Give me a break... you're going WAY too far. Once you submit a paper to a university, it's THEIR paper. You have rights to it, but so do they. If you don't want your paper to be stored in turnitin then don't submit it there. If the professor wishes to, then more power to him/her!
Over half the students i graduated with cheated their way through university. I saw it constantly. Someone copied my stuff once and tried to turn it in. I had them up in front of a review board as soon as it was on the professor's desk. Cheating is RAMPANT. I say if this helps then go to it.
I'm a really huge fan of the sites that check code files for plagarism as well. The break the code down to algorithm checking rather than a text diff.
If you don't like it... then don't plagarize. Once your professor sees that nobody is plagarizing, he/she has no reason to use the service anymore. FYI, it's not fun for them to do, you know. It's extra work, and nobody likes extra work.
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Ok, this is a completely worthless point except for the venting value...
ENOUGH! Shit! RMS and his stupid little revolution... just write code, goddamnit.
Ahh... feels better.
Give me a break... you're going WAY too far. Once you submit a paper to a university, it's THEIR paper. You have rights to it, but so do they. If you don't want your paper to be stored in turnitin then don't submit it there. If the professor wishes to, then more power to him/her!
Over half the students i graduated with cheated their way through university. I saw it constantly. Someone copied my stuff once and tried to turn it in. I had them up in front of a review board as soon as it was on the professor's desk. Cheating is RAMPANT. I say if this helps then go to it.
I'm a really huge fan of the sites that check code files for plagarism as well. The break the code down to algorithm checking rather than a text diff.
If you don't like it... then don't plagarize. Once your professor sees that nobody is plagarizing, he/she has no reason to use the service anymore. FYI, it's not fun for them to do, you know. It's extra work, and nobody likes extra work.