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Pagarism is a bad thing.

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TomSorrell
Posts: 54 - Karma: 10
Hello,

My name is Tom Sorrell and I wrote the Blink 182 article. Here is the link to where it was first posted:
http://www.ubersite.com/m/35873

You may be wondering why I'm here. Well, today I got an e-mail from a member of this forum asking me why I posted this story here. The simple answer is, I did not. Someone else did.

Now normally I wouldn't have a problem with that. I mean, an article I wrote is getting free publicity on another forum to go along with the 12,000 hits it has already received at Ubersite. Cool, right? No, it is not. I have a problem with the way this person posted it.

Not only did he not link to the article, he didn't even give me credit for writing it. He posted it like it was his own idea and experience. There's a word for that: plagarism.

I don't care that I've received over 50 pieces of hate mail, 2 death threats, and four viruses because of this article. But some person copying it and pasting it without even giving me credit pisses me off to no end.

I'm very happy you liked my article enough to post it on some skiing forum. If you like that one so much, I've written about 40 others at Ubersite:
(http://www.ubersite.com/u/BuckeyesTHEGAME)

and I posted the best ones on my website: (www.TomSorrell.net). Maybe you'll enjoy some of them as well.

If you like them and want to post them on a message board, that's perfectly fine with me; however, please include a link along with it.

Thank You,
Tom Sorrell

PS: IF anyone doesn't believe I am the actual author, take a little trip over to Ubersite and look at the review on there from me (user name is BuckeyesTHEGAME). Here it is:

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Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info)
at 2004-06-29 14:49:27

Plagarism is bad. People shouldn't steal other people's work and try to pass it off as their own.

WHEN YOU COPY AND PASTE THIS ONTO A MESSAGE BOARD, GIVE ME CREDIT FOR IT.
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If you still don't believe that person is me, click on 'User Info' next to the name. You'll see that I did in fact write it.
Jun 29 2004 1:59PM
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Phrosty
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I emailed him bitches! ha you guys all suck, consider yourselves all owned. See sometimes I need to take matters into my own hands. Please line up for dick sucking in single file.


'It was probably the most improved park in north america last year. That's mostly due to us getting up at fucking 8 am everyday and raking like monkeys, untill we were to baked to talk. Every now and then some texan would eat shit and it would be funny and we would call ski patrol on our radios. we would steal food from the base and cook it on our grill, then heckle people on the lift with our mega phone while we played frisbee across the run. and took naps behind the shack in the most exclusive hut on the mountain. o christ, best winter ever.'
Jun 29 2004 2:01PM
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WIfreeskier
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haha way to shut 'em down, Phrosty.
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no doubt, sit back on the couch, pants down, rubber on, set to turn that ass out. Laid the bitch out, then i put it in her mouth, pulled out, nutted on a towel, then passed out.
Jun 29 2004 3:19PM
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Schmitz
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/35873, thats what was included in the story so i thought it would be ok. i guess i was wrong. it was a great story. sorry Tom.





Skiing, the remedy to all illnesses

-Eric

Jun 29 2004 3:24PM
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Schmitz
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meaning the post above




Skiing, the remedy to all illnesses

-Eric

Jun 29 2004 3:25PM
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freeze_pooter
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thats right fix your wrongs good thing PHROSTY started this thread
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Jun 30 2004 12:34AM
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Phrosty
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it's hilarious you are, you're soo fucking stupid you still think we're the same people. Hahaha, look at all the stuff he's written at that other site.


'It was probably the most improved park in north america last year. That's mostly due to us getting up at fucking 8 am everyday and raking like monkeys, untill we were to baked to talk. Every now and then some texan would eat shit and it would be funny and we would call ski patrol on our radios. we would steal food from the base and cook it on our grill, then heckle people on the lift with our mega phone while we played frisbee across the run. and took naps behind the shack in the most exclusive hut on the mountain. o christ, best winter ever.'
Jun 30 2004 1:48AM
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freeze_pooter
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your dumb because i think your pretending to be him here
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good thing i got my trusty cougar call
Jun 30 2004 1:50AM
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J.D.
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You know, it just occurred to me that from the title of this thread, I can't tell whether he's against plagiarism or paganism.

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In a haze
A stormy haze
I’ll be around
I’ll be loving you
Always
Always

Here I am
And I’ll take my time
Here I am
And I’ll wait in line
Always
Always...
Jun 30 2004 1:57AM
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Crystal-needs-a-park
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yeah... i think its cool when professional... or at least concerned... writers cant spell
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Jun 30 2004 2:05AM
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TomSorrell
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Yes, I noticed that after I posted it.

The lesson as always, I'm an idiot.

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NOTE: I am NOT a professional writer, I just do it for fun.
Jun 30 2004 5:30AM
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DAMICO
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this shit is gettin old.......


Funny Bundy Quotes:

'Peg, is there any reason this cactus is where my alarm clock should be?'

'Remember our motto: We ain't got it.'

'We all have to live with our disappointments... I have to sleep with mine.'

'People who work putting shoes on fat women who wear dresses should not have 20/20 vision.'
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