nytimes.com — The payments are made possible by a $20,000 donation from Philip Greenspun, who said he was moved to give the money because of his experience seeing technical books he had originally published online appear in print.
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clonedDec 4, 2007
I was going to block cutedawxa, but I crack up every time I see his failed spam attempts. I think I'll keep him around for laughs.
Closed AccountDec 4, 2007
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chedabobDec 4, 2007
How old are you? Six?
jacquesmDec 4, 2007
I agree very much with you. HowStuffWorks.com is another site that went that route and it totally lost it's audience because of that. (and it's reputation). Now its just another product placement website.
bhspitmonkeyDec 4, 2007
Exploiting poverty, why, what a wonderful idea!
kirbymeisterDec 4, 2007
Actually he has 6 buries.
lolo2007Mar 8, 2008
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