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Land Of The NotSoFree
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Just a thought. What if we started a collection of pdf file downloads containing essays or research papers? That way, the guy who is either running out of time or isn't giving a fuck can turn to one of our writings and pass it on as his own in his class. Teachers couldnt check for Plagiarism either right? Just keep the topic irrelevant to what it actually is and mask it.
I thought of this because ive procrastinated and now I have to do a pain in the ass research paper on Robert Frosts poems and can't get started because its so damn boring
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Ky
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There are websites that check for things like that. Either we hack the websites to prevent them from fulfilling their intended purpose or change the wording very slightly on the works we store.
Public Service Announcement: First world problems are still problems.
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LOON_ATTIC
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(01-17-2013 01:01 AM)DoA Wrote: There are websites that check for things like that. Either we hack the websites to prevent them from fulfilling their intended purpose or change the wording very slightly on the works we store.
Or make our website confidential/member based/encrypted/etc.
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IamNoone
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Look up Dante's essay service
The purpose of life is a life with a purpose
So I’d rather die for a cause than live a life that is worthless
I don’t need the circus or the day of national observance
I need you to think for you and stop being a servant
-Immortal Technique, The Martyr, The Martyr
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Heil_Kaiba8921
It's also a gun.
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we could make use of a file hosting service, or just use an email account for everybody that has all the essays stored there...or yes, look up dante's essay service
The less you try to control things, the less you need to.
Boredom is the #1 enemy of learning. Therefore, school is the #1 enemy of learning.
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"free speech under the constitution only guarantees the government won't stop him saying it and does not guarantee his right to say things and have no consequences at all as a result. also i completely doubt that he is motivated solely by "i'm saying it because i can" and is probably motivated by a more shitheady motive like "i think it's funny to annoy people and Rustle Le Jimmies and is just hiding behind the first amendment to try to deflect any consequences or make you realize that being allowed to annoy people is a superior moral right. you can still disdain someone for doing things for dumbarse wankery purposes and you have evne more right to ban and insult them for it" ~Trar's friend about Potato.
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SoulRiser
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The only solution I can think of, would be to have 'spun' essays. That randomly change the words every time you generate one.
Good luck making a database of those, just turning one essay into spun syntax is a huge pain in the ass.
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Godzillaman
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I wish I could help. But I know that the government will probably find out that I gave away my work, and they will probably high-tail it to my house and do God-knows-what.
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