Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2006-03-14 07:17:44 - Graham Ellis
I lost my "Camel Book". You would think that with over 600 books on the shelves, I wouldn't miss the odd one - but each book has its own particular features and certainly amongst my 23 hot favourites I'll spot any that are missing within a few days. What a mystery - had a delegate taken it accidentally and been too embarrassed to return it later?
A posting elsewhere, taking me to task for withdrawing my support for a more general campaign against a potential fresh round of railway closures, took me quite aback. How odd - with all the work I'm doing and spinoff that I hope helps others - that I get slammed in public and a quite upsetting email too.
The Daily Telegraph, that has arrived while I've been writing this item, talks of Internet Plagiarism being rife at a British University. That very much brings to mind a most outstanding post at the weekend on our Opentalk forum. Such excellent writing that I wondered if it was a "cut and paste" job, and there were other little clues that pointed the same way in the formatting. Yet - why on earth should someone cross post an article on Operating Systems in this way?
But ... there's spirit and good in people. All around. All mysteries solved and matters resolved.. The book had fallen down the back. A quick email exchange with Lee (and a phone call from him) concluded that I had written a note that could be read in two ways, one quite contrary to my intent. We're now [back] on the best of terms. And Scott who wrote the Opentalk article is simply an excellent orator - even his "yes, I really wrote that" note was beautifully crafted!