{"id":54,"date":"2004-11-18T23:58:01","date_gmt":"2004-11-19T06:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wilyness.com\/blog\/?p=54"},"modified":"2004-11-18T23:58:01","modified_gmt":"2004-11-19T06:58:01","slug":"rent-a-coder-does-your-homework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wilyness.com\/blog\/?p=54","title":{"rendered":"Rent-a-coder does your homework?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m sure some of you have seen this before, but I’m a little astonished to see this sort of thing done so explicitly. I suppose there are websites for buying term papers and stuff, but this is new for me.<\/p>\n

Have a look:
\nRent A Coder – C Basic Sorted Array List<\/a><\/p>\n

Basically a student is asking someone to do his\/her homework, using a programming contracting site. I see that the request was cancelled– hopefully the student rethought the idea– but it’s dismaying that it was even posted. There’s even a link to the course assignment webpage. It might be a joke, but I know that if I were doing it as a joke, I’d put up something more elaborate, and inject some more outrageous or humorous bits into the description.<\/p>\n

Is this sort of thing common? I sure hope not. I like having faith in humanity, thank you very much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m sure some of you have seen this before, but I’m a little astonished to see this sort of thing done so explicitly. I suppose there are websites for buying term papers and stuff, but this is new for me. …<\/p>\n

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