Re: Plagiarism - What's Commomn Knowledge

[Anthony Davey <ant -at- ant-davey -dot- com>]

Helen,

My feelings on your questions are:

1) Name the table 'Hypothetical data relating to.....' and the issue is 
resolved.  As all you want to do is show your ability to extract data 
and represent it graphically, so the fact that the data is not 'real' 
won't concern many people.

2) If you are writing an article about a scanner I would suggest that it 
is one that you have used, so that you can bring some of your own value 
to the arguement.  When relying on information gleaned from other 
sources, say so.  "... as John Doe, technical editor of Boring Computing 
magazine, saidof product X, this machine sucks/rocks/whatever..."  And 
then cite all the places you have taken such information from in a 
bibliography.  It avoids the charge of plagiarism and shows that you can 
do research.

3) Strictly speaking a portfolio is a commercial use; however if you are 
not making money directly from its use and not reselling it, you may (I 
might) feel justified in using it.  Again cite the origin somewhere so 
that you are not purporting to be the source/creator.

4) Do you also have wiring diagrams to connect the dynamo on the bike to 
the 12V DC converter to recharge the battery?

Best regards,
Ant

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