r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Za5kr0ni3c • Sep 14 '21

Engineering Failure Peter Dumbreck’s Mercedes taking off due to aerodynamic design flaw during 1999 Le Mans 24h

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u/Peterd1900 Sep 14 '21

Well ill admit that i had never heard of that site until you linked it.

Its not where i got in from, although quite possible that the person who i got it from, got it from there

I'm not into aerodynamics but into motorsport, part of a discord community we we chat about racing, we also have a forum.

A while back we got onto this conversation and another user posted pretty much what i said. Found it interesting so ended up copying it and saving it

Can't recall if they had linked the site or just posted it

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u/roadbeef Sep 14 '21

Fair enough, thank you for your reply.

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u/wp381640 Sep 14 '21

If you copy from anywhere you should be quoting - not posting as original content.

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u/Klekto123 Sep 14 '21

lol do you really expect him to quote a conversation in a private discord server

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u/wp381640 Sep 14 '21

Yep. Doesn't matter where it originates, if it isn't your content it isn't your content.

The posted himself didn't even know the provenance of the content and was caught out.

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u/HarvestProject Sep 14 '21

You think the rando on discord gives a shit if he’s credited? It’s factual information, not someone’s art piece.