Its cause the guys that work hard and play fair get pissed at the cheaters and wont help them... the cheaters tend to pack together.
Sometimes the cheaters get pretty innovative and organized... there was a group in my school who did the whole "ill do this project and you all copy from me if you guys do these other projects and I can copy from that"
I was the hard worker who played fair, I would have gotten pissed that the "cheaters mafia" if I didn't actually admire their organization and inherently know they all the projects would be crap anyway (they were all too lazy to even do a good job on the single project they were tasked with).
I had a prof for a final semester class who put it in no uncertain terms that he looked forward to people cheating. He said he enjoyed getting people kicked out of school after being so close to finishing their degree. He said he did it a few years ago and it really gave him a thrill.
He was a really cool prof, but he hated cheating and dishonesty.
not money exactly, any sort of profit, be it social, money, political, academic etc.
If it doesn't matter that you plagiarized then it doesn't matter... but if it does, it does.
eg. I go to a comedy club and pick up some jokes to tell my buddies at work... I pretend I made the jokes myself and no one really cares. However If I start to tour around comedy clubs using stolen jokes it DOES matter, and Im going to get myself into a lot of trouble
eg 2. I read a psychology textbook for a class and during a lab discussion session I argue using the ideas presented in the book... I dont say "according to Dr. Bob" for each sentence. No one cares that I dont cite my sources... however if I do this on the exam im in a heap of shit.
Its because you are not concentrating on a single thing when you are staring at your monitor at work. Your concentration and eye focus are jumping around constantly.
If you are like me, use a computer similar to this
- look at code for a few moments, read the code, unfocus eyes and puzzle the code out in your mind. switch to req document, read req document for a few min, unfocus as puzzle code vs reqs. Move to caller function, read that code for a few moments, move to grand-caller-function, jump back to original function, make a code change, switch to command prompt start compile off, switch to browser and surf for a moment while the compile occurs. switch back to cmd prompt and see that the code is done.... load and test code.
notice how often I switch my eyefocus and concentration, every small task gives me the opportunity to refocus my eyes and refocus my concentration.
When you read a novel, you stare at the words and concentrate solely on them, the only eyefocus/concentration refocusing you do is when you turn the page.
Give reading a novel on your monitor a try... I have and cannot go for more than 15min. My eyes started watering and I had to give myself a good eyerub.
The only problem with my eyes is that I have slight colourblindness. I've never needed glasses, I have 20/20 vision, and I dont have ADD or any concentration problems. But I do have a hard time concentrating.
Perhaps you have a higher tolerance for eyestrain than I do... I normally dislike looking at my cellphone for long periods of time and have never read a book on it. I read blogs on my phone, but this is a different concentration and eyefocus paradigm. consuming a lot of small amounts of text is different than reading long texts.
If your "overlords" slashdot post makes it onto the new york times best sellers list and you get paid nice wads of cash, then yes, you should have given credit.
I don't want all the bother of a computer. I already have that. For a tablet/slate, I just want to run a few apps/games and get online. I want it to be easy. I don't really want to mess with the file system. I don't want a browser that's vulnerable to malware. I don't want to have to mess with drivers. I don't want to have to manually drag and drop or copy my music or pictures from my computer to my tablet (or worse, dick around with file sharing over a network). I just want the damn thing to do apps, games and Internet without any fuss. I bet the iPad will do that and do it well. I just wish some of the competitors actually understood that concept.
I dont want to have to dick around with my computer, for that matter... whats your point?
- Price - Yes! Compared to an E-Reader like a Kindle DX for the same price... I'll take a device that can do hundreds of things well over a device that can only do one.
Yet it cannot do the one thing the kindle dx does terrifically... spare your eyes from the backlit causing eyestrain when reading for hours and hours.
I want a reflective screen option (eink-pixel qi) as I have to concentrate very hard when reading technical pdfs, and my eyes start to go buggy after 15min of LCD viewing.
They had something better than TV. They called them auditoriums. You think a 50" TV is cool, well these auditoriums were sometimes the size of concert halls!!!!
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interesting read... but please use paragraphs and whitespace next time! my poor eyes.
Yeah it was so unfair... Mike's test was different than mine and was easier too... totally unfair!
Its cause the guys that work hard and play fair get pissed at the cheaters and wont help them... the cheaters tend to pack together.
Sometimes the cheaters get pretty innovative and organized... there was a group in my school who did the whole "ill do this project and you all copy from me if you guys do these other projects and I can copy from that"
I was the hard worker who played fair, I would have gotten pissed that the "cheaters mafia" if I didn't actually admire their organization and inherently know they all the projects would be crap anyway (they were all too lazy to even do a good job on the single project they were tasked with).
When stealing code, you should at least be able to discern whether it's good code or not. Seriously.
