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These dupes send a clear message that the Slashdot staff, who are *paid* to work for a for-profit company....

That's because you're doing it all wrong. The staff doesn't care. But there is a solution; you mention that they work for a for-profit company. Gentlemen, I give you the contact information for the Open Source Technology Group, Slashdot's parent company:

46939 Bayside Parkway
Fremont, CA 94538

Toll free: (877) 825-4689
Phone: (510) 687-7000
Fax: (510) 687-7155

E-mail: info@ostg.com [not linkified for spam reasons]

I refuse to pay your one million dollars.

I already have a license to read your post thanks to the terms of service of this site.

http://www.ostg.com/terms.htm

You've even agreed to them, believe it or not.

By the way, the statutory maximum for copyright infringement is $150,000. So with respect to your "offer", 'tis better to be a pirate than a contractee. Perhaps you should call the RIAA or the MPAA, which have the sense to offer legal access to their content at a price that is less than most possible penalties for unauthorized distribtuion.

0wn3d!

It's "Nothing to see here. Please wait until the story is officially released. If you would like to see a pre-production version please subscribe. Slashdot and OSTG do not accept responsibility for any financial/mental damages that mispelled/mistyped beta stories may cause. Otherwise, move along."

Alas, few people get to see that part.

You DO know that /. and Thinkgeek are both related through OSTG?

The users of the OSTG sites are 97% male. Slashdot demographics are probably very similar.

With such an overwhelmingly male audience, you're not going to get a serious discussion on gender equity here unfortunately.

It's a bit of an echo chamber in here.

Now what does this remind me of?

1. The outside world is evil or corrupt, only other culties can be trusted: Yep
2. The cult has all the answers to life's problems: uh huh
3. Cult members are special in some way, better than other people: sounds familiar
4. Cult members MUST adhere to the dictates of the cult leadership: "By using OSTG Sites, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions." - and you probably weren't even aware!
5. Anyone who leaves the cult is evil and must be destroyed: thou shalt be afraid!

Who the hell are you and others abusing signature system for your lame free scams anyway?

This is fucking slashdot. We see slashdot ads, click on them if they interest us. We don't have to see every damn scam/spam you add your signature.

I agree Moderators are being "anal", I think they shouldn't downmod you, they should post +5 informative and you should have fun until Slashdot bans your IP.

Go give your ad to http://www.ostg.com/

Free iPod mac mini etc my ass!

yeah. ALL THE PROJECTS ARE ON SOURCEFORGE!

Good point. Because Sourceforge, Freshmeat, and Slashdot are all OSTG pages. This is nice to see Google taking an interest in OSTG, not competing with it.

OSDL doesn't sell advertising, and isn't related to Slashdot or OSTG .

Your little diatribe has been forwarded to admin@osdn.com, as per http://www.ostg.com/terms.htm. Have a nice day.

Take a pinch of Standard Linux
Wrap it up in Xen
Add a touch of SELinux
And a little bitty bit of Globus
Oh like a Sandboxed Platform
Oh Lordy, Lordy, mixed with Free and Open Source Code
You know you lump it all together
And you got a recipe for a Multi Vendor Development scene
It is coming though, you know, you know.

What we have is a great big melting pot
Big enough enough enough to take every vendor and all IT's got
And keep it stirring for a hundred years or more
And turn out Application Service and Content Providers by the score.

With apologies to Blue Mink .

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Look at the recent placement of O'Reilly's new Mook or whatever!

Are you interested in advertising on Slashdot? Would you like to have an article that hypes your product? Contact OSTG!

Look what we've done for O'Reilly! We currently feature a blatant ad for their new "Mook" and people are still eating it up like candy!

I assume your post will soon be deleted. This news story is paid for by O'Reilly and Associates.

For more information about advertising on Slashdot, including buying stories, please visit OSTG.

You may use clips of the shows to make your own shows, as long as you allow others to do the same with the show you produce.

