Makes me think of the attempts on Baruch Spinoza's life after he wrote a certain book that happened to offend a rather large group of religious people which ended up being one of the most influemtial works ever penned in the last 500 years. Or the story of Erasmus' critical Greek edition of the New Testament which…

Yes, I understand. It happens way too much. By the way, JSTOR (the big online paywall repository of scholarly journals, with most behind paywalls) has recently given the option of reading a paywalled article for free online (but you cannot download it and can only read 3 in a 14 day period). This is good news for…

Very good comment, and right on the mark, in my opinion!

Paywalls are horrible, but I suppose they are a needed evil if one is expected to have a means to publish one's results: somebody has to spend the money to publish a journal that not many people will read, in the end. With that said, the internet has started to spawn many online journals that are free to access. Will…

Ha! I was under the impression that this was the actual method of taking the old man down, but it wasn't publicized due to the secrecy involved in the new Avengers-Inspired Archer-Stealth SWAT Initiative (that's right: ASSWAT).

"Read Aloud" is not a new feature - it's been available for a while, but poorly implemented (for example, if you use your phone as a book-reader and keep it in your pocket like I do when working, turning the screen off was always an issue). EZPdf Reader has the best "Read Aloud" functionality, and there is a simple…