I know that GT doesn't run their cheatfinder program on short and simple programs. Its the big and long ones that they check. The ones where if your code is 90% similar to someone else's, then you cheated, no way out of it. There exists limits, and common knowledge is used. Also, the cheatfinder program merely flags possible cheating, TAs check it out, and if they feel it happened, then the prof is notified. The professor then checks it himself, and send it to the Dean of Students if he feels that two students cheated. The student(s) then have their chance to defend themselves, and based on the severity of the cheating, punishments are given accordingly. Some students drop a letter grade, some are failed, some receive slaps on the wrist. This student who got caught, is doing nothing more than whining about it, and some shmuck at the WP wants us to "feel his pain"
yeah, I thought it was something they made up too, until I logged into tokyo.cc.gatech.edu once and saw it running!
I was highly amused by that too. Though I had no idea exactly how it checked things out.
Though Bill Leahy this semester said it could check all of cs1322's homework assignments in around 10 minutes... now *that* really surprises me if its true.
Yes, Georgia Tech decided not to block Napster at all after they received the letter from the RIAA. An article in the Technique on the story of that, basically said that Georgia Tech was an ISP to the students, and that it would be illegal for them to block specific things on the internet due to content, but left the door open for the RIAA to target specific students.
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Don't worry. the AC didn't ruin the film. However... he is an AC and a bastard.
so let me think... first they said we'd be gone by 1985, then it was 2000, now its 2050? hrm...
I love reading about our doom... its so funny.
I know that GT doesn't run their cheatfinder program on short and simple programs. Its the big and long ones that they check. The ones where if your code is 90% similar to someone else's, then you cheated, no way out of it. There exists limits, and common knowledge is used. Also, the cheatfinder program merely flags possible cheating, TAs check it out, and if they feel it happened, then the prof is notified. The professor then checks it himself, and send it to the Dean of Students if he feels that two students cheated. The student(s) then have their chance to defend themselves, and based on the severity of the cheating, punishments are given accordingly. Some students drop a letter grade, some are failed, some receive slaps on the wrist. This student who got caught, is doing nothing more than whining about it, and some shmuck at the WP wants us to "feel his pain"
yeah, I thought it was something they made up too, until I logged into tokyo.cc.gatech.edu once and saw it running!
I was highly amused by that too. Though I had no idea exactly how it checked things out.
Though Bill Leahy this semester said it could check all of cs1322's homework assignments in around 10 minutes... now *that* really surprises me if its true.
Yes, Georgia Tech decided not to block Napster at all after they received the letter from the RIAA. An article in the Technique on the story of that, basically said that Georgia Tech was an ISP to the students, and that it would be illegal for them to block specific things on the internet due to content, but left the door open for the RIAA to target specific students.