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12-06-2007 , 05:02 PM

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Ganjasaurus Rex

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Quote:

Originally Posted by edtost

(side note, who the [censored] assigns a 4-5 page paper? how the hell can you develop a thesis in that little space?)

Welcome to the real world, where most conference proceedings papers are 4-5 pages and where most (journal articles take up a much smaller percentage of the total output) of your scientific findings will be published.

12-07-2007 , 01:52 AM

#27

goofyballer

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Quote:

This trick really isn't that great. If you look closely, the reason enlarging periods makes your paper longer is because it increases the size of lines (like, instead of having 24 lines of text per page, you will have 22 lines of text per page.) It provides the same results as increasing the space in between your lines (ie instead of double spacing you papers, you make it 2.1 space).

Point is, if your teacher is looking for cheaters, you will still get caught.

I think I'm the one that originally wrote that cause I remember posting something like that when this thread first surfaced.

And yeah, it's still true. I'm not a nit, just stating the obvious: it jacks up the line spacing, which has nothing to do with making periods bigger.

12-07-2007 , 01:15 PM

#28

manbearpig

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Quote:

Originally Posted by oe39

i like how he thinks it is amazing that the longer your paper, the more pages you add when using this trick.

What? This is exactly what would happen. Unless I am just completely ******ed.

12-07-2007 , 01:45 PM

#29

ImsaKidd

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Quote:

Originally Posted by manbearpig

What? This is exactly what would happen. Unless I am just completely ******ed.

Yeah, everyone would expect this.

But he seems so surprised when hes like "yeah, it added 1 page to this 10 page paper. But for this 20 page paper, it added TWO FULL PAGES (omg)"

12-07-2007 , 07:43 PM

#30

edtost

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Ganjasaurus Rex

yeah, but i'm talking about papers written in the style of undergrads, not real articles. everyone i know who published anything based on the research they did in school submitted papers for review at most 1/3 the length of what they turned in to profs the first time around.

12-10-2007 , 09:07 AM

#31

vetiver

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Upping character spacing > this tip

12-10-2007 , 09:53 PM

#32

hardtimes1

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this thread has some good avatars

12-11-2007 , 02:19 AM

#33

Ganjasaurus Rex

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Another awesome way to lengthen papers.....

write more words.

12-11-2007 , 05:08 AM

#34

obiedman

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why the [censored] is this a video

12-11-2007 , 02:29 PM

#35

onlinebeginner

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Anyone who says just hand it in as is= moron

honestly why not do this if your done writing and your close to the minumum

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