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Eskobastion 100 posts
14 years ago

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Quote From walminskipeasucker:

Authorized Users [someone at an institution that subscribes to the journal] may transmit to a third-party colleague in hard copy or electronically, a single article or item from Wiley InterScience for personal use or scholarly, educational, or scientific research or professional use but not for re-sale.

Thanks for correcting me. I appreciate it.

That is why I wrote in another reply that I would not personally deliver a copy of an article to somebody who I don't know personally.
And not on an online forum.

I could not be sure if the recipient uses the article really "for personal use or scholarly, educational, or scientific research or professional use but not for re-sale". And if the unknown recipient decides to duplicate the article (or ebook, or an issue of a journal) and sell or distribute it widely I can't do anything about it..

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Eskobastion 100 posts
14 years ago

Quote From cj_again:

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Quote From Eskobastion:

Stealing may be morally right sometimes. But not
if it becomes a habit.

Hi Eskobastion

As the new moral adjudicator of the forum I just wanted to clarify your point regarding it being 'morally right sometimes'. How many times? I have from time to time assisted fellow forumites (and they me) with the odd paper and a spot of advice. I will of course be presenting myself at my local police station now that I realise that whilst I was only trying to be helpful (and get that first elusive star!) I have indeed committed a heinous crime (akin to that bloke 'knock of Nigel' they keep talking about in all those dvd trailers).

But back to my earlier point - as of yet - it does not seem to have been habit forming. Am I redeemed given that my infringements only occurred under the 'sometimes' category???

I really can't give you a definite answer. Moral questions are not easy to answer.

Personally, I could give a copy of an article for somebody who needs it desperately if:
- he or she has tried to acquire the article from his/her uni/department/tutor/etc
- his or her uni refuses to buy the article
- he or she is not able to find the same information from a different source
- does not duplicate it and returns/deletes it immediately after the usage (I don't want
that articles spread over the net with my customer credentials printed on the margin).

But not on an online forum. And not if I do not know him/her personally.

But how often? Once or twice a year? Maybe. I don't know. I have not had to think about it..

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Eskobastion 100 posts
14 years ago

Quote From peljam:

Quote From Eskobastion:

Stealing may be morally right sometimes. But not
if it becomes a habit.

Being pedantic...we're not actually talking about stealing here. No theft takes place. The publishers are not being deprived of property.

Sorry. English is not my first language. I should have selected my words more wisely. You are right. If somebody steals a magazine or a book from a bookstore that is called stealing. But, in my opinion, in cyberspace, where information is in intangible form, accessing non-free information without paying for it (taking a copy) can be considered to be stealing..

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Eskobastion 100 posts
14 years ago

Quote From jepsonclough:

I am really pleased that your university will buy you any and every paper you want. Sadly we are not all in that position - some peopel are in the developing world where they are trying to break into research with few if any resources (I have researchers I work with in Eastern Europe (EU countries) who have no access to journals and no possibility of accessing them). Eand even when we are we can't necessarily get them quickly.

We are trying to create a community here where people help each other and when you have been around longer you will realise that those who are helpful get the most help back. Those who come on here and just snipe, criticise or advertise their useless "help" or essay writing services get ignored or worse. You may find that you will get lots of people reading your threads but not many replying. But you will be OK becuase your university will sort it for you....

My university is a lower-tier post-92 university (ex-poly). I am very thankful and happy that they use
the money which they collect from their students wisely (by enhancing their library resources in this case).
I am not sure if everybody has been so lucky than I have been. But at least I have been able to retrieve the
articles I want from e-publishers or at least librarians have done everything to submit me a legal copy.

You presented a couple of apposite points to make your case. Stealing may be morally right sometimes. But not
if it becomes a habit.

As for the quickness, I consider it not to be a good excuse. Why should we get everything fast or now?

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Eskobastion 100 posts
14 years ago

Quote From jepsonclough:

Err aren't you breaching copyright here? Where is the copyright? You haven't acknowledged Matt Groening, or Fox.
Or is that Ok becuase it is just a cartoon.

No, I am not. I offered you a link, not the picture.

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Eskobastion 100 posts
14 years ago

Quote From sneaks:

if its in the UK, they won't after the spending review

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Eskobastion 100 posts
14 years ago

Quote From walminskipeasucker:

My supervisors are going to prison, some of the original authors that sent me their papers are going to prison,

Your supervisor is able to give you papers because your uni pays licence fees for publishers.
and as far as I kow, publishers allow authors to give out a small amount of copies for their peers (internal use).

