Since many members are student, and don't have much time or money to get a Samurai access, I've thought for alternative solutions. For the time being, the simplest one to integrate is to give you contribution points when you post a comment on the site.

The idea is to give you different ways to get a Samurai account, but also to convince you to be more active on the site. You can ask questions, help others, etc.

For the time being, the number of points you get varies between 0 and 3 depending on the quality of your comment. Let me know what you think about this so that I can know if you are interested by such features. It's a first good opportunity for you to get some contribution points