
   Here is an online copy of an older DVD of mine - videos cut off after 30   
   seconds after the first few units:    
      
   --   
   Proof Mark Bilk's http://cosmicpenguin.com/911/ is nothing but silly   
   fiction: .   
   Using Bilk's own "logic" he posts his lies because the Underground   
   Marshmallow People pay him to.   
      
      
   "Maybe I am that way because people kept telling me I was mentally ill.  But   
   I never was.  I just saw monsters.  Them." - Mark S. Bilk   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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