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...facilitate the accrual of small, automatic payments for whatever content was accessed. Instead, the Web got caught up in the ethos that information wants to be free. Others smarter than we were had avoided that trap. For example, when Bill Gates noticed in 1976 that hobbyists were freely sharing Altair BASIC, a code he and his colleagues had written, he sent an open letter to members of the Homebrew Computer Club telling them to stop. "One thing you do is prevent good software from being written," he railed. "Who can afford to do professional work for nothing...
...double-majored in philosophy and literature. He was introduced to the Cambridge poetry shop in 1969, when he came to Harvard to earn his doctorate in philosophy under adviser John Rawls.Now in his sixties, Menkiti has published several books of his own poetry, including “Of Altair, the Bright Light” in 2005, “Affirmations” in 1971, and “The Jubilation of Falling Bodies” in 1978. He hopes to expand the international section of the store to bring in the works of more African and Asian poets...
...sixties, Menkiti has published several books of his own poetry, including “Of Altair, the Bright Light” in 2005, “Affirmations” in 1971, and “The Jubilation of Falling Bodies” in 1978. He hopes to expand the international section of the store to bring in the works of more African and Asian poets...
While still enrolled at Harvard, Gates put the finishing touches on the programming language BASIC for the Altair 8800 chipset...
...Often the answer is yes, and in those cases you should try to sell winners and losers in equal proportions to minimize your tax bill. "You can take the losses today, still remain in the market and use those losses to offset current capital gains," says financial planner Altair Gobo of U.S. Financial Services in Fairfield...