Professor's apparent request to student for fake data published by mistake

Re:Professor's apparent request to student for fake data pub... by pekk on Thursday August 08, 2013 @10:41PM (#6183406)

"The fabricated iPhones" simply means the iPhones which were made.

"The fabricated news came from this propaganda ministry" works perfectly, however

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Re:Professor's apparent request to student for fake data pub... by vacri on Thursday August 08, 2013 @11:27PM (#6183589)

'The fabricated iPhones came from this factory', where 'fabricated' means 'produced', is a tautology and hence an ungainly way to present such a sentence ('unfabricated iPhones' wouldn't 'come from' anywhere). As presented, I feel it's more likely for 'fabricated' to mean 'fake', given the context.

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Re:Professor's apparent request to student for fake data pub... by pekk on Friday August 09, 2013 @11:44AM (#6186309)

I don't think "fabricated iPhones" means fake iPhones at all. It might be awkward, but that doesn't mean that it means 'fake'.

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