On Wednesday, June 12, 2002, at 10:04 AM, Anonymous wrote: > T.C. May writes: > >> Anyone here who has not already done so should immediately type >> "xxx.lanl.gov" into their browser. (No, the "xxx" is not a typo, nor is >> it a porn site.) >> >> This is where physics papers are getting published. The print journals >> are surviving, barely, but I think the handwriting is already on the >> wall. As libraries balk at paying $6000 per year for "Journal of >> Advanced Aptical Foddering" and as the referee system goes online as >> well (*), the print journals will financially fail. Maybe no one will >> notice. >> >> As John Baez has pointed out, most of the grad students he deals with >> never visit the campus library. All papers of interest in cosmology, >> quantum physics, solid state, etc. are being published on the arXhive >> sites. In the last few months, I've been using this system extensively, >> and have downloaded about 2500 pages of PDF files. I know how many >> pages >> because I've printed out most of the papers. Five reams of paper >> later.... > > Brilliant suggestion as usual. This completely un-edited, un-reviewed > archive site accepts submissions from anyone in the world.
No, it does not. > > As usual, readers are cautioned to take Tim May's "brilliant insights" > with a very generous grain of salt. > As usual, "Anonymous" is careless in his claims. > --Tim May "Ben Franklin warned us that those who would trade liberty for a little bit of temporary security deserve neither. This is the path we are now racing down, with American flags fluttering."-- Tim May, on events following 9/11/2001