Usually when our answers get upvoted on Stack Overflow, we earn 10 reputation points. Similarly, are there any points awarded for comment upvotes on Stack Overflow?

Hi, Is the website script running stackoverflow downloadable? or does it have a similar scripts? I like how stackoverflow website was structured; Function and Design are pretty is straight forward. Now if there are alternative or same approach to achieve site's functions, I would like to know a...

Do the SO admins have any plans to release the underlying code for SO at all? I appreciate that the code may be part of their competitive advantage, but it strikes me that the underlying system would work for any topic, not just programming. I am not advocating this, just curious really, but fig...