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From: turpin@cs.utexas.edu (Russell Turpin)
Newsgroups: comp.theory,sci.math
Subject: Re: A few questions on automata and languages
Summary: Do we get to vote on his punishment?
Message-ID: <18595@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 19 Mar 91 01:25:46 GMT
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In article <13911@hacgate.UUCP> carmi@ipla01.hac.com (Aviram Carmi) writes:
>> Hi, I recently came across some interesting problems and I would
>> appreciate any thoughts on them, or pointers to references.

In article <1991Mar18.214618.2310@csun.edu> bam@csunb.csun.edu (brad williams) writes:
> These interesting problems that he "came across" are from a 
> takehome test I gave last week.  Please, let him do his own
> test.  I'll have a word with him in class tomorrow. 

Since he was willing to plagiarize our work as his on a test,
perhaps you should allow us to vote on the consequences of his
cheating.  In the academic tradition in which I was weaned, the
standard punishment for plagiarism on a take-home test was a
failing mark in the course.  This seems appropriate, given both
the importance of honesty to the academic endeavor, and also as
a practical matter, to make sure that the expected benefit of
such practice is small or negative.

Russell