Friend "busted' for cheating

[GermyBoy]

But is it really cheating when the teacher says, "If you don't know how to make a string tokenizer in C++, then just go on the internet and find out how" because to me, that says you can take what's on the net, as long as you know how to use it.

My friend and apparantly someone else, found a website posting the StringTokenizer class from Java converted to C++. One at least changed the variable names, but they both got caught and got a 0.

I think it's kinda crappy, since he worked 40+ hours on the project. Sucks to be him sometimes.

 

[KEV1N]

In an academic setting, always cite sources

 

[ThaGrandCow]

That sucks for them. Maybe there's something they can say to the teacher to even get some credit.

 

[Warthog912]

Originally posted by: KEV1N
In an academic setting, always cite sources

what he said. Give credit where credit is due-

 

[everman]

Taking someone else's work and calling it your own is called plagerism. They could have used that info to make their own, but it sounds like they hardly modified it at all.

 

[AkumaX]

yeah, uci's academic code of conduct changed drastically for situations like this

 

[Azraele]

Originally posted by: KEV1N
In an academic setting, always cite sources

Agreed.

then just go on the internet and find out how" because to me, that says you can take what's on the net

Also, finding out how to use something and taking something are two different things.

 

[Platypus]

He got caught, sucks for him. In a university setting, you are expelled.

: ) Hopper

 

[GermyBoy]

Originally posted by: Azraele

Originally posted by: KEV1N In an academic setting, always cite sources

Agreed.

then just go on the internet and find out how" because to me, that says you can take what's on the net

Also, finding out how to use something and taking something are two different things.

Well you're still looking at someone elses code, which makes you influenced by that code.

Just in case for mine, I wrote the entire project in C, because a string tokenizer I wrote last semester is on the web somewhere and I didn't want to use it, just in case someone else used mine, as I foresaw this problem.

But then again...if it's mine, and it's on the web...is it really cheating then on my part?

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
: ) Hopper

Uhhh..... May I ask???!?

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: Spyro

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
: ) Hopper

Uhhh..... May I ask???!?

What?

: ) Hopper

 

[Ender]

Originally posted by: Spyro

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
: ) Hopper

Uhhh..... May I ask???!?

Probably tying to amuse the unamused.

 

[her209]

Script kiddies in the making.