# Summary of IRC Log from April 10, 2011

* A user was downloading and archiving scientific journal collections, including Tetrahedron Letters (3.4GB), Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, Drug Discovery Today, Nano Today, and Journal of Molecular Biology (30GB and growing), making them available at bifx.org.

* The group discussed methods for sharing institutional journal access, including using proxy servers and SSH tunneling, with one user offering to download requested articles from Max Planck Institute's comprehensive journal subscriptions.

* A link was shared to an article "I Want a GitHub of Science" (http://marciovm.com/i-want-a-github-of-science), with discussion about how open science advocates should focus on developing post-publication prestige metrics rather than just focusing on journal publishing.

* Users noted an upcoming 23andMe genetic testing sale, with one user planning to sign up family members for genetic testing.

* Technical issues were encountered with sharing large files (>3.4GB) through Apache web server, resulting in "(75)Value too large for defined data type" errors.

* There was brief mention of copyleft hardware and FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) principles, with a user expressing interest in these concepts after visiting gnusha.org/skdb/.