Re: Need information from sites
Posted in 1993
Topics: General Discussion
mrichardso@shl.com writes: >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >REPLY FROM: RICHARDSON Marv >johnny@sutro.SFSU.EDU (Johnny Y. Chow) writes: >}> I would like to gather some information about the follwoing to- >}> pics. Could anybody please tell me which site I can ftp these in- >}> formation or if any of you currently have such materials on hand? ... >} >}Whilst I don't mind answering questions, I do get a very queasy feeling >}about writing up what looks to be a term paper for someone. IF this is >}the case, I'd ask you to remember that most of the rest of us did NOT >}have the net to query whilst we were at university...and that the usual ... >I can't imagine that the fact that the net is somewhat(?) new would cause >people to be prohibited from using it as a new source of information or new >means of information-gathering. I'm sure we want people to be able to take >advantage of new technology to make their work more productive, provided they >still gain the benefits of that work (I certainly do not advocate plagerism!). Someone once said that selecting material from one or two sources is plagiarism, but selecting material from many sources is research. Fester