Does tenure need to change?

There is a long and interesting comment thread on this article on The Scientist blog. What do you think?

(Hat-tip: Tanja)

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But he definitely deserves an Honorable Mention (hat-tip: Tanja):
Natural scientists (unlike social scientists and humantities folk) are cautious, perhaps overcautious, about publishing data on blogs. So, it is really nice to see original research on a blog every once in a while. So, you should read this nifty little paper by Miss Prism. Rejected from Nature?…
Eighteen year old Samantha Larson did it. Here is the story. Here is her blog. (hat-tip: Ruchira Paul)
Then you may like gmane.comp.security.full-disclosure/62146 (hat-tip: PW). Or be up to date: pwnie-awards.org/2008/ Ooooh.. wordpress. Stoat: the obscure blog. Or at least, I try.