Lo-fi 78's v. hi-fi CD's

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:31 AM -0500 3/10/06, Page Stephens wrote:
>Some years ago the late Stephen Jay Gould as I recall wrote an article on
>this subject in terms of textbooks suggesting that you could discover their
>origin by looking at the mistakes which were continued from one to the
>other. Given the nature of the publishing industry, however, there are
>limitations to this method since quite often you cannot determine the
>authorship.

Maybe not, but it is an efficient means for catching students who
work jointly without permission.

Larry

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