07-07-2009, 01:40 AM
I just wanted to go to bed, read a small bed-time story on ancient engineering and guess what I did all of a sudden discover in my reading...someone plagiated me! And the sad thing is it a quite serious publication and they stole it from Wikipedia!
But judge for yourself:
My version, stable from March 2008 to May 2009: Wikipedia
And now the plagiate (obvious rip-offs in bold):
Although they tried to mix it up, the different modular components still reveal the original source. And the statements not marked bold in the text, you can find in essence in the Wiki article, too. The hilarious thing is, to cover up their plagiarism, they even misrepresented some facts such as that the Diolkos was used a thousand years (in fact 650 or so) and that it was 6.5 km long (in fact estimates range from 6 to 8.5 km).
Isn't this low?
But judge for yourself:
My version, stable from March 2008 to May 2009: Wikipedia
And now the plagiate (obvious rip-offs in bold):
Quote:The most grandiose example was the project accomplished prior to cutting a canal through the Isthmus of Corinth, called Diolkos, which means dia = from the other side and olkos = transportation. This was a track or portage road 6.5 km long, constructed along the western coast of the isthmus, used by ships loaded. on special undercarriages to cross from the Ionian to the Aegean sea. The original construction of the Diolkos dates to around 600 B.C. and was used for more than 1,000 years. The Diolkos was the first long distance heavy transport guided wheel system prior to the advent of the railway. (see section Ancient railway) By using the Diolkos, ships reduced the time required to sail between the Aegean and the Ionian seas (see section function). It consisted of a very long hauling platform, with parallel and equidistant wheeled carts that could bear the weight of an entire ship.
Version of: Cesare Rossi, Flavio Russo, Ferruccio Russo: Ancient Engineers’ Inventions. Precursors of the Present, Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2009, ISBN: 978-90-481-2252-3, pp. 164f.
Although they tried to mix it up, the different modular components still reveal the original source. And the statements not marked bold in the text, you can find in essence in the Wiki article, too. The hilarious thing is, to cover up their plagiarism, they even misrepresented some facts such as that the Diolkos was used a thousand years (in fact 650 or so) and that it was 6.5 km long (in fact estimates range from 6 to 8.5 km).
Isn't this low?
Stefan (Literary references to the discussed topics are always appreciated.)
