Should I bust this girl for jacking my lab work ? (with proof)

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GTaudiophile

Lifer
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How come I am the first to ask: PICS of Melissa?

If she's hot, and she knows she's guilty, wonder what she'd do to save her a$$? :)
 

Wuffsunie

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I say turn her in. I hate people that do stuff like that, especially when it's dead obvious. Hopefully file dates will be enough to prove your case.

Otherwise, make sure you take her for as much $$ as you can.
 
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Look at it this way: If she's so dumb that she has to copy your 'intro to java' assignments, then help her 'decide' to change her major by reporting her. ;)
 

sillymofo

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Originally posted by: xXgambitXx
Originally posted by: cr4zymofo Man... tell her... put out or ... quit copying.
hehe, keep in mind that this is a programming class. do you know all that many hot computer ladies ? besides, i don't know who she is. that's probably my next step, ID'ing the perp.

hehe...keep in mind that this guy is also in progamming class, and he's an ATOTer :)Q)... hehe There are exceptions to the rule, but most of the time, stereotype is true ;).
 

geno

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bust her for being an idiot and not even TRYING to make it look like her own work, sheesh
rolleye.gif
 

xXgambitXx

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Originally posted by: cr4zymofo[/ihehe...keep in mind that this guy is also in progamming class, and he's an ATOTer :))... hehe There are exceptions to the rule, but most of the time, stereotype is true ;).

oooh, you just made the list "cr4zymofo". bwahaha.
anyhoot, i hate programming, but it's required for graphic design majors in the New Media department here at IUPUI.
 

Barnaby W. Füi

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What a dumbass. Notice that she fiddled with your comments a little. She even managed to mess up the spelling.

Yours: "// fixes the problem that zero causes"
Hers: "//minipulates for the zero"

And that sentence doesn't even make sense! "Manipulates for the zero"?

Copying is one thing .. copying and being a complete idiot in the process is another.
 

xXgambitXx

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Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Looking at this picture, don't you have her first and last name? Plug that into your school's directory. That should give you some info.

tried that. found her profile but no pics. some people put them up and some don't.
 

Wuffsunie

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Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
What a dumbass. Notice that she fiddled with your comments a little. She even managed to mess up the spelling.

Yours: "// fixes the problem that zero causes"
Hers: "//minipulates for the zero"

And that sentence doesn't even make sense! "Manipulates for the zero"?

Copying is one thing .. copying and being a complete idiot in the process is another.
All the more reason to turn her a$$ in. People that stupid have no business in the program. Qualified programmers have enough trouble getting work, more useless fluff is not needed!
 

GTaudiophile

Lifer
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Wonder if this trick works at other schools:

At GA Tech, everyone's e-mail address could also be used to bring up their CS1321 web site. For example, when you search for someone, at the very least, you get their gatech e-mail address, something like "gteXYZ@mail.gatech.edu." You could then plug that gteXYZ into the URL, http://prism.gatech.edu/~gteXYZ and bring up their CS1321 web site. Those sites, more often than not, had pics.

We had to have some way to find out if the girl e-mailing us was hot or not :)
 

ohtwell

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Is she hot? If so, tell her that if she wants your code, then you want "something" from her! ;):p

Seriously, I wouldn't let her get away with that.


: ) Amanda
 

MaxDepth

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While she's busy jacking your code, she could jack something else...
;)


Seriously, don't go to the professor. If there are any honor code or cheating problems to occur, simply point out the time stamps on the files. If this stuff was old, then her code will show up as the newer stuff. Since you have email, maybe sametime (er, Instant messaging), why don't you give her a friendly comment about her java site. Tell her that after seeing her site, you think that great minds think alike! And maybe you two could study sometime.

See what she say to that.





Oh, and do what SagaLore is telling you to do. Who knows, you might get an 'A' just for virus programming. :D
 

Aharami

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she must not know ANYTHING about programming if she is copying such a simple assignment

i say approach her this time. then if she does it again, go to the professor
 

Ynog

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If you have an honor code you can get in trouble for knowing that she cheated and not reporting it.
Probably will hurt your case if you both get accused.
 

oboeguy

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You have to turn her in. Trust me, as a TA I've busted groups of people when I thought they were cheating together, and someone might think that of you and the girl in question.

You should include random weirdnesses in your code (extra spaces, slightly odd punctuation) and then you'll know for sure.
 

bob4432

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if it is an extremely baisc class and a lot of majors need it, she might be hot. look at cis105. like others had posted, if she is hot, then i would talk to her about it. if not, the prof will see it and you could show your work from 2+years ago, which should seal her fate.

or if you have been sh!t on by a bunch of hot girls, then fry her, this is a perfect opportunity.

she has a major in cut/paste :(
 

SSP

Lifer
Oct 11, 1999
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I'd go straight to the prof. The hell with her and her future. If you decide to cheat, then you must learn to accept the consequence. If that was my prof, he would fail me and the girl no questions asked and I'd have to try to prove I didn?t copy it... and all that bs, which takes a lot more effort and grief then handing her ass over to the prof.

Geez, some of you guys would bend over backward for a pretty little skirt. CYA first.