Quote From walminskipeasucker:

most of the people I know are going to prison and, as for me, me...[gulp]...

They deserve that. They should have thought before breaking the law. :p

Quote From walminskipeasucker:

Oh, and can you put a university in prison?

You can not. But would it be possible to issue an order to close down a university permanently? :p

Quote From walminskipeasucker:

Because one of them very kindly sent me a collection of photocopied papers for my research.

They have the right to do that because they have paid for it.

Or have they? A plain CLA licence does not usually allow copying of multiple articles but if they have a permission from the publishers everything should be ok..

Quote From walminskipeasucker:

It seems that everyone is breaking the law these days

I'd not like to comment..

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Eskobastion 100 posts
14 years ago

Quote From jepsonclough:

Well I for one won't be rushing to offer Eskobastion any advice since s/he well and truly rapped my knuckles. Am just waiting for the day when s/he is desparate for a paper which i have (or even one that one of us has written).:p

You will not see that day.. because my uni will buy that paper for me :p

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Eskobastion 100 posts
14 years ago

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Quote From jepsonclough:

Have downloaded it for you - pm me an e-mail address

Here is an excerpt from the Wiley site:

"Except as provided above, Authorized Users may not copy, distribute, transmit or otherwise reproduce, sell or resell material from Electronic Products (s); store such material in any form or medium in a retrieval system; download and/or store an entire issue of a Electronic Product or its equivalent; or transmit such material, directly or indirectly, for use in any paid service such as document delivery or list serve, or for use by any information brokerage or for systematic distribution, whether or not for commercial or non-profit use or for a fee or free of charge. "

Downloading and sending papers to other people seems to be copyright infringement, or in other words, piracy.

I am wondering why administrators allow people continuously to breach the law (and the forum rules).

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Eskobastion 100 posts
14 years ago

If you are not able to find a suitable research topic by yourself, you should really think of doing a PhD again. Doing a PhD means doing research and unfortunately it seems that you are not capable of doing research.

I suggest that you start doing your research proposal by reading journal articles related to CS and SE and especially the sections "conclusions and further research" of those articles to find out other researchers' conclusions on interesting future research topics.

I am afraid that nobody is going to give you a ready research proposal title here.

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Eskobastion 100 posts
14 years ago

Quote From boah123:

Hi!

1) What are the costs of doing PhD in the states while working at the same time in business? So, you are not a university employee (like in Holland).
2) Do you always have to follow a complete program with courses or thesis work enough?

Thanks!

I think that the majority of students here are from the UK. I think that you should visit the GradCafe (www.thegradcafe.com) which is a US version of PostgradForum.

As for the questions you asked, here are some answers for the first question. I am not an expert so you should confirm their validity from elsewhere..

Costs: Depends on university and PhD program. It is impossible to give a definite answer. Prestigious schools waive all your fees and give you a competitive stipend provided that you apply for and are offered a graduate assistant position. At lower-tier universities students have to pay their fees and living.

If you are not a US citizen, you are not allowed to work (exception is the afore-mentioned graduate teaching/research/office assistant positions etc). International graduate students hold F1 or J1 visas. If they work outside campus and get caught, they will be deported quickly (as far as I know)..

In case that you hold a visa which allows you to work in the US, you are not able to study.

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Eskobastion 100 posts
14 years ago

Satchi,

Have you tried LyX (www.lyx.org)? It is a latex frontend program which is rather easy to learn.

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Eskobastion 100 posts
14 years ago

This is hilarious.

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Eskobastion 100 posts
14 years ago

Quote From ttcoaching:

I am currently an undergraduate at The University of Arizona. Triple major: Finance, Mathematics, and Accounting. I have an excellent GPA, 3.97 out of the possible 4.00. Also, before graduation I will be done with a full accounting thesis (approximately 100 pages of research with 4 regression models). I have also been trading options and futures through technical analysis.

I am very interested in Finance/Economics PhD programs at Harvard, MIT, and Stanford. However, I realize that my undergraduate school is not among the top undergraduate universities.

Do I have a chance, given a very strong GMAT score? If not, what do I need to do prior to applying? (master's degrees, job experience, etc) Any suggestions will help. Thanks!

I think that the The GradCafe (www.thegradcafe.com) accommodates a wider audience for questions regarding US schools.

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Eskobastion 100 posts
14 years ago

Have you really asked your librarian? I can't believe that they do not buy the article if it is so important to you..

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