Archive for March, 2004

Google Used To Catch Term Paper Cheaters

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2004 | 14:50

I knew this sort of thing happened, but I think I got to experience the catching personally:
Early this afternoon, I noticed that I got a referral from Google with the search term “The fanciful conceit is that Shakespeare is going through a severe case of writer’s block”. This phrase yields one real hit: a [...]

What I Want From the Democrats

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2004 | 06:55

Michael Totten has a pointer to this good take on the differences over the war on the part of liberals. The author notes that the primary division is over whether one sees neo-imperialism (embodied by America) as the greatest danger in the world, or whether one believes the greatest danger is 21st Century fascism [...]

Books or movies as “canon”

Monday, March 1st, 2004 | 18:50

We caught the end of the Oscars last night, starting at around the point they did the Katherine Hepburn memorial section. Billy Crystal remarked that all of New Zealand has now been thanked, so apparently Lord of the Rings had been winning in the technical categories. I was actually mildy surprised it won [...]