http://crookedtimber.org/2004/05/24/ooops/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:14:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://crookedtimber.org/2004/05/24/ooops/comment-page-1/#comment-29462 Bill Tozier Tue, 25 May 2004 04:41:14 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1609#comment-29462 I don't know where to even begin. Well, I did write a little comment at Erin O'Connor's blog. It's not a <i>bad</i> article. But yet it's really quite deeply wrong. I wonder if perhaps the editor got a hand in and emphasized my iconoclastic nature. I'm framing an actual factual account, complete with real motivation and slightly reasonable observations about what it means, to be posted sometime... well, as soon as my head stops shaking. It makes it hard to type, you see. I don’t know where to even begin. Well, I did write a little comment at Erin O’Connor’s blog. It’s not a bad article. But yet it’s really quite deeply wrong. I wonder if perhaps the editor got a hand in and emphasized my iconoclastic nature. I’m framing an actual factual account, complete with real motivation and slightly reasonable observations about what it means, to be posted sometime… well, as soon as my head stops shaking. It makes it hard to type, you see.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/05/24/ooops/comment-page-1/#comment-29461 Matt Weiner Mon, 24 May 2004 20:13:47 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1609#comment-29461 Perhaps the Chron article has been updated, but it does talk about the light-hearted origins of the auction now. Anyway... <i>"Nobody should pay anybody for writing or collaborating on a scientific project,"</i> says Burillo, the guy who's trying to subvert the auction. A lot of grad students are going to be out on the street. My co-written paper originated with work I did as my advisor's research assistant, for which I was paid! I am clearly a cancer on the academy. Perhaps the Chron article has been updated, but it does talk about the light-hearted origins of the auction now. Anyway… “Nobody should pay anybody for writing or collaborating on a scientific project,” says Burillo, the guy who’s trying to subvert the auction. A lot of grad students are going to be out on the street. My co-written paper originated with work I did as my advisor’s research assistant, for which I was paid! I am clearly a cancer on the academy.

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