OK, it's a troll, but who wouldn't want to see Taco and CowboyNeal hosting their own shows?

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They do explicitly acknowledge the poster's copyright, and don't necessarily get the right to, e.g., publish a printed archive of "Best Slashdot Posts", for example.

Some of what you say is right but still....

you are very WRONG. They do have such a right to create a "Best Slashdot Posts"

Read the Fine Print.


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The Holiday of Jew's Revenge, September 11th, was bloodied once again this year. Officials say Gay Nigger Association of America member Tar_Baby stole a Cessna jet from a nearby airfield and crashed it into Open Source Technology Group headquarters, completely demolishing the building, as well as crushing and incinerating everyone inside.

Audio logs recovered via the jet's black box portrayed a disturbing course of events onboard the plane. Passengers were heard screaming for their lives as the terrorist raped and killed the male members of the plane by what was thought to be rupturing their colons with a gigantic black dildo with nails punched out the sides, based on evidence collected at the scene.

Within minutes of the attack, GNAA officials telephoned major news networks claiming responsibility, and promised to continue their campaign of destruction as long as an Open Source movement still existed. This is believed to be the major tenet of the 'Gay Nigger Jihad', first mentioned months ago during GNAA's campaign against AOL.

This comes almost simultaneously after OSTG recently changed their name from the Open Source Development Network (OSDN), in attempt to distance itself from name long associated with failure, stupidity, zealotry, and Cowboyneal. It was also part of a last ditch effort to convince investors not to steal a Cessna and fly it into the headquarters themselves.

Update: A few hours after the crash, the rescue team found what is believed to be the only survivor. CmdrTaco was found in a coma inside OSTG basement, still firmly gripping his tiny cock. In his other hand, he was holding a photo of a muscular black male, signed by "Gary Niger of GNAA". CmdrTaco was rushed to a hospital, and his condition remains critical.

About GNAA:
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the first organization which gathers GAY NIGGERS from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being GAY NIGGERS.

Are you GAY ?
Are you a NIGGER ?
Are you a GAY NIGGER ?

If you answered "Yes" to all of the above questions, then GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) might be exactly what you've been looking for!
Join GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) today, and enjoy all the benefits of being a full-time GNAA member.
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the fastest-growing GAY NIGGER community with THOUSANDS of members all over United States of America and the World! You, too, can be a part of GNAA if you join today!

Why not? It's quick and easy - only 3 simple steps!

• First, you have to obtain a copy of GAYNIGGERS FROM OUTER SPACE THE MOVIE and watch it. You can download the movie (~130mb) using BitTorrent.
• Second, you need to succeed in posting a GNAA First Post on slashdot.org, a popular "news for trolls" website.
• Third, you need to join the official GNAA irc channel #GNAA on irc.gnaa.us, and apply for membership.

Talk to one of the ops or any of the other members in the channel to sign up today! Upon submitting your application, you will be required to

The Holiday of Jew's Revenge, September 11th, was bloodied once again this year. Officials say Gay Nigger Association of America member Tar_Baby stole a Cessna jet from a nearby airfield and crashed it into Open Source Technology Group headquarters, completely demolishing the building, as well as crushing and incinerating everyone inside.

Audio logs recovered via the jet's black box portrayed a disturbing course of events onboard the plane. Passengers were heard screaming for their lives as the terrorist raped and killed the male members of the plane by what was thought to be rupturing their colons with a gigantic black dildo with nails punched out the sides, based on evidence collected at the scene.

Within minutes of the attack, GNAA officials telephoned major news networks claiming responsibility, and promised to continue their campaign of destruction as long as an Open Source movement still existed. This is believed to be the major tenet of the 'Gay Nigger Jihad', first mentioned months ago during GNAA's campaign against AOL.

This comes almost simultaneously after OSTG recently changed their name from the Open Source Development Network (OSDN), in attempt to distance itself from name long associated with failure, stupidity, zealotry, and Cowboyneal. It was also part of a last ditch effort to convince investors not to steal a Cessna and fly it into the headquarters themselves.

