Whats the fun in doing this?
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Best of all is that he is a member for 4 year, 0 messages and only that one article. :omg: Is that possible??
He who laughs last is a bit on the slow side
Err... Yes it is possible. I have been on here for quite a while now, and so far I haven't post any articles. Mainly due the fact I don't think I have written anything 'good enough' to for CP to carry.
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Err... Yes it is possible. I have been on here for quite a while now, and so far I haven't post any articles. Mainly due the fact I don't think I have written anything 'good enough' to for CP to carry.
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There's already a mechanism in place for reporting articles, and I used it. It should be gone sometime today.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001The article will be removed, but how about the user? Shouldn't posting plagiarized material be grounds for user removal? It's surprising to me that the poster has gold status, too.
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The article will be removed, but how about the user? Shouldn't posting plagiarized material be grounds for user removal? It's surprising to me that the poster has gold status, too.
He has gold status simply due to the age of his account. I've already expressed my opinion that people should have to earn every level upgrade by some factor other than how long they've been a member. Maybe Chris will implement such a change some day. I agree though, he should actually have his account deleted, or maybe Chris should just turn his name in to Microsoft and let their lawyers have at him...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
He has gold status simply due to the age of his account. I've already expressed my opinion that people should have to earn every level upgrade by some factor other than how long they've been a member. Maybe Chris will implement such a change some day. I agree though, he should actually have his account deleted, or maybe Chris should just turn his name in to Microsoft and let their lawyers have at him...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I agree though, he should actually have his account deleted, or maybe Chris should just turn his name in to Microsoft and let their lawyers have at him...
Oddly enough, the guy didn't try to steal credit - he's listed the original author's name and website at the start of the article. Christian Forsberg businessanyplace.net It's almost as if he was playing with copy/paste and the article submission wizard.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I agree though, he should actually have his account deleted, or maybe Chris should just turn his name in to Microsoft and let their lawyers have at him...
Oddly enough, the guy didn't try to steal credit - he's listed the original author's name and website at the start of the article. Christian Forsberg businessanyplace.net It's almost as if he was playing with copy/paste and the article submission wizard.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)Only an idiot would do something like this and think it was okay - even if he DID give credit to the original author.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
The article will be removed, but how about the user? Shouldn't posting plagiarized material be grounds for user removal? It's surprising to me that the poster has gold status, too.
Hans Dietrich wrote:
Shouldn't posting plagiarized material be grounds for user removal?
Sounds like a good idea...
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Only an idiot would do something like this and think it was okay - even if he DID give credit to the original author.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001I think that was a fluke, I don't think he intended to give credit at all. It just got caught in the Copy and Paste he did to build the "article".
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Maybe we need a message stating that you are not allowed to post other people's work.
Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
I think that was covered by Microsoft's Copyright notice at the bottom of the page.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Well spotted. I think several sites out there seem to think this kind of behaviour is OK. It drives me mad when i go to google for Error l337 only to find that the first 2 pages of results on google are direct copies of the same article. If I find something cool on the web I post a link so that people can go to the original article. I might post small cut & paste sections if they are directly relevant to the conversation in hand. Russell
