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  • [Photo] J.W. Bizzaro • October 15, 2003
    ``A new online science journal aimed at changing the paradigm of scholarly publishing has proved so popular it's been mired in a crush of traffic since its Sunday night launch.
    [...]
    ``Not surprisingly, the free distribution model seems be going over well. Within the first eight hours of the journal's launch, traffic on the site spiked to more than half a million hits, said Nick Twyman, director of information technology and computer operations at PLoS. The traffic has overwhelmed the group's servers, causing PLoS to direct visitors to other sites, where they can access simplified versions of the journal. Twyman said he hopes to get the site up and running again by Wednesday.

    ```We always expected a lot of interest, but we're surprised by this response,' Twyman said.

    ``One reason the journal has generated so much attention is a report it contains about brain implants in monkeys that enable them to control a robotic arm with their thoughts.''

    Full story:
    http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5091337.html

    The ``monkey brain'' article was mentioned on Slashdot.org, which may have significantly contributed to the traffic (``Slashdot effect'').

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