Monday, October 03, 2005
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Oooh, Nobel prizies. Check out this excellent writing:
Some guy is lighthearted about his prize.
"Another laureate... spoke more lightheartedly about winning the prize..."
Some guy tells a joke about himself.
"Other laureates who took home the prize used some humor to shed light on work done in their fields."
This is in order, by the way. "Some guy used humor. But other folks used humor!"
Along the same lines...
Some students felt the increasing number of suits were an effective tool to curb illegal file sharing.
"Even if I wasn't morally opposed to downloading, I think I'd be nervous to do it. Still, it wouldn't stop me. Think about all the people who are downloading music. What are the chances that I'll be the one targeted?" said freshman Megan Geuss.
"Some students said it is an effective tool. Let me quote this student who says it's not an effective tool."
Also, in the name of greater inaccuracy:
Residents of UC Berkeley residence halls have a bandwidth limit of five gigabytes for downloads and uploads.
Five gigabytes per second? Per year? Per decade? (It's actually per week, but that's not really implied)
The latest round of lawsuits marks the third time this year that the recording industry has taken action against more than 30 UC Berkeley students for downloading illegally through i2Hub, a file-sharing application.
According to Engebretsen, 38 UC Berkeley students have been sued since the recording industry began filing lawsuits in 2003 against individuals for illegal downloads. Of the suits, 21 of those cases have been settled.
The third time this year that more than 30 students were sued, which would imply more than 90 over the year. But it's actually 38 over a period far longer than a year.
In an unrelated note, what is the policy on using "more than" when quoting numbers? Is "more than 30" better to write than just 38? (assuming that's the number)
Seriously, dudes, hire a copy editor.
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