eigengott - Slashdot User

Tax Write-Offs For Free (As In Speech) Work? 198

Posted by kdawson on Saturday October 18, 2008 @03:42PM from the time-is-money-isn't-it dept.

deuist writes "Several years ago I wrote a book called The Not So Short Introduction to Getting Into Medical School (PDF) and released it online under a Creative Commons license. I have been asked several times to publish the text so that I can make money off of it. The book has become quite famous among pre-med students and is now available from the Princeton Review as a free CD that is given to pre-medical interest groups. My question to the Slashdot community involves claiming this work as volunteering for tax purposes. Have any of you had any success with releasing free software and then writing off your time when April 15 rolls around?"

Comment Does nobody know Shannon anymore? (Score 2, Insightful) 179

by eigengott on Tuesday April 01, 2008 @05:52PM (#22935258) Attached to: Augmenting Data Beats Better Algorithms

It's pretty simple: If you have random noise your algorithm can be as good as you want - you still get no useful information out of it. On the other hand, if the "more data" actually contains additional information, your entropy goes up and with a given algorithm you get better results. Bent to the extreme you just get the desired output as additional information and you can reduce your algorithm to just print it (should be O(1)).

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