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NASA doesn't see a penny of that $20, which is the problem; it goes to the publishers of Science (the AAAS, which is, to be fair, a non-profit organization). Wh
by rflrob 13y ago
NASA doesn't see a penny of that $20, which is the problem; it goes to the publishers of Science (the AAAS, which is, to be fair, a non-profit organization). While musicians don't get much from the average record sale, scientists get exactly nothing.
- wheelerwj 13y agoyeah... that's lame. NASA should take a cut. in fact, new decree.. all sales from academic papers should go to NASA. agreed?
- wheelerwj 13y agosince when does HN support downvotes?
- stan_rogers 13y agoSince the proverbial dawn of time. You have to have reached a certain karma threshold in order to have access to downvoting, though.
- rbanffy 13y agoAnyone with karma high enough can - and should - downvote comments that detract from the overall quality of the discussion. Your karma is close to that point. When you get there, use it wisely.
- mturmon 13y agoErrm, I think the commenter may be farther away than you believe...the threshold for downvoting is at least 500 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3782174 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3782174).
- mdaniel 13y agoFWIW, I think it must be based on the average karma, because my profile is older and I have more karma than wheelerwj but I have no downvote capacity. Also, I can't even imagine the amount of contributions that are required to reach the amount of karma you have.
- icebraining 13y agoIt's total karma, but the line keeps rising as HN grows. I've only gained them when my karma reached 500.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoGood grief no. They might build another Space Shuttle; bigger and stupider than the last one. I know it sucks, but let's wait the bureaucrats who're in charge now out for just a few more years.
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- mturmon 13y agoYou've got the wrong AAAS. The one that publishes Science magazine is the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Their journal Science is actually a pretty good value -- I think the paper copy is about $140 per year, 52 issues of nerdy goodness. The current president of AAAS (!= editor of Science) is Bill Press, of Numerical Recipes fame. Not a phony, by any stretch.
- irollboozers 13y agoYou're correct, I removed the comment.
- joshlegs 13y ago> While musicians don't get much from the average record sale, scientists get exactly nothing. actually, that is exactly true. Scientists make $0 off of record sales. :D