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yeah... that's lame. NASA should take a cut. in fact, new decree.. all sales from academic papers should go to NASA. agreed?
by wheelerwj 13y ago
yeah... 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.