Maybe Slashdot should start submitting its articles to turnitin?
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Because copying a paper word for word is hardly a study aid. Sure anyone can go online and read what a book is about and what its main themes are, that won't ever be stopped by turnitin.com's service. Turnitin is designed to penalise the people who are too lazy to even do that. AFAIK it's mainly a tool which compares your paper to other papers in the database and looks for similar phrasings.
Slashdot Mirror
What's stopping you?
Treat your dorm room like a server room
Except with more beer and porn.
Maybe Slashdot should start submitting its articles to turnitin?
Because copying a paper word for word is hardly a study aid. Sure anyone can go online and read what a book is about and what its main themes are, that won't ever be stopped by turnitin.com's service. Turnitin is designed to penalise the people who are too lazy to even do that. AFAIK it's mainly a tool which compares your paper to other papers in the database and looks for similar phrasings.