I think you're absolutely right. I work for a research lab that does employee satisfaction surveys. It's the surveys themselves and the reports based on those surveys that our client's pay us for. I've written our web survey app with Open Source Software and am currently writing a report generator as well. I could give away the source to these projects (and am trying to convince the PHB to let me do so) and our competitors wouldn't be any better off because that's not what we (or they) sell. They may be able to produce similar types of reports but if their survey is invalid, then their results will be invalid. The software we use doesn't define our business, the fact that we produce valid results using that software does. Hopefully I'll soon be able to release all the code I've written as an open source project but that won't change the way we make our money.
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It's time to tell the truth. I am a 55 year-old man. My name is Andy Kaufman, and I live in New York City.
I am sincerely sorry to everyone for all my lies.
--Andy
Here's a little something to excite you:
What a clever play on words I made
Next journal topic: Coming soon!
Long story short, I've had a good year. Great job, short commute, and dating again. I've become focused, but with great flexibility. I'm not sweating the big stuff, or the small stuff. The good stuff is in the middle.
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For instance, I suffer from a moderately rare eye condition. I will go blind for 3+ hours if I'm exposed to bright light for more than a few minutes. It's like a goths wet dream. When it first happened I was probably 12 or so, and the whole time I sepnt trying to think what blind people saw suddenly made sense.
My Theory of Evolution - Scenario #1: "Now"
By chance, one trait is introduced into the genome of a specific individual living thing. If the trait is immediately advantageous over those of the same species who do not possess the trait, then the trait will very likely be passed along to future generations. If the trait is immediately undesirable, then the individual will be rejected by its peers and will be unable to pass along the new trait. This is called evolution.
We can defeat gravity. The problem is the paperwork involved.