Update: A few hours after the crash, the rescue team found what is believed to be the only survivor. CmdrTaco was found in a coma inside OSTG basement, still firmly gripping his tiny cock. In his other hand, he was holding a photo of a muscular black male, signed by "Gary Niger of GNAA". CmdrTaco was rushed to a hospital, and his condition remains critical.

About GNAA:
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the first organization which gathers GAY NIGGERS from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being GAY NIGGERS.

Are you GAY ?
Are you a NIGGER ?
Are you a GAY NIGGER ?

If you answered "Yes" to all of the above questions, then GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) might be exactly what you've been looking for!
Join GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) today, and enjoy all the benefits of being a full-time GNAA member.
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the fastest-growing GAY NIGGER community with THOUSANDS of members all over United States of America and the World! You, too, can be a part of GNAA if you join today!

Why not? It's quick and easy - only 3 simple steps!

• First, you have to obtain a copy of GAYNIGGERS FROM OUTER SPACE THE MOVIE and watch it. You can download the movie (~130mb) using BitTorrent.
• Second, you need to succeed in posting a GNAA First Post on slashdot.org, a popular "news for trolls" website.
• Third, you need to join the official GNAA irc channel #GNAA on irc.gnaa.us, and apply for membership.

Talk to one of the ops or any of the other members in the channel to sign up today! Upon submitting your application, you will be required to

I must have missed this, and for anyone else who didn't know, OSTG is the new name for the Open Source Development Network (OSDN) Slashdot is a part of. They're now called the Open Source Technology Group.

Plus, it seems the guys at OSTG can't actually spell politics. Click on '4' when the Flash loads. Nice to know the people who own Slashdot are REALLY smart.

Both NewsForge and Slashdot are part of OSTG.

Well... it will continue to grow quite as is for a few more years... Until all pda's and cell phones are internet ready (without wifi hotspots)...

Then we are going to see in our more globally minded futures as information becomes centralized into a few trusted? areas.

While it will still be used for entertainment.

But I do believe that a globalization and releasing of files online will continue to grow with my bandwidth ;-)

Headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., InfoWorld Media Group is a wholly owned independent business unit of IDG, the world's leading IT media, research and exposition company. IDG publishes more than 285 computer magazines and newspapers and 500 book titles and offers online users the largest network of technology-specific sites around the world through IDG.net (http://www.idg.net), which comprises more than 200 targeted Web sites in 52 countries. IDG is also a leading producer of 110 computer-related expositions worldwide, and provides IT market analysis through 49 offices in 41 countries worldwide. Company information is available at www.idg.com.

IDG is one of those earth-flattening corporations which dominates everything. Look at their track record. Interestingly, they're not just interested in owning all the computer publications in the world. They also have their fingers in Brain Research. --Which looks on the surface to be a bit of PR angling, but 350 million worth? Whatever. Creepy.

Huge publishing conglomerates have mandates and agendas, (whether they realize it or not), so IDG publishing articles about Echelon is interesting to say the least.

By contrast. . .

Slashdot is owned by OSDG. (Open Source Data Group)
From the OSDG website

In the most recent release of Nielsen//NetRatings' @plan (Summer 2004), OSTG retained its top ranking across all competitive networks for delivering online buyers of computer hardware and software, visitors who purchase home electronics online and visitors who buy anything online. OSTG moved up in the rankings for many consumer technology categories, including visitors who are heavy spenders on computer hardware, visitors who purchase MP3 players, and visitors who purchase video games.

For the eighth consecutive quarter, OSTG has been validated as the number one network for delivering visitors who look for technology news online. OSTG reaches over 16 million visitors every month and delivers nearly 250 million page views.

