Hell, now that I think of it if you've tracked your time and you know your hourly rate then is it possible to write it off as a charitable donation on your taxes?

Your software could make life easier for everyone on your team. Surely, this will trickle down to making your life easier, too.
You already know they won't buy the stuff. So why are you looking for profit in a place where you know there is none to be found?
If it's so great then prove it: Sell it online. If you sell enough copies it will pay for itself and then you can afford to give it to your school for free.
Not only does that help your career but - as a condition of sale - you can use it as a marketing ploy and the school becomes one of your test beds for updates.
Everybody wins.

The programmers will put everyone out of a job. They'll be the last to go.

What does it mean to be wealthy in a world where no one need work for a living?

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/14/1840224/throwable-36-camera-ball-takes-spherical-panoramas

Eh.... the vast majority did NOT elect him. stupid first past the post.

Why do you think Harper wants to implement online voting so much? :T

Would you like some help adjusting your seat?

Just what we need, the return of Clippy.

1. The OS matters less every day. As long as the web browser is compliant and the OS is invisible, 99% of users are happy.
2. Since Linux utterly fails to be invisible (I have never had to 'man' anything in OSX) it is hindering its own acceptance
3. Only an organized group with a plan is ever going to make a difference. The kind of boys who want to work on linux are hard-headed, stubborn loners who want it their way. They will never worry about the end user's experience. They will only work with others as long as it suits them. This kind of selfish treachery is we can't have nice things.
4. The only people who crow about the year of the linux desktop are the people who get paid to write fluff pieces for tech blogs.

Stop it, already. You're embarrassing me as a member of the human race.

Frame the NSA for wiretapping senators on the intelligence committee.

Wait... was that was in V for Vandetta? Damnit.

Pihk-lee-wah?

Pie-klie-wah?

I prefer the first choice.

I am going to attend a Texas university. My masters thesis will be to study the theory that evolution happens when I sleep with the wives of politicians and university staff. Now, remember, you can't say no to my thesis or discriminate against me in any way. In fact, you should probably lend a hand in order to appear completely unbiased.

:P

Music piracy doesn't affect you that much, right? What about when 3D printers are everywhere and all the best designs are locked up? This is a fight for the future and most people don't realize they're already losing.

This movie had more plot holes than The Phantom Menace. Having said that... it was very pretty.

It's my favorite holiday. All the plebs stay home and the admins get to all make the Big Changeover simultaneously. Big sales in survival gear, canned food, and backup drives.

These days to save a book you have to burn it (to another medium).