In Anthony’s response he claimed “historical facts are not copyrightable,” which is true, but totally irrelevant to this discussion. That is a ‘straw man’ argument. No one is claiming ownership of facts here, we are claiming ownership of our exact words, our lengthy writings. Those are...
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘The Pearl of Love’ is a 1925 short story by H. G. Wells (1866-1946). In 1927, Wells told the Sunday Express that this story, and his ‘The Country of the Blind’, were his two favourites among his short st
It ignores some major facts, such as line loss during transmission etc, but still is interesting to think about. The page is here http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/04/solar_power_world.php Ok. Momentarily ignoring the silly, unreal way the idea was proposed, there is some merit to th...