"If the students and participants used the resources of the university to compete and win, the proceeds belong to the university. Had the participants lost, were they going to reimburse the university the value of the resources spent to compete for the prize?
Now... should the university give them some of the prize money? Sure."

The professor likely funded the research with his grants. The university takes a huge chunk, upwards of 50% of each grant, to pay for university resources, called overheard. Basically the university already taxed the lab.

"No, it's actually universities being turned into businesses as opposed to institutions of higher learning that's the problem."

This, very much this. My personal experience matches this. Learning is happening, but the competition for students, to grow larger than other schools, to get more grants, and the tuition race is gross to see in person.

The incentive structure of the student body seems different too. Many seem to not care about what they are doing. They have to do it for a career. I can't blame them really, they are watching a middle class life slip through their fingers.

"YouTube has become so big and pervasively ubiquitous in all aspects of society, the correct answer is that YouTube should be treated as a public utility -- along with Google and Facebook"

Disagree here, and I'm liberal. Before YouTube people hosted their own videos. YouTube just made it easy. If you want to share, get an address, hosting service, website, and go for it.

There is a barrier to entry to be sure. It's not impossibly high.

"Well the lefties that proclaim sports shouldn't be political should be around any moment to support this action."

Someone missed the whole Colin Kaepernick protest didn't they. Whoopsie.

Here let me Google that for you:

"More like illegal immigrants, who are flocking to our sanctuary state where they are treated like virtual citizens"

The sports cars multiplying like flies where I live in OC says otherwise.

Let me help you out Tremain:

"Curious... are the Chinese "people of color"???"

Yep

Dude it's not a big deal, you made it to the front page. Comment all you want below the fold. Rcade, the only moderator as far as I'm aware, has editorial standards.

"when I was named John Henry Ford Tremain, I could have"

What do you mean by "I". Your parents didn't name you?

"The Sheriff of Waller County had 9 machine guns stolen out of his SUV while dining with a group of sheriffs at Applebees"

Why is the sheriff running around with 9 machine guns in the back of his car and why is he leaving them un-guarded in an SUV while he eats in an Applebees. Doesn't sound like he should have that job.

The fact that guns *could* be manufactured illegally doesn't have anything to do with the 86% stolen figure.

Thanks for your argument for exceptionally strict gun laws

"86% of those guns are stolen.'

So let's take this at face value for a second.

If no one owned guns, where would they steal them from?

So Thomas Jefferson was a commie Andrea? Or you are un-American?

"We are all born with equal abilities & potential."
-- Modern Left

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal"

-- Founding fathers

"#34 spreading atheism wasn't the goal of the communist revolutions.
Not the same in regards to the Crusades or Islamic incursions into Europe."

Good luck convincing Jehu, lol.

He sees "through a glass, darkly"

"Lasers don't have this problem."

Lasers have a curvature of the earth problem.

Mic drop

"This is a break with reality. I feel it's sort of wierd that no one else is talking about that."

Trump has normalized insanity.

Anyways Trump's dementia is showing as usual.

That's not even Getting into how many lives would be cut short.

"If you left it to unfettered capitalism, prices would be comparable."

True, and my son would have asthma, and be sheltering indoors a lot of the summer.

It's the type of fuel mix in CA, burns cleaner by mandate. The LA basin would look like Shanghai or Beijing otherwise, a great example of runaway crony capitalism.

"One idea I've had is to get all sorts of sex items like dildoes, exotic rubbers, strap ons, ----- (gay and straight) and even a blow up doll and hide them in all the drawers around my house for people to find when they come to clean the place up to sell. That'll get them wondering!"

Family friend died. We helped clean out her place. She unironically did have a bunch of toys, even in the kitchen. Her husband had died years before. Also home made vhs tapes with the neighbors name on them. I was taking her toy pile in a garbage bag to the dumpster out front. The bag broke open on the street, one of the relatives shouted "oh no, the toys!" right when some kids were driving by on bicycles.

The dumpster vibrated for like a day.

There was also a p*nis pump under the driver side seat of her truck.

That couple knew how to party.

"It must suck to have such low self esteem that you have to claim you bested someone you never even met."

Party at Goat's house. Tosser/Rigel/Whatever will bring the lamb curry.

It's funny we've all ranted or talked to each other for years now.

Lamb chops Goat? Only way I can eat lamb is either covered in mint jelly or in a curry. Barf.

I've definitely been unimpressed with Pelosi in the past, but her strategy seems to have paid off, if it was a strategy? Trump's gone bonkers.

May the autumn sorghum harvest be bountiful. :-)