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New Scientist becomes Paysite

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  • 18-12-2009 2:01pm
    #1
    stringbox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 294 ✭✭


    Check it out lads.
    Access to newscientist.com is now restricted to 10 free views a month.

    Focus: How shi*ty is this?


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    #2
    amacachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,316 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    Well there's 1/10 wasted.


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    #3
    stringbox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 294 ✭✭stringbox


    I'm new. Would you care to elaborate?


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    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,210 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    You might try going thru a series of proxy servers, or see if Google etc caches it


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    Turtwig
    Registered Users Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    You can still view the article for a few seconds before it locks up right? How fast can you take notes.;)
    Eitherway, it doesn't bother me. Get more comfort out of reading the magazine. Are videos restricted?


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    eightyfish
    Registered Users Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭eightyfish


    bonzodog2 wrote: »
    You might try going thru a series of proxy servers, or see if Google etc caches it

    Or get a subscription!

    Was it not always only open to subscribers though - any descent-length articles you had to log in to view?


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    Turtwig
    Registered Users Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    eightyfish wrote: »
    Or get a subscription!

    Was it not always only open to subscribers though - any descent-length articles you had to log in to view?
    Yeah, but there appears to be unlimited access now to all articles from everywhere in the magazine just that you're restricted to 15 a month.

    Just checked it there.
    You get a short flash applet welcoming you to the site and informing that you've now viewed six articles. Register online now to view 15 per month.
    http://www.newscientist.com/video?bcpid=25196461001&bclid=1904732932&bctid=64831925001
    Doesn't seem to be any restriction on video.
    Near as I can tell everything else bar the blogs are counted as an article.

    As Eighty said, get a subscription it's well worth it.


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    eightyfish
    Registered Users Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭eightyfish


    Malty_T wrote: »
    Yeah, but there appears to be unlimited access now to all articles from everywhere in the magazine just that you're restricted to 15 a month.

    So that's... better, no? No access to full articles vs 15 a month.


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    Turtwig
    Registered Users Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    eightyfish wrote: »
    So that's... better, no? No access to full articles vs 15 a month.

    Yeah. I'd say it's actually better but then again you have to weigh that up with those 3 paragraph bits of news item that you click costing the same. If the user's not careful they'll have 15 used up in no time!


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    #10
    entropic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 172 ✭✭entropic


    If you have a slow connection or a quick finger hitting Stop on your browser just after the text has appeared but before the page finishes loading stops the warning from coming up.

    This is probably because they arent fully set up yet but has been working a charm for me so far.


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