Bazza Posted February 19, 2019 Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 Time for Pariah to revise the astronomy curriculum again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 The problem with A&A is that their subscription rates for non-European individuals and institutions are prohibitively high. Great science appears in it, but many US libraries have dropped it. Several years ago, an institutional library subscription was $30,000 annually outside of the EU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 That's crazy talk. Science shouldn't be that expensive. The idea is to democratise knowledge, not hold it to ransom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 Well, as I understand it, the page charges are gratis for European authors, so that major source of operating income isn't there. The US journals (well, the AAS's journals) have lower subscription costs, but they do have page charges (i.e., the authors' institutions must pay for publish a paper). I think the AAS journals went to electronic only publication a couple of years ago, also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 Fair enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 Still, the gatekeeping being performed by the journals doesn't begin to justify the amount they charge just for access. What would be a better cost structure for publication and subscripition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 I have thoughts about having the Aussie government covering some of the costs to reduce them. The idea is that science and academia is a public good and therefore justifies government expenditure. A bit bit like how non profits receive government grants to operate. Peer reviewed journals could also operate as non profits. That gives the journals independence from any government bias. drunkonduty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 A&A's history makes this murkier; it started IIRC in 1970 as the amalgamation of almost all the European nations' national astronomy journals ... not the UK's or Russia/USSR's, but nearly all the others, and those were all governmental operations to some extent. What deals were made in doing this I don't know, but that history undoubtedly carries forward some arrangements that will be difficult to alter without risking the loss of all government support along the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 On 2/19/2019 at 1:07 PM, Bazza said: well, I know galaxies are former when a male galaxy and female galaxy love each other Right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 I didn't do it intentionally, but I've written a test with a multiple choice section where none of the correct answers are C. Rails and Christopher 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 If there's another section of the class taking purportedly the same exam earlier in the day, make sure all their multiple choice answers are C. Pariah and Rails 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 Nah, make sure you have one where all the answers are none of the above With none of the above not being one of the answers. Note: then see how long and if someone notices. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 Five hours of panic-paced editing today, because for some unknown reason I was not told that the lab interface software was changed last summer. And whatever moron on that development team is responsible for the stupidest zooming mechanics I have ever seen ... guys, that problem was solved back in the early 1980s. Report to the Chipper Room for rendering into bacteriological growth medium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 We calculated the theoretical length of Archimedes' lever today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Eureka. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Archimedes: "Hey, baby, wanna see the size of my lever?" EDIT: "It displaces a truly enormous amount of water!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 * Cancer does the full-throated "Mwah-ha-ha!!" laugh in delight at the satanic exam question he has just concocted * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 Cancer, the answer is 47. *watches Cancer lose the rest of his sanity* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 ... y'know, I could do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 Let the answer be 47 or lose sanity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombrown803 Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 He could do both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 It's called "multitasking". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 On 2/27/2019 at 3:24 PM, Cancer said: Archimedes: "Hey, baby, wanna see the size of my lever?" Yzma: "Wrong lever!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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