Well thats the catch22 isn't it? if you could discern whether its good code or not you wouldn't have to cheat.
I guess the people who just want to cheat but dont have to dont get caught.
been there man. Try doing a writing class with a group of ESL kids... jesus fucking christ!
I had a prof for a final semester class who put it in no uncertain terms that he looked forward to people cheating. He said he enjoyed getting people kicked out of school after being so close to finishing their degree. He said he did it a few years ago and it really gave him a thrill.
He was a really cool prof, but he hated cheating and dishonesty.
not money exactly, any sort of profit, be it social, money, political, academic etc.
If it doesn't matter that you plagiarized then it doesn't matter... but if it does, it does.
eg. I go to a comedy club and pick up some jokes to tell my buddies at work... I pretend I made the jokes myself and no one really cares. However If I start to tour around comedy clubs using stolen jokes it DOES matter, and Im going to get myself into a lot of trouble
eg 2. I read a psychology textbook for a class and during a lab discussion session I argue using the ideas presented in the book... I dont say "according to Dr. Bob" for each sentence. No one cares that I dont cite my sources... however if I do this on the exam im in a heap of shit.
get it?
bingo.
nah, thats exactly the point I wish to make. No body cares until they care.
well the iPad does have a webbrowser... I assume said browser can surf to wikipedia
we may dislike flash... but how else will we get our streaming porno?
But I do have a hard time concentrating. should read
But I do have a hard time concentrating on reading text you have to dedicate yourself towards (technical documentation, etc).
Its because you are not concentrating on a single thing when you are staring at your monitor at work. Your concentration and eye focus are jumping around constantly.
If you are like me, use a computer similar to this
- look at code for a few moments, read the code, unfocus eyes and puzzle the code out in your mind. switch to req document, read req document for a few min, unfocus as puzzle code vs reqs. Move to caller function, read that code for a few moments, move to grand-caller-function, jump back to original function, make a code change, switch to command prompt start compile off, switch to browser and surf for a moment while the compile occurs. switch back to cmd prompt and see that the code is done.... load and test code.
notice how often I switch my eyefocus and concentration, every small task gives me the opportunity to refocus my eyes and refocus my concentration.
When you read a novel, you stare at the words and concentrate solely on them, the only eyefocus/concentration refocusing you do is when you turn the page.
Give reading a novel on your monitor a try... I have and cannot go for more than 15min. My eyes started watering and I had to give myself a good eyerub.
The only problem with my eyes is that I have slight colourblindness. I've never needed glasses, I have 20/20 vision, and I dont have ADD or any concentration problems. But I do have a hard time concentrating.
Perhaps you have a higher tolerance for eyestrain than I do... I normally dislike looking at my cellphone for long periods of time and have never read a book on it. I read blogs on my phone, but this is a different concentration and eyefocus paradigm. consuming a lot of small amounts of text is different than reading long texts.
no... OBVIOUSLY every song on my iPod was created and mixed by myself.
If your "overlords" slashdot post makes it onto the new york times best sellers list and you get paid nice wads of cash, then yes, you should have given credit.
I don't want all the bother of a computer. I already have that. For a tablet/slate, I just want to run a few apps/games and get online. I want it to be easy. I don't really want to mess with the file system. I don't want a browser that's vulnerable to malware. I don't want to have to mess with drivers. I don't want to have to manually drag and drop or copy my music or pictures from my computer to my tablet (or worse, dick around with file sharing over a network). I just want the damn thing to do apps, games and Internet without any fuss. I bet the iPad will do that and do it well. I just wish some of the competitors actually understood that concept.
I dont want to have to dick around with my computer, for that matter... whats your point?
To be fair, he said he was happy with a non-existent device.
- Price - Yes! Compared to an E-Reader like a Kindle DX for the same price... I'll take a device that can do hundreds of things well over a device that can only do one.
Yet it cannot do the one thing the kindle dx does terrifically... spare your eyes from the backlit causing eyestrain when reading for hours and hours.
I want a reflective screen option (eink-pixel qi) as I have to concentrate very hard when reading technical pdfs, and my eyes start to go buggy after 15min of LCD viewing.
Wow... just uhhh wow... how can such a thing happen.
while(1) doesNotCompute();
Im sure you heard of him... his last name is Kida.
no
Im wooshing myself here... wtf are you talking about?
I really dont want OOo/Evolution/etc as a dependency to Gnome. If I need these packages, I'll apt-get them, dont assume I need these things please!
I hope Ubuntu does an "Ubuntu lean edition" where only the basic packages to get a Gnome environment are default installed.
They had something better than TV. They called them auditoriums. You think a 50" TV is cool, well these auditoriums were sometimes the size of concert halls!!!!