On 09/29/2016 04:29 PM, Cristian Consonni wrote:
You are correct in a sense. On the another hand in academia until a work is published in a peer-reviewed conference or journal it does not really count (you make like this or not, but this is another issue) and/or it would be evident that it is a work in progress.
Moritz mentioned a possible problem with the press misinterpreting the results of this report: I would expect that a _bona fide_ journalist that is able to find such a report on the website of a research would also know that these are preliminary results. I would also expect such a journalist to reach out to the authors for comments. If not, let's say that against ignorance or malice you can not do much (even with a completed work) and I would not blame the authors for the deficiencies of others.
That said, I do not see any other way to make this work reachable so that the authors can talk about their preliminary results with as many people as possible - and the "tor community" at large. The alternative would be to select a closed group of people with whom to share the report.
Being a fan of "release early, release often" I prefer the current alternative.
Totally agreed. Just for the record, Sadia reached out to me to ask before she posted here what they have so far.