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General Software Discussion / Re: Nuance PDF Reader - Acresso-FLEXnet agent is Annoyware/Adware WARNING.
« on: September 29, 2012, 05:21 AM »
I find Adobe PDF a huge monster. I liked it up to version 6, then it has gone mad, huge, and forces updates all the time.

Nitro PDF reader is actually pretty good and no hidden gifts that I know of. Quick to start, has print-to-PDF and a few editing features http://www.nitroreader.com/

I have the Pro tool paid, but on other computers I put that one

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: spring cleaning
« on: September 29, 2012, 04:46 AM »
How many DC people do we have in the UK? I have a whole bunch of things I could donate, but if it's just 12 of us it's too much effort :)

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Living Room / Re: $10 for a Facebook Post? Huh?
« on: September 25, 2012, 08:08 AM »
Curiously they haven't tried to sell me one for my nano business yet - guess they know what money we're making...

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Living Room / Re: Help scientists decipher 'lost' gospel
« on: September 25, 2012, 08:05 AM »
Scientific publishing doesn't make lots of money - I worked in it, I know. The cost of publishing, on or offline, massive amounts of content that is only of interest to a tiny minority just doesn't.

WHat makes money are derivatives - bibliographical databases (at least they used to make money, nowadays I am not so sure), financial derivatives. I remember that the finance department was one of the big profit centres in one of the ones I worked with - playing with options, advances, and currency FX

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Living Room / Re: Help scientists decipher 'lost' gospel
« on: September 23, 2012, 05:18 AM »
Sounds lovely but then I see this text on it

"Images may not be copied or offloaded, and the images and their texts may not be published. All digital images of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri are © Imaging Papyri Project, University of Oxford. The papyri themselves are owned by the Egypt Exploration Society, London. All rights reserved."

So... we help them decypher it all and then they own it all, and will they charge the rest of the academic and scholarly world to access it? It would make me far more likely to give a bit of time if there was some form of open science commitment.. but no, it will be published in paid for series

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