tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094742788006644220.post8156877642453170944..comments2009-12-02T09:21:41.913-08:00Mike Brownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094742788006644220.post-77987148381660433352009-11-02T17:24:53.496-08:002009-11-02T17:24:53.496-08:00Nature has been an ass about this forever, it seems. However, now that they apparently do allow arxiv preprints BEFORE their papers are published, it&#39;s not as big a deal as before (at least I THINK that&#39;s their current M.O.)<br /> A bigger questions is: if you publish a paper that you KNOW to be wrong, why isn&#39;t that academic misconduct? Why shouldn&#39;t those authors face misconduct hearings at their own institutions AND by Nature? This doesn&#39;t seem to be JUST a difference of opinion, but something much more important.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094742788006644220.post-83136421330240672242009-10-09T16:51:20.012-07:002009-10-09T16:51:20.012-07:00I also don&#39;t like the idea of having to pay to read the results of taxpayer-funded research. On the other hand, the journals have to have a way of making money, or peer-review publishing won&#39;t be viable. <br /><br />I&#39;d like to suggest a time limit for exclusive rights. Maybe three months after the paper is published, or six months after it&#39;s accepted for review, whichever comes first?<br /><br />I don&#39;t know how long the review process takes, so the review period may have to be extended. In any case, the publisher gets paid by those who want the results NOW, and curious laymen like me can wait a few more months until it&#39;s free.<br /><br />N. KalanagaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094742788006644220.post-57117740329038037082009-10-06T02:53:15.730-07:002009-10-06T02:53:15.730-07:00Those results (concernig weather conditions in various latitudes on Titan) are very valuable. Weather, global climate is changing over there on Titan really unprecedently last years!<br />I&#39;ll try to devote to this topic more on senmut.webs.com too.<br />Pavel SmutnyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094742788006644220.post-75013782083827514892009-10-02T16:19:50.881-07:002009-10-02T16:19:50.881-07:00Dr. Brown:<br /><br />Man, I love your honesty. Any chance of you leading a taxpayer revolt that prohibits scientists from Cassini, or any other taxpayer funded project, from publishing any paper in a for-profit magazine like Nature? We&#39;re in the Great Depression II. The taxpayers should be able to read, for free over the Internet, any paper that uses data from a taxpayer funded exploration! Great Blog, Rob from Ellicott City, MarylandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094742788006644220.post-34184766601041735402009-10-01T16:37:47.145-07:002009-10-01T16:37:47.145-07:00Maybe their both correct, in different universes. String theory solves <i>everything!</i>zizbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03573247985612500486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094742788006644220.post-27274767274082243612009-09-29T13:02:21.594-07:002009-09-29T13:02:21.594-07:00Why are over there so many clouds on Titan in wider latitudes during these years? Titan due to its atmosphere resembles to Earth.<br />How it is on Titan these years so it could be after two, three years on Earth.<br />Pavel SmutnyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094742788006644220.post-61884820403380107952009-09-29T12:58:29.301-07:002009-09-29T12:58:29.301-07:00Why are over there so many clouds on Titan also in wider latitudes? How it is on Titan these some years, so it could be after two, three years on Earth. Pavel SmutnyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094742788006644220.post-82300135473929481652009-09-29T03:47:27.893-07:002009-09-29T03:47:27.893-07:00Nature supplementary information is not paywalled. Direct (pdf) supplementary link is here:<br />http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v459/n7247/extref/nature08014-s1.pdfChuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094742788006644220.post-33508984594130407572009-09-28T22:07:47.181-07:002009-09-28T22:07:47.181-07:00Their paper looks to be on arxiv as well: http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.0606Brenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908365736798413149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094742788006644220.post-52297266466854615132009-09-28T19:01:40.696-07:002009-09-28T19:01:40.696-07:00the top link is failing..crashed my IE, other PDF are fine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com