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It's wonderful that there's a free version of this available. I had to pay the ACM $10 for my copy - about $5/page.

jacquesm 16y ago
It's totally ridiculous that such content is only available behind paywalls. I'm in 'lisp research' mode again, and I ran in to this, figured others might want to read it.
- rbanffy 16y ago
  Sometimes, you can also go to a local university, open up your laptop in a cafeteria (or library), search for any open wireless network, and bypass those paywalls completely. I have a wonderful one just across the street from home. With a Pringles can I could do it from my bedrom ;-)
  - jacquesm 16y ago
    I think I can see a business model where you stick a cheaper paywall in front of theirs, and you proxy requests through your pringles can :)
    - rbanffy 16y ago
      If you bring the can, I'll call you partner ;-)
      - jacquesm 16y ago
        Deal. Wonder if I can get my greencard on the basis of this business plan?
        rbanffy 16y ago
        Since I live in Brazil and this business plan pretty much prevents me from moving, I find it unlikely. Wanna try, pg? We can always access the Pringles from a remote location.
  - JadeNB 16y ago
    > Sometimes, you can also go to a local university, open up your laptop in a cafeteria (or library), search for any open wireless network, and bypass those paywalls completely. I think it's important to realise that, if you are opposed (as mahmud (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1591586 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1591586) is, for example) to paying for this content, that you are not bypassing the paywalls, but, rather, taking advantage of the university's having already paid its way through them. (To be clear, I think that it's a perfectly reasonable thing to do; just that it's important to realise that nothing is being ‘bypassed’ per se. I also think you're very lucky to be near a university with an open network—all that I know now require authentication.)
- silentbicycle 16y ago
  You can often find the papers by searching on either CiteSeer (http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/ http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/) or Google Scholar. On the latter, click "All X versions" - there are often copies on authors' faculty pages, for example, before the ACM took something free and locked it up.
mahmud 16y ago
DON'T pay the knowledge cartels.

It's totally ridiculous that such content is only available behind paywalls. I'm in 'lisp research' mode again, and I ran in to this, figured others might want to read it.

rbanffy 16y ago
Sometimes, you can also go to a local university, open up your laptop in a cafeteria (or library), search for any open wireless network, and bypass those paywalls completely. I have a wonderful one just across the street from home. With a Pringles can I could do it from my bedrom ;-)
- jacquesm 16y ago
  I think I can see a business model where you stick a cheaper paywall in front of theirs, and you proxy requests through your pringles can :)
  - rbanffy 16y ago
    If you bring the can, I'll call you partner ;-)
    - jacquesm 16y ago
      Deal. Wonder if I can get my greencard on the basis of this business plan?
      - rbanffy 16y ago
        Since I live in Brazil and this business plan pretty much prevents me from moving, I find it unlikely. Wanna try, pg? We can always access the Pringles from a remote location.
- JadeNB 16y ago
  > Sometimes, you can also go to a local university, open up your laptop in a cafeteria (or library), search for any open wireless network, and bypass those paywalls completely. I think it's important to realise that, if you are opposed (as mahmud (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1591586 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1591586) is, for example) to paying for this content, that you are not bypassing the paywalls, but, rather, taking advantage of the university's having already paid its way through them. (To be clear, I think that it's a perfectly reasonable thing to do; just that it's important to realise that nothing is being ‘bypassed’ per se. I also think you're very lucky to be near a university with an open network—all that I know now require authentication.)
silentbicycle 16y ago
You can often find the papers by searching on either CiteSeer (http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/ http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/) or Google Scholar. On the latter, click "All X versions" - there are often copies on authors' faculty pages, for example, before the ACM took something free and locked it up.

mahmud 16y ago

DON'T pay the knowledge cartels.