[ExI] evidence that coursera has a sense of humor:

[Adrian Tymes]

Minnesota's response:

http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/10/no-minnesota-did-not-kick-coursera-out-of-the-state/

On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 10:34 AM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
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> Haaaahahahahahaaaa…  {8^D
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> Coursera offers free, online courses to people around the world, but if you
> live in Minnesota, company officials are urging you to log off or head for
> the border.
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> The state’s Office of Higher Education has informed the popular provider of
> massive open online courses, or MOOC’s, that Coursera is unwelcome in the
> state because it never got permission to operate there. It’s unclear how the
> law could be enforced when the content is freely available on the Web, but
> Coursera updated its Terms of Service to include the following caution:
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> Notice for Minnesota Users:
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> Coursera has been informed by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education that
> under Minnesota Statutes (136A.61 to 136A.71), a university cannot offer
> online courses to Minnesota residents unless the university has received
> authorization from the State of Minnesota to do so. If you are a resident of
> Minnesota, you agree that either (1) you will not take courses on Coursera,
> or (2) for each class that you take, the majority of work you do for the
> class will be done from outside the State of Minnesota.
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> http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/minnesota-gives-coursera-the-boot-citing-a-decades-old-law/40542
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> Heeeehahaaaahahaheeeeeheeheheheheheheheeee…  OK so I have a weird sense of
> humor too.  I found that notice by Coursera hilarious.  {8-]
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> spike
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