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Budapest Open Access Initiative: BOAI Forum Archive [BOAI] [Forum Home] [index] [prev] [next] [options] [help]boaiforum messages[BOAI] Raincoat Science: 43 More Open Access HaikusFrom: Stevan Harnad <harnad AT ecs.soton.ac.uk> --Apple-Mail-65--440782880 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I've often reflected that OA is a lot closer to raincoat science than rocket science. http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/179-Raincoat-Science.html The essential message is super-simple: It's the online age You're losing research impact... Make it free online About as deep and complex as the following -- and yet, for two decades, the response has been Zeno's Paralysis: http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/12094/ Look kids, it's raining Time to put on your raincoats... Can't: against the law -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#10.Copyright Won't: no clouds I saw Can't: branding's at risk -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#5.Certification Won't: I must keep wet -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#27.Secrecy Can't: which coat to choose? -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#23.Version Won't: my pay I'll lose -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#35.Royalties Can't: coats may go bad -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#3.Corruption Won't: drought risk increased -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#28.Affordability Can't: too much to do -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#34.Priorities Won't: rain's good for you Can't: can't read instrux -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#15.Readability Won't: need cheaper meds -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#30.Rechanneling Can't: standards at risk -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#7.Peer Won't: risks towel biz -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#17.Publishers Can't: weathermen's needs -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#19.Learned Won't: there's too much rain -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#4.Navigation Can't: the look's not right -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#16.Graphics Won't: let's wait sky-shield -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#33.DigitaLibidoo Can't: trees need their jobs -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#18.Libraries Won't: might miss good drops -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#21.Serendipity Can't: they have no tags -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#25.Mark-Up Won't: need weathercasts -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#26.Classification Can't: careers at risk -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#22.Tenure/ Promotion Won't: steals druggists' biz -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#24.Napster Can't: could dehydrate Won't: lest I'm not first -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#12.Priority Can't: which safe to wear? -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#2.Authentication Won't: wait for clime change -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#31.Waiting Can't: raincoats decay -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#1.Preservation Won't: cuts medics' pay -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#14.Capitalism Can't: bankrupts brollies -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#8.Paying Won't: parents' excess -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#20.University Can't: global drying Won't: disrupts climate -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#9.Downsizing Can't: quality risk -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#6.Evaluation Won't: false weathercasts -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#13.Censorship Can't: risks coat recall -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#32.Poisoned Won't: not wet at all -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#29.Sitting Can't: can't fasten snaps -- http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ 10688/ Won't: dries others up -- ↵ http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#11.Plagiarism Can't: god meant us wet Won't: dry's not enough -- http://bit.ly/cK2IN --Apple-Mail-65--440782880 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: ↵ space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>I've ↵ often reflected = that OA is a lot closer to raincoat science than rocket = science. </div><div><span ↵ class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 2px; "><a = href=3D"http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/179-Raincoat-Sci= ence.html">http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/179-Raincoat-= Science.html</a></span></div><div>The essential message ↵ is = super-simple:</div><div><br></div><div> It's the = online age</div><div> You're losing ↵ research = impact...</div><div> Make it free = online</div><div><br></div><div>About as deep and ↵ complex as the = following -- and yet, for two decades, the response has been Zeno's = Paralysis:</div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" ↵ = style=3D"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 2px; "><a = href=3D"http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/12094/">http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac= .uk/12094/</a></span></div><div><br></div><div> Look = kids, it's raining</div><div> Time to ↵ put on your = raincoats...</div><div><br></div></div><div><div><div> = Can't: against the law -- <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#10.Copyright">http://w= ww.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#10.Copyright</a> </div><div> = ; Won't: no clouds I ↵ saw</div><div> Can't: = branding's at risk -- <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#5.Certification">http:= //www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#5.Certification</a> </div><div= > Won't: I must keep wet -- ↵ <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#27.Secrecy">http://www= .eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#27.Secrecy</a> </div><div> &nb= sp; Can't: which coat to choose? -- <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#23.Version">http://www= .eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#23.Version</a> </div><div> &nb= sp; Won't: my pay I'll lose -- <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#35.Royalties">http://w= ww.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#35.Royalties</a> </div><div> = ; Can't: coats may go bad -- <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#3.Corruption">http://w= ww.