[Air-l] turnitin issue

[Michael Zimmer]

This'll help:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_function
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_hash_function

On Mar 12, 2007, at 9:34 PM, Denise N. Rall wrote:

> Dear Aoir-ers -
>
> What's in the hash?  I assumed it was a very partial
> sketch of the paper, including things like the title,
> the first paragraph (perhaps) some keywords and the
> bibliography.
>
> For my perspective on students' handing in others'
> work, this would be enough to sink the ship!
>
> How would this breach the student's copyright if they
> have copied the paper to begin with????
>
> Cheers, Denise
>
>
>
> Denise N. Rall, PhD thesis, "Locating four pathways to
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