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at least it's not phallic! by G+Neric · 2000-04-21 06:10 · Score: 2 · on UNIX Advertising From Way-back-when

The nice thing about that old ad is that it does not look like this ad suggestive of a phallus popping off. That's for a product targetted at the *nix market?

Do those bozos really think that this makes anybody want their product? Anybody except a certain... ah, leave that for the trollers.

Re:Didn't you see the banners? by alangmead · 2000-03-29 21:33 · Score: 1 · on Geek Pride Hits Boston This Weekend

Slashdot has been running "Geek Pride Day" advertisements for weeks.

If you haven't seen the banner ad, then all of Andover.net's adverstisers should probably start worrying about the exposure they're getting for their money.

My doubleclick.net solution by Anonymous Coward · 2000-03-22 04:51 · Score: 0 · on DoubleClick Workaround: IDcide

At first, I just had it blocked in junkbuster. But then I noticed them using https to sneak ads through. (128 bit encryption, too - impressive, given that most e-commerce sites only do 40.)

So I admired their ingenuity and brought out the Big Guns. My nameserver is now authoritative for doubleclick.net, and no hosts exist. (This is like the /etc/hosts solution some people have, only more so.) For a second layer of coverage, all of the IP addresses I could find are firewalled off.

And, of course, junkbuster is set to eat all Referrer: headers and cookies. As is the browser.

I haven't seen a web-bug that's sneaked through in a considerable while.

BTW, has everyone explored Slashdot's ad server? http://209.207.224.220/index.pl?op=runs is quite interesting, although it's pretty boring after my junkbuster config gets through with it.

More /. foulups. This is an embarassing mess by Anonymous Coward · 2000-03-18 02:13 · Score: 0 · on The Economics of Open Source

Advertisers by holloway · 2000-02-07 04:28 · Score: 1 · on Letter to the Community on Andover/VA Merger

You can get a list of slashdot's advertisers straight from their AdFu server (moved from adfu.blockstackers.com.. because of traffic?). An unbias person running it wouldn't be enough (they'd still have to be on VA's payroll - not enough seperation to remove doubt for the averagely paranoid, har, har).

But does slashdot still control the ad process? (this isn't a flame, i'm genuinely asking).

An open bidding, ALA Ebay would be about the only was of pleasing those who suspect - what say you, cmdrtaco?

Andover Should Then by qnonsense · 1999-10-31 03:49 · Score: 2 · on Are You Ready For Burn All GIFs Day?

"Notice that the animated GIFs do not come from Slashdot's servers themselves."

IIRC Slashdot uses Adfu, Rob's open source ad server. When Andover took over Adfu when they picked up Slashdot so Andover might still be liable. In other words, yes the ads are run on Slashdot servers so we should all contact Andover and ask them to burn the GIFs! Actually, we should talk to Rob, because he would probably still be in charge of Adfu itself and would be the one who'd have to rewrite the script.

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Slashdot Load Testing (Continues) Posted by CmdrTaco on Mon August 30, 02:13 PM EDT
from the ain't-this-fun? dept.
Fixed so far:

Dropped http MaxClients down to 75
increased mysql max_connections to to 250

(they were 150 & 100, so we had 450 http forks fighting for 100 mysql connections. Oops! Thank god for load testing! I guess its problably good that I post another story just so that we can simulate normal Slashdot a little better: Slashdot doesn't usually have just 1 story with people posting on (well, unless we mention evolution or the GPL being violated or something) (Oh, and don't post comments with bug reports, there is no way I'll be able to keep up, email 'em. I won't reply, but I'll read it)

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Help Test Our New Server! Posted by CmdrTaco on Mon August 30, 12:51 PM EDT
from the load-testing-is-cool dept.
So here it is: A mirror of Slashdot (as of a week or so ago). It exists now for testing: So feel free to post comments and help test the new load balancer. For the curious, the new system has 3 http machines (P2s) and one mysql box (a dual P2) with a load balancer trying to keep everyone all equally busy. And its about time: the old setup has been really stressed out trying to keep up with everyone. Anyway, don't get to attached to any of your comments here, when we're satisfied that the new setup is stable, I'm gonna mirror over Slashdot and make the final switcheroo.

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Interview: Mandrake Answers Posted by Roblimo on Fri August 20, 12:00 PM EDT
from the x-leads-to-enlightenment dept.
Monday a whole bunch of people had questions for Mandrake, one of the heavies behind Enlightenment. Slashdot Moderators picked the best ones. We forwarded them, unedited, to Mandrake on Tuesday. His (excellent) answers appear below.

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Geeks in the Space: The Attack of 5 Posted by Hemos on Thu August 19, 04:10 AM EDT
from the more-stuff-to-listen-to dept.
Well, we've done it again. Yes, Geeks in Space, Episode 5 has been released. In it, we lament the lack of good news, talk about anti-matter, and the hiring of hacks by companies. You can also become...educated in my long-term plan for the hostile takeover of a certain Redmond-based company.

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Apple announces Darwin 0.3 Posted by Hemos on Thu August 19, 12:24 AM EDT
from the more-to-download dept.
J. FoxGlov writes "Macintouch reports that v0.3 of Darwin, the open-source foundation for Mac OS X Server is available on Apple's Public Source site. Apple Developer Connection members can get it on CD for $29. Check Public Source for more about the Darwin SDK and the new Darwin. "

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Microsoft's New Audio Format Cracked Posted by Hemos on Wed August 18, 05:23 PM EDT
from the secure-this-buddy dept.
Barcode (JPB) was one of the first to send us the word from Wired that the new audio format Microsoft introduced (Two days ago), supposed to be a secure format (resricting playback) has already been cracked. Dimension Music first carried the news-and what a name the crack has *grin*.

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Find your Star Wars Twin Posted by Hemos on Wed August 18, 05:16 PM EDT
from the what-freud-really-wanted-to-do dept.
The_Monk writes "Ever wanted to know your Star Wars twin? Now this incredibly important information can be verified. It placed me the likes of Astro Mech Droids, 'Tarkin, and R2-D2. " Ahem-as the lost twin of Lando (extraversion), I have a Cloud City I'd like to sell someone. But I'm about as agreeable as Boba, always a bonus.

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Now Police Can 'See' Through Walls Posted by Roblimo on Wed August 18, 12:40 PM EDT
from the move-along-there's-nothing-to-see-here dept.
Bram writes "Just found an article about another way to invade privacy." He's talking about hand-held radar systems police can use to detect breathing, beating hearts or other motion through walls and other obstacles. Sounds like a declassified version of the Ground Support Radar [GSR] units we used years ago in the Army. I can see why police would want them, and I can also see why Bram considers them a privacy threat. Depends on how they're used, I suppose.

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FreeType posts patent warning Posted by Hemos on Wed August 18, 11:53 AM EDT
from the i-want-my-verdonna dept.
Anonymous Coward writes "According to the the FreeType web page, there have been some new concerns raised about Apple's patents on TrueType. I hope this doesn't affect the planned TrueType support in XF86 4. " It appears that they are still checking into the issue, but I'd really like TrueType support. A lot. Let's hope Apple responds nicely.

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Microsoft to "publish code" to Instant Messenger Posted by Hemos on Wed August 18, 09:49 AM EDT
from the want-more-market-share dept.
VFVTHUNTER writes "According to this article at cnet, MS, in an attempt to gain a share of AOL's Instant Messenger Service Market, announced today it is going to publish the protocol to its own messenger service. " It's important to note it's NOT the source code, just the protocol.

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