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Re: Lulu.com: Self Published Plagiarism?

Catana — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:04:13 -0000

I hope to use lulu.com for a collection of essays someday down the line. I doubt that my type of material would be plagiarized in that manner, but it's good to have the warning out. It's nice to have a way to publish without shelling out money up front, but one way to make plagiarism less tempting would be to charge a fee for each published work. It might also, incidentally, discourage some would-be authors who really have no talent or nothing to say.

Re: Plagiarists Say the Darndest Things

Catana — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:42:28 -0000

Maybe you should write up a short form letter which includes the most common excuses and a one by one summary of why each is invalid. Use it as your initial contact with plagiarizers. It might be interesting to see how they respond. Maybe they'll come up some brand new, more inventive excuses.

Re: Lots of Questions, Very Few Answers

Catana — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:22:15 -0000

Comment experiment. Is there any indication that a comment has been left?

Re: 2007/03/06/eons/

Catana — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:39:22 -0000

As one of the "old people" who tried Eons, I have to say I expected their collapse due to poor design and lack of members rather than additional funding. It will never be any competition for Myspace. It's designed strictly for people who are unfamiliar with the web and computing and need considerable handholding. The system is rigid and anything but conducive to socializing. If its apparent membership is increasing, it's probably because, like many sites, it doesn't allow you to delete your account.

Re: 2007/07/17/wetpaint-wikis/

Catana — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:13:09 -0000

Wetpaint is like many sites in making sure you can never leave. You can delete the pages of your wiki, but you can't delete the wiki. Browsing through the site tells me that the figure of 450,000 wikis is seriously inflated. Sites that depend on advertising needs big numbers, and simply not allowing deletions is one way to get them. Ditto with membership in many sites.

Re: 2008/02/14/shoetube/

Catana — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:52:07 -0000

Wow, what a thrill! Superficiality carried out to the nth degree. Is this really something that women want or need? I thought there must be some inevitable limit to stupidity, but I was wrong.

Re: Judge Judy: 13th Richest Female Entertainer in the World? What?!

Catana — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:03:00 -0000

It's all just the modern version of the carnival freakshow. Nothing's changed except the technology. Instead of having to wait for a once-a-year gawk, now you can have it every day.