OSDG is in turn owned by VA Software

[. . .]VA Software develops and markets SourceForge Enterprise Edition, an enterprise-grade solution for managing and optimizing distributed development. SourceForge Enterprise Edition provides a secure, centralized platform that connects heterogeneous tools and processes together with an integrated suite of project, change management and collaboration tools. Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies use SourceForge Enterprise Edition as a Global Development Platform(TM) to integrate disparate tools and processes, expand visibility and control, and improve development efficiency and collaboration.

VA Software appears to have its morals lined up nicely. That is, their goal appears to be data sharing and the facilitation of collaborative creative efforts. As the much maligned, (and biblically misrepresented), Christ advised, "Judge the Tree by the Fruit it Bears." This is one of the most outstanding bits of advice I have ever heard. Flowing all the way down this particular chain, Slashdot allows peculiar guys like me to speak my mind in forum on taboo subject matter. I have an enormous amount of respect for that.

Here's an article written by Carl Redfield, a guy way up at the top of th

Just looking at the contents on Suprnova makes me immediately think that this stuff has got to be pirated. The other torrent link in the article also looks suspicious too. Do either of these torrents include Creative Commons licenses? I doubt it.

I'd love to download these torrents to see the show, but I'm not sure I should, though saying so on slashdot makes me wonder if I should post as AC.

Is slashdot, as opposed to individual posters on slashdot, actually linking to clearly pirated content? Could this be a legal problem for OSTG?

It indeed does contain the usual technobabble and typos (eg: NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHBIITED USE), but some parts of it stood out, especially those related to the DMCA.

I quote the parts that caused concerns, especially given the fact that /. has covered stories in the past about companies (ISPs/etc) taking down content upon receiving a DMCA notice, without paying much attention to user's rights etc (no time to dig them up right now):

After receiving a claim of infringement, OSTG will process and investigate notices of alleged infringement and will take appropriate actions under the DMCA and other applicable intellectual property laws. Upon receipt of notices complying or substantially complying with the DMCA, OSTG will act expeditiously to remove or disable access to any material claimed to be infringing or claimed to be the subject of infringing activity, and will act expeditiously to remove or disable access to any reference or link to material or activity that is claimed to be infringing. OSTG will take reasonable steps to expeditiously notify the subscriber that it has removed or disabled access to such material.

Upon receipt of a proper counter notification under the DMCA, OSTG will promptly provide the person who provided the initial notification of claimed infringement with a copy of the counter notification and inform that person that it will replace the removed material or cease disabling access to it in ten (10) to fourteen (14) business days. Additionally, OSTG will replace the removed material and cease disabling access to it ten (10) to fourteen (14) business days following receipt of the counter notice, unless OSTG's designated agent first receives notice from the person who submitted the initial notification that such person has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the subscriber from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on the OSTG system or network.

You may provide us with a counter notification by providing our copyright agent the following information in writing: ...

An interesting read to see /. and OSTG's legal stand on DMCA, "Your rights online", etc.

PS: This is *not* intended to be flamebait...in today's legal-trigger happy world and the quality of "justice", an organization would probably be wise to cover it's bases. It was just something I thought was interesting.

> and is sure to bring your system to its knee's

Knee's? What? Is that supposed to mean more than 1 knee?

FFS.

Dammit. Slashdot has been trying to market itself as being more professional recently. See here. Editors should do their jobs.

Go and buy a copy of Eats, Shoots and Leaves.

The Holiday of Jew's Revenge, September 11th, was bloodied once again this year. Officials say Gay Nigger Association of America member Tar_Baby stole a Cessna jet from a nearby airfield and crashed it into Open Source Technology Group headquarters, completely demolishing the building, as well as crushing and incinerating everyone inside.

Audio logs recovered via the jet's black box portrayed a disturbing course of events onboard the plane. Passengers were heard screaming for their lives as the terrorist raped and killed the male members of the plane by what was thought to be rupturing their colons with a gigantic black dildo with nails punched out the sides, based on evidence collected at the scene.

