Last one to post wins the internets (archived)

WARNING: This is a boring, informative perspective on scientific research and money.

Currently, the scientific publication industry relies mostly on institutional subscription services. Just like the absurd cost of healthcare in the U.S., the ridiculously high price points have been masked within a game between players with big pockets. If you are the average person who would like to read an article, you would pay $31–$47 to read that one article from their website, and some of them restrict access to it for only a couple of days for the price you pay. Most of us that read these take advantage of our university's subscriptions and interlibrary loaning systems to gain access. One of the practices, which is emailing a copy of the PDFs to each other, is considered copyright infringement, thus this common practice is illegal. This behavior is akin to the lunacy intelligent filesharers observe with the distribution of entertainment media.

There are costs associated with getting your research published, but these are covered by a small percentage from sizable grants that perpetuate major financial waste in scientific research. When you are awarded a grant, an extra 50% is tacked onto it in order to pay the university's "commission". These grants are managed on a year-to-year basis for 2, 3, 5 years, etc. In order to avoid having the awarded amount reduced in subsequent years, we blow through our remaining budget each fiscal grant year (because we cannot always predict what the financial needs of the following year may encompass). Basically, this means an awarded $500,000.00 grant ends up costing $750,000.00 when the research may have really only required $200,000.00—$300,000.00. This is across the entire spectrum of scientific disciplines.

In an effort to cash in, there have been many journals that have entered the fray that simply require you to pay and subject your research to mild peer review if any. There have been plenty of takers since getting published is goal #1. It may not bring the same credibility as publishing in an esteemed journal with higher impact factors, but most would not be able to identify which are legitimate when examining another's body of work.

I had initially intended to serve as an editor of one of these "esteemed journals", but I have since switched my ambitions to get involved with an up-and-coming yet respected open access journal. However, this attitude of mine does not even score the surface of the problems of financial waste in scientific research. It's sort of a hopeless situation, but I was sympathetic to Swartz's actions at the time (sort of still). I found it incredibly saddening when I heard of his suicide, especially since the cynic in me feels its meaning would not surpass selfish reprieve in the grand scheme.

P.S., I think we all can make a couple of safe assumptions why such a change took place regarding membership and privileges.

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Originally Posted by mjmacky

P.S., I think we all can make a couple of safe assumptions why such a change took place regarding membership and privileges.

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I'm going with someone is evil and mental.

Someone besides Rart I mean.

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Originally Posted by IdolEyes787

I'm going with someone is evil and mental.

Someone besides Rart I mean.

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Where roots ripen, foliage follows.

Yeah I've seen your teeth.

Oh...

You are inebriated by your own vituperation there aren't you mary..........

I entered one of these types of posts several years ago and was totally the last poster. So you folks are wasting your time, I've already won the Internet.....

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Originally Posted by Artemis

You are inebriated by your own vituperation there aren't you mary..........

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This is not the thread in which that symptom is expressed. The views here have been maintained even prior to the aforementioned events. In fact, this could very well have been a repeat post.

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Originally Posted by Artemis

You are inebriated by your own vituperation there aren't you mary..........

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This is not the thread in which that symptom is expressed. The views here have been maintained even prior to the aforementioned events. In fact, this could very well have been a repeat post.

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Luckily for you a lot of women have a bad self image and so are looking to get into an abusive relationship.

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Originally Posted by IdolEyes787

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Originally Posted by mjmacky

This is not the thread in which that symptom is expressed. The views here have been maintained even prior to the aforementioned events. In fact, this could very well have been a repeat post.

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Luckily for you a lot of women have a bad self image and so are looking to get into an abusive relationship.

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I am the abused in relationships.

Cunts. :coffee:

State of Decay is such a sick game!!!1 I got home from work 4 hours ago and haven't stopped, fucking zeds.

am i the last can i have the internets? lol

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Originally Posted by Skiz

I'm not sure if he did anything or not. I shot him a PM asking about it so we'll see. Maybe he sent out one of those mass "we haven't seen you in a while" emails.

I guess I'll leave all the accts and posts. I thought for sure some spam links and posts would follow but for the most part they seem to be legit posts.

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If posts made by the thickest people I've seen on the internets in a while count as legit, then yeah, they're some kind of posts, all right.

Check the comments here, fex. Like, what the actual fuck goes through their heads? Nothing but the wind?

have i won?

I already won

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Originally Posted by Snee

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Originally Posted by Skiz

I'm not sure if he did anything or not. I shot him a PM asking about it so we'll see. Maybe he sent out one of those mass "we haven't seen you in a while" emails.

I guess I'll leave all the accts and posts. I thought for sure some spam links and posts would follow but for the most part they seem to be legit posts.

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If posts made by the thickest people I've seen on the internets in a while count as legit, then yeah, they're some kind of posts, all right.

