XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: justinthenumbersguy@hatespam.edu   
      
   On Tue, 14 May 2013 17:53:59 -0700, Snit wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Sure, I'll just post all the financial data for all of the top economics,   
   accounting, and business professors.   
   I haven't seen evidence of these kickbacks at any of the schools I   
   attended.  All were small and private though.   
      
   >   
   >> 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.   
      
   That's fine, but the silliness and humor actually have to be silly and   
   humorous.   
      
   >   
   > Here is an online copy of an older DVD of mine - videos cut off after 30   
   > seconds after the first few units:    
      
   I'll pass, thanks.   
      
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