Within minutes of the attack, GNAA officials telephoned major news networks claiming responsibility, and promised to continue their campaign of destruction as long as an Open Source movement still existed. This is believed to be the major tenet of the 'Gay Nigger Jihad', first mentioned months ago during GNAA's campaign against AOL.

This comes almost simultaneously after OSTG recently changed their name from the Open Source Development Network (OSDN), in attempt to distance itself from name long associated with failure, stupidity, zealotry, and Cowboyneal. It was also part of a last ditch effort to convince investors not to steal a Cessna and fly it into the headquarters themselves.

Update: A few hours after the crash, the rescue team found what is believed to be the only survivor. CmdrTaco was found in a coma inside OSTG basement, still firmly gripping his tiny cock. In his other hand, he was holding a photo of a muscular black male, signed by "Gary Niger of GNAA". CmdrTaco was rushed to a hospital, and his condition remains critical.

About GNAA:
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the first organization which gathers GAY NIGGERS from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being GAY NIGGERS.

Are you GAY ?
Are you a NIGGER ?
Are you a GAY NIGGER ?

If you answered "Yes" to all of the above questions, then GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) might be exactly what you've been looking for!
Join GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) today, and enjoy all the benefits of being a full-time GNAA member.
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the fastest-growing GAY NIGGER community with THOUSANDS of members all over United States of America and the World! You, too, can be a part of GNAA if you join today!

Why not? It's quick and easy - only 3 simple steps!

• First, you have to obtain a copy of GAYNIGGERS FROM OUTER SPACE THE MOVIE and watch it. You can download the movie (~130mb) using BitTorrent.
• Second, you need to succeed in posting a GNAA First Post on slashdot.org, a popular "news for trolls" website.
• Third, you need to join the official GNAA irc channel #GNAA on irc.gnaa.us, and apply for membership.

Talk to one of the ops or any of the other members in the channel to sign up today! Upon submitting your application, you will be requir

The Holiday of Jew's Revenge, September 11th, was bloodied once again this year. Officials say Gay Nigger Association of America member Tar_Baby stole a Cessna jet from a nearby airfield and crashed it into Open Source Technology Group headquarters, completely demolishing the building, as well as crushing and incinerating everyone inside.

Audio logs recovered via the jet's black box portrayed a disturbing course of events onboard the plane. Passengers were heard screaming for their lives as the terrorist raped and killed the male members of the plane by what was thought to be rupturing their colons with a gigantic black dildo with nails punched out the sides, based on evidence collected at the scene.

Within minutes of the attack, GNAA officials telephoned major news networks claiming responsibility, and promised to continue their campaign of destruction as long as an Open Source movement still existed. This is believed to be the major tenet of the 'Gay Nigger Jihad', first mentioned months ago during GNAA's campaign against AOL.

This comes almost simultaneously after OSTG recently changed their name from the Open Source Development Network (OSDN), in attempt to distance itself from name long associated with failure, stupidity, zealotry, and Cowboyneal. It was also part of a last ditch effort to convince investors not to steal a Cessna and fly it into the headquarters themselves.

Update: A few hours after the crash, the rescue team found what is believed to be the only survivor. CmdrTaco was found in a coma inside OSTG basement, still firmly gripping his tiny cock. In his other hand, he was holding a photo of a muscular black male, signed by "Gary Niger of GNAA". CmdrTaco was rushed to a hospital, and his condition remains critical.

About GNAA:
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the first organization which gathers GAY NIGGERS from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being GAY NIGGERS.

Are you GAY ?
Are you a NIGGER ?
Are you a GAY NIGGER ?

If you answered "Yes" to all of the above questions, then GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) might be exactly what you've been looking for!
Join GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) today, and enjoy all the benefits of being a full-time GNAA member.
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the fastest-growing GAY NIGGER community with THOUSANDS of members all over United States of America and the World! You, too, can be a part of GNAA if you join today!

Why not? It's quick and easy - only 3 simple steps!

