ResearchGate is a startup from Berlin, they try to make a Facebook for scientists. Bill Gates has invested in the company, as far as I know. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ResearchGate
-J. Sent from Android <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Nick Thompson <[email protected]> </div><div>Date:30/12/2013 07:41 (GMT+01:00) </div><div>To: 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' <[email protected]> </div><div>Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Where was I when this was happening? </div><div> </div>Roger, Thanks for your response. I do remember the Gower thing, and found it quite inspiring at the time, but I think I separated it from the Darrell Issa thing. Gawd that man is a plague. As to the broader issue, have you had any truck with Research Gate? I ignored it for a while, and then got lured in by its promise of making publications available. Is Research Gate possibly a way to break the grip of publishers? I wouldn’t mind if the amounts they charge were in any way proportional to the effort they put in, but 30 bucks for a glimpse of an article concerning which they have done nothing, is just absurd. RG is trying to get people to archive their own stuff with them, so when the publishers begin suing, they will have to sue a lot of people and the individuals suits won’t be worth much. Damages very hard to prove. It’s kind of the reverse of a class action suit. Anyway, thanks again for your answer. Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roger Critchlow Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2013 10:57 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Where was I when this was happening? I think that you knew about it, Owen posted back at the beginning of 2012: Timothy Gowers the Fields medalist mathematician has a recent post on Elsevier and a growing movement to boycott their use http://gowers.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/elsevier-my-part-in-its-downfall/ This includes not submitting to the VERY MANY math journals owned by Elsevier: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/P11.cws_home/mathjournals .. or reviewing submissions Timothy Gowers' boycott of Elsevier came up on the list before, it was motivated by Elsevier's support for that very bill, you responded on the thread. That boycott was inspired by the political contributions Elsevier made to buy the passage of the Research Works Act. Most of the rest of the thread, which you participated in, discussed the costs of publishing without ever mentioning Elsevier's lobbying costs. -- rec -- On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Nick Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: JeeeZ. And to think they almost did this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Works_Act Did everybody but me know about this? N Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
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