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#3.Corruption</a> </div><div> = ; Won't: drought risk increased -- ↵ <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#28.Affordability">http= ://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#28.Affordability</a> </div><d= iv> Can't: too much to do -- ↵ <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#34.Priorities">http://= www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#34.Priorities</a> </div><div>&nb= sp; Won't: rain's good for ↵ you</div><div> = Can't: can't read instrux -- <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#15.Readability">http:/= /www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#15.Readability</a> </div><div>&= nbsp; Won't: need cheaper meds -- <a ↵ = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#30.Rechanneling">http:= //www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#30.Rechanneling</a> </div><div= > Can't: standards at risk -- ↵ <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#7.Peer">http://www.epr= ints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#7.Peer</a> </div><div> = Won't: risks towel biz -- <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#17.Publishers">http://= www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#17.Publishers</a> </div><div>&nb= sp; Can't: weathermen's needs -- <a ↵ = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#19.Learned">http://www= .eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#19.Learned</a> </div><div> &nb= sp; Won't: there's too much rain -- <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#4.Navigation">http://w= ww.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#4.Navigation</a> </div><div> = ; Can't: the look's not right -- <a ↵ = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#16.Graphics">http://ww= w.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#16.Graphics</a> </div><div> &= nbsp; Won't: let's wait sky-shield -- <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#33.DigitaLibidoo">http= ://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#33.DigitaLibidoo</a> </div><d= iv> Can't: trees need their jobs -- ↵ <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#18.Libraries">http://w= ww.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#18.Libraries</a> </div><div> = ; Won't: might miss good drops -- <a ↵ = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#21.Serendipity">http:/= /www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#21.Serendipity</a> </div><div>&= nbsp; Can't: they have no tags -- <a ↵ = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#25.Mark-Up">http://www= .eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#25.Mark-Up</a> </div><div> &nb= sp; Won't: need weathercasts -- <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#26.Classification">htt= p://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#26.Classification</a> </div>= <div> Can't: careers at risk -- ↵ <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#22.Tenure/">http://www= .eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#22.Tenure/</a>Promotion </div><div>= Won't: steals druggists' biz -- ↵ <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#24.Napster">http://www= .eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#24.Napster</a> </div><div> &nb= sp; Can't: could dehydrate</div><div> ↵ Won't: = lest I'm not first -- <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#12.Priority">http://ww= w.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#12.Priority</a> </div><div> &= nbsp; Can't: which safe to wear? -- <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#2.Authentication">http= ://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#2.Authentication</a> </div><d= iv> Won't: wait for clime change -- ↵ <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#31.Waiting">http://www= .eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#31.Waiting</a> </div><div> &nb= sp; Can't: raincoats decay -- <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#1.Preservation">http:/= /www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#1.Preservation</a> </div><div>&= nbsp; Won't: cuts medics' pay -- <a ↵ = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#14.Capitalism">http://= www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#14.Capitalism</a> </div><div>&nb= sp; Can't: bankrupts brollies -- <a ↵ = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#8.Paying">http://www.e= prints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#8.Paying</a> </div><div> = Won't: parents' excess -- <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#20.University">http://= www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#20.University</a> </div><div>&nb= sp; Can't: global ↵ drying</div><div> Won't: = disrupts climate -- <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#9.Downsizing">http://w= ww.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#9.Downsizing</a> </div><div> = ; Can't: quality risk -- <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#6.Evaluation">http://w= ww.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#6.Evaluation</a> </div><div> = ; Won't: false weathercasts -- <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#13.Censorship">http://= www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#13.Censorship</a> </div><div>&nb= sp; Can't: risks coat recall -- <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#32.Poisoned">http://ww= w.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#32.Poisoned</a> </div><div> &= nbsp; Won't: not wet at all -- <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#29.Sitting">http://www= .eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#29.Sitting</a> </div><div> &nb= sp; Can't: can't fasten snaps -- <a = href=3D"http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10688/">http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac= .uk/10688/</a> </div><div> ↵ Won't: dries others up = -- <a = href=3D"http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#11.Plagiarism">http://= www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#11.Plagiarism</a> </div><div>&nb= sp; Can't: god meant us ↵ wet</div><div> = Won't: dry's not enough -- <a = href=3D"http://bit.ly/cK2IN">http://bit.ly/cK2IN</a></div><div><br></div><= /div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-65--440782880-- -- To unsubscribe from the BOAI Forum, use the form on this page: http://www.soros.org/openaccess/forum.shtml?f [BOAI] [Forum Home] [index] [prev] [next] [options] [help]
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