Collection of Lame Jokes

[Borg]

I guess that I'll point out that the persons using them in my case weren't the sharpest tools in the box either.

 

[WWGD]

It's always possible things happened the other way round, and your content was copied somehow, somewhat, into public sources.

 

[Klystron]

On the topic of unintended plagiarism, I remember a popular fantasy author accused of lifting characters, terms and plot devices for her highly successful series of juvenile novels from a rather obscure short story published when she was a child, since out of print. Her defenders argued that 1) if she had read that story as a child, any reuse of ideas was unconscious and marginal; and 2) her elaborate development of the characters, setting, and story greatly exceeded any claim the short story author could attach to her development and subsequent book and film rights.

 

[phinds]

from my wood ID web site:

 

[Orodruin]

This reminds me of that time when I did an ego-Google and discovered someone at a top-10% university had plagiarized a topology essay of mine …

 

[Borg]

It's always possible things happened the other way round, and your content was copied somehow, somewhat, into public sources.

Nope. The reviewer was required to state what was plagerized and specifically noted those items.

 

[phinds]

 

[Ibix]

from my wood ID web site:
View attachment 344313

Or to quote Tom Lehrer:

Plagiarise! Plagiarise!
Let no one else's work evade your eyes!
Remember why the good Lord made your eyes!
So don't shade your eyes, but plagiarise,
Plagiarise, plagiarise, plagiarise!
(Only be sure to call it always please, "research".)

 

[Orodruin]

Or to quote Tom Lehrer:

Plagiarise! Plagiarise!
Let no one else's work evade your eyes!
Remember why the good Lord made your eyes!
So don't shade your eyes, but plagiarise,
Plagiarise, plagiarise, plagiarise!
(Only be sure to call it always please, "research".)

Oh look, we’re back on topic!

 

[Ibix]

Oh look, we’re back on topic!

Both on topic and derailed in one post. I'm quite proud of it.

 

[WWGD]

Nope. The reviewer was required to state what was plagerized and specifically noted those items.

I meant in a general sense.

 

[WWGD]

The latest weight loss fad:
Walking to the paint store to get thinner.

 

[DaveC426913]

these tools are not "plagiarism detectors", they are text matching tools.

Well, they still are detectors, they're just rally bad at it - very high false-positive track record. :)

 

[berkeman]

very high false-positive track record

False positive, or false inference/conclusion? Just because there is a match, there is not necessarily plagiarism. For example, if I enclose a sentence or two in quotes and add a [1] reference, do these tools understand that?

 

[Orodruin]

For example, if I enclose a sentence or two in quotes and add a [1] reference, do these tools understand that?

Very much not. That is up to the user.

 

[berkeman]

Very much not. That is up to the user.

Yikes. How am I supposed to quote from another paper with attribution? I'm probably misunderstanding your reply.

 

[Orodruin]

Yikes. How am I supposed to quote from another paper with attribution? I'm probably misunderstanding your reply.

As I said, it is a text matching tool. If you quote something verbatim then obviously it is going to return a match. It is up to the user of the tool to determine if it is actual plagiarism or not.

 

[berkeman]

I got 'caught' by a plagiarism program once on an exam where I was instructed to submit my exam with specific section and title names. It flagged those items.

 

[DaveC426913]

False positive, or false inference/conclusion? Just because there is a match, there is not necessarily plagiarism. For example, if I enclose a sentence or two in quotes and add a [1] reference, do these tools understand that?

The detector simply detects what it is programmed to detect, much like a pregnancy test. Pregnancy test are still pregnancy tests, even what they are detecting is HCG and have a degree of error in what conclusions should be inferred from that.

 

[BillTre]

Yikes. How am I supposed to quote from another paper with attribution? I'm probably misunderstanding your reply.

By that logic, the previous several messages were plagiarizing a preceding message, just like this one.

 

[Orodruin]

By that logic, the previous several messages were plagiarizing a preceding message, just like this one.

 

[nsaspook]

 

[jtbell]

What do you call a pig that crosses the road, rolls in the mud on the other side, and then crosses back over?

A dirty double-crosser.

 

[WWGD]

 

[WWGD]

 

[dextercioby]

Alpha

 

[Ibix]

AlphaView attachment 344351

Isn't he entitled to a jury of his peers? The fire hydrant and the tree at least look more like pee-ees.

 

[WWGD]

 

[WWGD]

 

[Mayhem]

Advanced organic chemistry feels like learning 'shapes' in kindergarten - but you're deeply mentally challenged.