A Friendly Challenge for D

[Jabari Zakiya]

On Thursday, 11 October 2018 at 16:13:17 UTC, Jabari Zakiya wrote:
> On Thursday, 11 October 2018 at 14:49:54 UTC, Carl Sturtivant 
> wrote:
>> On Thursday, 11 October 2018 at 13:26:19 UTC, Jabari Zakiyth 
>> wrote:
>>> On Thursday, 11 October 2018 at 05:11:20 UTC, Ali Çehreli 
>>> wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>
>>> What country are you trying to get access from, because I 
>>> know people in the US have gotten the papers from those link, 
>>> for free and without an account. It may also have something 
>>> to do with your browser. They work for me in various modern 
>>> browsers, including the Tor Browser.
>>
>> Not credible --- I cannot get either without an account 
>> browsing from the US using Firefox with no unusual 
>> arrangements.
>
> Wow. Those links used to work with no problem, so I don't know 
> what is it (vpn use, etc,?).
>
> OK, this will definitely work. Send me an email and I will 
> email you the paper (and figure out a sure fire way to make it 
> available).
>
> Construct this full email (for humans).
>
> (my first initial)(lastname) at gmail

Ok, hopefully this will work for everyone. Try this link:

https://mega.nz/#!yJxUEQgK!MY9dwjiWheE8tACtEeS0szduIvdBjiyTn4O6mMD_aZw

However, I'm still interested to find out what is|are the 
specific issues with the other links so I can make a possible bug 
report to those services.

1) Can you actually get to the site?

2) Can you see the document (a reference to it)?

3) Can you read the document online (did you try)?

4) What happened when you tried to download it (popup requiring 
account, etc)?

The paper is from 2014, Scribd has changed a lot since then. The 
more information people can provide will help me determine how to 
provide better access to them.

But you can always email me to get them as a last resort, or just 
to ask questions.