Annals of Improbable Research Goes Free Online

prostoalex writes "The Annals of Improbable Research, a scientific publication that hosts the annual Ig Nobel awards, has decided to offer its publication free online, News.com reports. According to the journal Web site, visitors can view HTML articles with low-res images or download low-res PDFs for free. High-resolution PDFs and 'traditional on-the-toilet-readable paper-and-ink' issues are still available for a subscription fee."

Comments

Fond memories of bygone days

[davidwr]

I seem to remember some journal of a similar nature. It was run by a great group of people. They had a management change and the new management had trouble reproducing the previous staff's results in the humor department.

Re:Fond memories of bygone days

[jandrese]

For a second I thought you were talking about Mad Magazine.

Dear Annals of Improbable Research:

[sm62704]

Welcome to the 21st century.

Not taking slashdotters into account there

[m50d]

I can read this just fine on the toilet using my PDA and wifi.

slashdotted

[sneakyimp]

the site is too busy.

Another option needed.

[palegray.net]

...High-resolution PDFs and 'traditional on-the-toilet-readable paper-and-ink' issues are still available... Can I just pay a for low-resolution version printed on actual toilet paper instead? I guess that would make each article a one-time read, though...

Re:Another option needed.

[palegray.net]

I'll file that one under "Annals of Improbable Product Usage."