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[ccp4bb]: re: Problems with PDB entry 1muo; flame war II



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Folks,
There is way too much Blanche DuBois syndrome with this topic - too much 
reliance on the kindness of strangers. Theft is rarely punished in this field, 
Nobel prizes seem more likely. Editors, especially those with "stainless" 
reputations, can send sensitive papers to competitors (after all, they know 
the most about the topic). Editorial discretion can result in the original 
authors wading through interminable and changing reviews, while the first 
submission is mined for useful information and the result sent to a friendly 
journal. Priority is then established by the thieves and there aren't many 
venues that allow you to say we wuz robbed. Sending coordinates to reviewer is 
too tempting, especially for the ambitious and driven. The only way a reviewer 
should view coordinates is if they first identify themselves. 
Leif Hanson

"He took a duck in the face at 250 knots" - William Gibson
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