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Chuck Buckner
 06 Aug 2010, 01:10 #95667 Reply To Post
Quote: notleyab, Thursday, 5 Aug 2010 23:43
Quote: papa stas, Wednesday, 4 Aug 2010 18:18


Copy from one, it's plagiarism; copy from two, it's research.
John Milton



Did JM really say that?. A more amusing guy than I had him down for.


“Copy from one, it's plagiarism; copy from two, it's research.”
Wilson Mizner quotes (Playwright, 1876-1933)

Maybe Mizner stole it from Milton!!

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Malcolm
 06 Aug 2010, 04:30 #95668 Reply To Post
Surely there can be originality in the juxtaposition of existing things. Isn't that what inventors do? They take things that already exist and combine them to create something new.

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Marita Hansen
 06 Aug 2010, 04:44 #95669 Reply To Post
Quote: Malcolm, Friday, 6 Aug 2010 04:30
Surely there can be originality in the juxtaposition of existing things. Isn't that what inventors do? They take things that already exist and combine them to create something new.



I agree.
Chuck Buckner
 06 Aug 2010, 05:05 #95670 Reply To Post
I don’t know.

Is something new when it’s composed of old parts?
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sulcus
 06 Aug 2010, 08:40 #95678 Reply To Post
Dwarves standing on the shoulders of giants
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Chuck Buckner
 06 Aug 2010, 16:53 #95711 Reply To Post
Old Giants !!
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