Check the comments here, fex. Like, what the actual fuck goes through their heads? Nothing but the wind?

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Jeez... everyone make sure to give Reality a big high five when you "see" him.

In a post yesterday he defended it all by saying it would ultimately encourage lurkers and NZB grabbers to post regularly now and that we "couldnt deny this is good for the site..." :mellow:

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Originally Posted by Mr. Mulder

Cunts. :coffee:

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speak for yourself you selfconfessed chicken strangler......

Did I win?

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Originally Posted by Skiz

Jeez... everyone make sure to give Reality a big high five when you "see" him.

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With my fist closed :smilie4:

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In a post yesterday he defended it all by saying it would ultimately encourage lurkers and NZB grabbers to post regularly now and that we "couldnt deny this is good for the site..." :mellow:

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Well, RealtY has never been out-of-touch with the members of the site before... :whistling

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Cunts. :coffee:

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speak for yourself you selfconfessed chicken strangler......

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maybe if they didn't have such supple, inviting necks!!!

https://www.extremebits.org/signup.php

might be useful

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Originally Posted by MyRCode

Did I win?

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Why yes you did, that was without a doubt the most cringingly fudgetastic post in a while. You go girl!

Hmmmm…

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Originally Posted by MyRCode

Did I win?

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Yes, yes you did. Please post your personal info and bank account details so we can send you monies.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=372Ah0Z_L1w

Dawgs. :smilie4:

had some proper dramas this morning innit, went to the mouth doctors (or "dentists" as the kids say) t'other day and they said i need a triple root canal on a single tooth and they gave me some antibiotics in the meantime, they gave me some bad aids i was up at 3am throwing up with stomach pains, shortness of breath - it was proper violent i could barely keep my cigarette lit!1 went to the docs a few hours ago and they said go home and rest and gave me some different antibiotics - so to summarize i have the whole day off work to play xbox zombies and got Fri to Mon off to move home - medical win. :smilie4:

It's a long shot but worth a stab

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Did i win?

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Dawgs. :smilie4:

had some proper dramas this morning innit, went to the mouth doctors (or "dentists" as the kids say) t'other day and they said i need a triple root canal on a single tooth and they gave me some antibiotics in the meantime, they gave me some bad aids i was up at 3am throwing up with stomach pains, shortness of breath - it was proper violent i could barely keep my cigarette lit!1 went to the docs a few hours ago and they said go home and rest and gave me some different antibiotics - so to summarize i have the whole day off work to play xbox zombies and got Fri to Mon off to move home - medical win. :smilie4:

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Protip: Strong antibiotics may fuck with your intestinal flora for a while. You shouldn't be in pain or owt, but food may go straight through. To lessen the blow, I found that probiotic pills, those pills you can get for travelling, full of lactic bacteria wotsits, worked best. Drinking proviva and having yoghurt also halped. Basically, I tried to get as many different strains in me as possible.

I gained some weight before my gut flora was back in its previous balance, but it's not as if I'm anywhere near overweight, so.

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Originally Posted by Snee

Drinking proviva

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The last time I mentioned a probiotic drink, he couldn't get rim jobbing out of his mind.

I am winning

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Originally Posted by nhung

I am winning

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Sundown...

Sometimes...

Sup internets. I'm eating BBQ flavour coated peanuts and typing at the same thyme. Win. :smilie4:

Felber Shintiks, right? RIGHT? Too many y'all interested in that pain, maybe later like 3 years.

What's at the end of this internet?

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Originally Posted by popcorn176

What's at the end of this internet?

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After your last moronic thread in completely the wrong sub-forum, followed closely on it's heels by this little gem, I for one and hoping that before the end of this internet, you have an unfortunate accident (on youtube if possible) involving you, a catering can of cheeze whizz and ramset fastener. :blink:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKP-XalHPx0

mbm or others who know about this stuffs:

Without much forethought, I went and bought a Sony Blu-Ray player. I now realize that it has digital coaxial audio output only. My old (but still very good in my opinion) Sony SA-VA15 speaker system basically only has RCA inputs. I thought about just returning the Blu-Ray player and sticking to analog audio for time being as it sounds fine to me, but I found 2 Polk audio m70 speakers ("gently used; great condition") on Craigslist today and the guy only wants $125 for the pair. Judging by what they run new, that seems pretty good.

Anyone have recommendations on an inexpensive receiver that'll handle the m70 speakers and the digital audio of the Blu-Ray player?

Feel free to toss all of that out and recommend whatever also.

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Wait, what?

Digital coaxial? SPDIF?

Don't those use RCA plugs? I guess you know what you're talking about wrt the amp/reciever being analog and all, but, you know, words.

edit: Since I'm at it, there are adapters between, say toslink and spdif/rca. There could be something similar between whatever it is you have.