martybegan
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I think you've got the wrong definition of plagiarize here.
You PLAGIARIZE the UNIQUE work and ideas of INDIVIDUALS. You don't plagiarize when you quote the Newtonian Laws of Motion or any other "COMMON KNOWLEDGE" topics..
Kinda sketchy since the olde Wiki is written FOR FREE by a MASS of anonymous people.. And no one page is neccessarily attributed to one individual or even really ATTRIBUTED --- is it?
I guess everything I learned as a teen reading the encyclopedia is plagiarism.. Who knew?
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In school, if you were asked to sum up Newton's laws and you started:Newton's laws are applied to objects which are idealized as single point masses,in the sense that the size and shape of the object's body are neglected in order to focus on its motion more easily. This can be done when the object is small compared to the distances involved in its analysis, or the deformation and rotation of the body are of no importance. In this way, even a planet can be idealized as a particle for analysis of its orbital motion around a star.You think your teacher would let it pass? No. That's word for word from Wiki. Those are not your words. That's plagiarized.
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Paul said: Due to frequent screenings, Vincent faces genetic discrimination and prejudice. The only way to achieve his dream of being an astronaut, is he has to become whats called a borrowed ladder.
Wikipedia says: Due to frequent screening, Vincent faces genetic discrimination and prejudice. The only way he can achieve his dream of becoming an astronaut is to become a borrowed ladder.
Paul said: He assumes the identity of a Jerome Morrow, a world class swimming star with a genetic profile said to be secondary to none, but hes been paralyzed in a car accident.
Wikipedia says: He assumes the identity of Jerome Eugene Morrow, a former swimming star with a genetic profile second to none, who had been injured in a car accident, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.
Paul said: Jerome buys his identity, uses his DNA his blood, his hair, his tissue his urine to pass the screenings.
Wikipedia says: Vincent buys Jeromes identity and uses his valid DNA in blood, hair, tissue, and urine samples to pass screening.
this is all based on a description of a movie being considered plagerism???
From an open source online encyclopidia with no credits to anyone given???
If this is what passes for "gotcha!" journalism nowadays, I am saddened.