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NYTimes:
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* Jury compensation by state. In only one case does it rise to the level of minimum wage.

* D&D 3.5 art galleries

* Guide to being lazy GM (RPGs, not the company)

* What if copyright were only 20 years? Genre works that would be public now. Calculating optimal copyright (PDF)

* Hawaii GOP governor, divorced twice, vetoes civil unions bill. Google further expands gay employee benefits.

* Sociology and porn, sociology as parallel universe. Chomsky on postmodernism

* Why are modern movies all teal and orange?

Comments

[heron61.livejournal.com]

Hmm, wonder if those numbers were per student's total attendance, or per student-year. I think we spend longer in college, not so much inefficiency as a rather different system and goals.

That's an excellent point. I assumed per year, but if it isn't then the data looks somewhat different. Also, obviously healthcare is a factor, I wonder if it's the major one.