a spell i found while surfing the net

[Shadowulfe]

The protect my modem from the evil god of surges spell

This spell is designed to not only protect your modem from power surges, but also maximize it's speed. Take a piece of glass (any kind of glass it doesn't matter, it just has to be glass) and with a black crayon write a Rad rune on it. A Rad rune looks like a capitol letter "R" with angles. Don't argue with me about my spelling of the rune, because you won't win. Then annoint the glass with frankincense oil and set it on the tower, or near your modem. Next burn some sage and blow it at your computer. Then say the following chant (Which I modified and plagiarized from Dorothy Morrison's book Everyday Magic);
"Mercury protect this device and keep its uploads clean and nice. Its downloads send with greatest ease, and put them where they ought to be. From bit to bucket please protect all bytes and pixels I elect, to zip and send across the land then carry them safely to your hand."

located in the BOS at:Minor Arcana (http://www.minorarcana.com)

[Myst]

Thanks for plagiarizing a plagiarizer.

[Shadowulfe]

how is it plagurizing when i quoted the source?? better yet pm me

[Myst]

Hm why do you suppose the author who wrote it on that site admitted he plagiarized it?

[Shadowulfe]

He may have but that doesnt mean i did....if you follow the link you will see I posted it "word for word" i did not change even one letter and I quoted the source! so therefore no plagurizing on my part

[Myst]

Plagiarizing?

plagiarize \Pla"gia*rize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plagiarized; p. pr. & vb. n. Plagiarizing.] To steal or purloin from the writings of another.

Webster's Dictionary. My opinion.

[Shadowulfe]

actually if you read it correctly it says:

To steal or purloin and pass of as one's own( ideas, writing, etc.)

i have not tried to pass it off as my own ... I quoted where it came from! so therefore, no plagiarism is involved!

[Myst]

Actually, I cut and pasted the first entry exactly as it appears here from the dictionary. You can deny it, I call it plagiarism. Then again I bought the book. That's it, that's all.

[Angelwulfe]

plagerizing means to pass of some one elses work as your own. how many times does it need to be said it's not plagerizing if the credit has been given to the source. which it has. shadowulfe is only sharing the information not passing it off as his own work. :mad: :razz: :dis:

[Myst]

Originally posted by Angelwulfe
plagerizings means to pass of some one elses work as your own. how many times does it need to be said it's not plagerizing if the credit has beeen given to the source. which it has. shadowulfe is only sharing the information not passing it off as his own work. :mad: :razz: :dis:

Don't razz me. To me it's plagiarizing, end of story.

Incidentally I tried that spell once but didn't notice any noticeable difference, tho I think in the book it was tigers eye used, and really what can ya expect from a 56k modem on old phone lines anyway :)

[Demeter]

Maybe not plagiarizing, but definitely copyright violation! No matter how many times it's been copied, if you copy it knowing it came from someone's book, it's a violation of the original copyright. (Unless you have permission from the author or it's a limited quote for review purposes.)

[Angelwulfe]

maybe so but it's not palgarizing.

[Margie]

Wow-this thread is so "on topic" it's amazing...;)

[Myst]

Originally posted by Shadowulfe
The protect my modem from the evil god of surges spell

btw

what kind of surges?

[Shadowulfe]

power surges

[Myst]

Originally posted by Shadowulfe
power surges

Psst your modem doesn't get power surges. When it does, it fries. Or at least if you get a power surge your whole computer does, and therefore your modem is the least of your problems.

[mol]

This thread is off topic.

This thread is not about:

1. Plagarizing
2. Copyrights

It is about a spell. Please return it to topic. Thanks.

[Myst]

I can see it being used for making your modem work faster with less loss but the surge thing confused me.

[white_draco]

I don't know what's the big deal....I wonder if people 1000 or so years ago got so anal retentive over spells. It might be a spell that somebody else wrote but the effects won't be the same. But as long as people are putting out books and making software the world will always copy it and always use it, it doesn't mean I do, but my mom always told me " If you don't want people to know then don't tell them "

Oh yea....no copyright or plagerism laws have been broken because the piece of work has been credited and quoted....

[Rick]

...personally. I would use a Thurisaz or Sowulo, not a RAIDO. :cool:

[Myst]

Originally posted by Rick
...personally. I would use a Thurisaz or Sowulo, not a RAIDO.

I would use whatever rune Rick told me to since I don't know runes very well yet :cool:

[Shadowulfe]

Originally posted by Myst


I would use whatever rune Rick told me to since I don't know runes very well yet :cool:

I agree with you Myst. Especially since i dont know much about runes myself

[Rick]

...you guys can be tooooo trusting sometimes... :D

Raido is the Rune mentioned in the 4th Rune poem in the Poetic Edda (see Practical Rune Magic IV). It can be used "to stop a dart in flight." This might work against a power surge. I suggested Thurisaz & Sowulo 'cuz they are associated with thunder & lightning, ergo electricity, & Thurisaz is also used to "blunt a foe's weapons." A Runecharm or BindRune of these three could be effective.

Personally, I use a good U.L.-rated surge protector, but that's not nearly as interesting discussing Runes... :T

[faradin]

Actually, myst, as long as the quote is less than 70 words, and the source was named, it is not plagurizing. if it was more than 70 words and the source was named, then the source would would have to be paid. you really should look up your copyright laws, honey.

[Myst]

The topic here is not plagiarism or copyrights, it's a spell Shadowulfe shared.

Any issue you have with plagiarism or copyright please bring up with mol privately at this time. Thank you. :)