On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 21:46 -0800, Jonathon Blake wrote: > Peter wrote: > > > I still don't understand what Slashdot it. > > a) It is /. not that word you wrote out. > > b) It is the easiest way to waste an hour reading absolute drivel.
..an hour...it is my homepage, I waste hourS reading it and the other OSTG sites...which, by the way, are highly regarded in the FOSS community and include Sourceforge, Newsforge, ThinkGeek and Freshmeat. > c) Multiple repetitious posts about > i) the evils of microsoft ...and this is bad? Actually there is little rumor and redundancy, only factual stories of M$ transgressions. > ii) links to pr0n that I can say with a significant degree of > confidence will disgust you. I have yet to see a link to any "adult" material on Slashdot...and I am not a casual reader, you are spreading misinformation. > iii) dot bomb marketing plans, or lack thereof ...I don't have a clue what you are talking about here...you obviously have never really read Slashdot... > > I know being slashdotted means > > Not quite: Being slashdotted means that > a) Your server is shut down because of the hits > b) Your bandwidth is maxed out for a substantial period of time. > c) /.editors are still adhering to their policy of not warning small > sites about the /. potential. > > > Can someone here help? > > If you have time to waste, goto http://www.slashdot.org, and read it. > > Personally, I think k5 has a more intelligent crowd. ...that is a very intelligent argument against the value of reading Slashdot... > You can google for that one. ...why no link...? http://www.kuro5hin.org/ > > > > xan > > jonathon -- Regards, Rick Barnes www.nostabo.net ******************************************************************* PRIVILEGED - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL This electronic mail is solely for the use of the addressee and may contain information which is confidential or privileged. If you receive this electronic mail in error, please delete it from your system immediately and notify the sender by electronic mail or using any of the contact details noted herein. This e-mail sent via Evolution 2.0.4 running on a Linux 2.6.11 kernel.
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