I've done a bit of peer review in my area of expertise over the years. Peer review kind-of relies on the fact that what you're reading in the paper is honest. A reviewer can't be expected to recreate the results - the peer review process is intended to ensure that the paper's conclusions could reasonably be drawn from the results that are presented and the reported interpretation isn't simply fiction. If the reported results are incorrect, that's very difficult for the reviewer to ascertain. There are many reasons for reported results to be "incorrect". Typos in spreadsheets, confirmation bias, commercial interest, the "publish or perish" model that obermd has already mentioned . . . simple dishonesty . . . I'm sure you can think of others. Peer review is not perfect . . . but it's way better than the "no peer review" that some pay-for-publication portals allow.

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Phew. For a moment I was worried that I got signed up to a really bad deal. At least it will cover your standing charge, with some left over. Just in case anyone else has read this far and is still interested, Richard and Rob's observation that the current deals are much worse than the ones offered in the past is spot on.

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You sure about

so they''re paying us over £570/month

? Your numbers don't look too different to mine (if I pro-rata them for the fact that I have a smaller array) but my payment only comes once every three months - not monthly. I guess you may have a much better deal than I, but three-fold? Better not hit "Send" on that super-yacht order quite yet . . .

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Worked for me.

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Well that didn't take long . . . YAUM

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Question about where to put speech (2,6)

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curt cur - dog t - junction

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I ended up here after googling (long ago) for some code (possibly javascript to create a bar-graph in a web-page). I stayed for the Insider News (and Kent's regular "name that earworm" challenge) and have evolved into a regular Lounge-lurker.

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If you're in long meetings you might want to try a bone-conduction set . . . sound quality is probably not as good as your suggestions or a wired set, but having your ears open to the air is a lot more comfortable for long sessions.

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I ended up with python (the language I ended up doing the most in before I retired). My result (after a few "WTE - I don't know these people - no answer I understand") was

You are educated and enjoy research, especially in science. You also love a good book when you have time to read. You pay attention to the details and you don't accept mistakes.

which is scarily close to the truth.

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Cloud ?

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Fortran computed GOTO comes pretty close . . . 11 CONTROL STATEMENTS[^] There - that'll flush out the zealots.

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Biovia (part of Dassault) have a commercial product called Pipeline Pilot - is that the kind of thing? BIOVIA Pipeline Pilot | Scientific Workflow Authoring Application for Data Analysis[^] There is an open-source thing called knime KNIME[^] which has a similar function. A long time ago, Silicon Graphics had a graphical drag-and-drop programming tool that allowed users to connect componentized code together . . . Explorer I think (that hints at how long ago it was - I don't recall it being a name-clash).

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Been there. The unix command-line does indeed often look like random things, even when you've been on it for years, let alone when you're a beginner. Such honesty deserves a reply.

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I don't believe in no Sanity Clause . . . ;P Sorry . . someone had to . . .

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If you use the unix command line, installing gqlplus will make your life easier. http://gqlplus.sourceforge.net/

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pet - favourite u - university lance - point of knight petulance - in a vexed manner

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Wide-eyed ? showing surprise (sounds like "Why Died" - autopsy result)

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Designed - intended deed legal document sign

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http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_alias.html#scriptalias[^]