• First, you have to obtain a copy of GAYNIGGERS FROM OUTER SPACE THE MOVIE and watch it. You can download the movie (~130mb) using BitTorrent.
• Second, you need to succeed in posting a GNAA First Post on slashdot.org, a popular "news for trolls" website.
• Third, you need to join the official GNAA irc channel #GNAA on irc.gnaa.us, and apply for membership.

Talk to one of the ops or any of the other members in the channel to sign up today! Upon submitting your application, you will be required to

The Holiday of Jew's Revenge, September 11th, was bloodied once again this year. Officials say Gay Nigger Association of America member Tar_Baby stole a Cessna jet from a nearby airfield and crashed it into Open Source Technology Group headquarters, completely demolishing the building, as well as crushing and incinerating everyone inside.

Audio logs recovered via the jet's black box portrayed a disturbing course of events onboard the plane. Passengers were heard screaming for their lives as the terrorist raped and killed the male members of the plane by what was thought to be rupturing their colons with a gigantic black dildo with nails punched out the sides, based on evidence collected at the scene.

Within minutes of the attack, GNAA officials telephoned major news networks claiming responsibility, and promised to continue their campaign of destruction as long as an Open Source movement still existed. This is believed to be the major tenet of the 'Gay Nigger Jihad', first mentioned months ago during GNAA's campaign against AOL.

This comes almost simultaneously after OSTG recently changed their name from the Open Source Development Network (OSDN), in attempt to distance itself from name long associated with failure, stupidity, zealotry, and Cowboyneal. It was also part of a last ditch effort to convince investors not to steal a Cessna and fly it into the headquarters themselves.

Update: A few hours after the crash, the rescue team found what is believed to be the only survivor. CmdrTaco was found in a coma inside OSTG basement, still firmly gripping his tiny cock. In his other hand, he was holding a photo of a muscular black male, signed by "Gary Niger of GNAA". CmdrTaco was rushed to a hospital, and his condition remains critical.

About GNAA:
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the first organization which gathers GAY NIGGERS from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being GAY NIGGERS.

Are you GAY ?
Are you a NIGGER ?
Are you a GAY NIGGER ?

If you answered "Yes" to all of the above questions, then GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) might be exactly what you've been looking for!
Join GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) today, and enjoy all the benefits of being a full-time GNAA member.
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the fastest-growing GAY NIGGER community with THOUSANDS of members all over United States of America and the World! You, too, can be a part of GNAA if you join today!

Why not? It's quick and easy - only 3 simple steps!

• First, you have to obtain a copy of GAYNIGGERS FROM OUTER SPACE THE MOVIE and watch it. You can download the movie (~130mb) using BitTorrent.
• Second, you need to succeed in posting a GNAA First Post on slashdot.org, a popular "news for trolls" website.
• Third, you need to join the official GNAA irc channel #GNAA on irc.gnaa.us, and apply for membership.

Talk to one of the ops or any of the other members in the channel to sign up today! Upon submitting your application, you will be required to

That's a bit like saying that a TV channel depends on the one company that at a certain time is buying most of the comercial time.

The threat to pull advertising to censor publications does happen.

I thought the ads are served by a 3rd party company, based on keywords/page content or something like that?

The ads on this site are served by OSDN.com, which owns Slashdot, so it isn't exactly a third party company. OSDN is now called OSTG, but the ads still use the "ads.osdn.com" URL.

OSDN is no more. It's been OSTG for a while now and Hemos is the VP of Editorial Operations.

Yeah, Thinkgeek was Own3d by OSDN and they were like these guys suck. So Thinkgeek was like forget that, and dropped a r00t kit on OSDN's box and turned all the OSDN's on their site to OSTG.

So now Thinkgeek is 0wn3d by OSTG. Check it.

Or not. Some of open source folks are pretty idealistic and income isn't so important thing for them. (Naturally you must have some income to pay your living expenses.)

There is quite good survey trying to find out open source developer motivations. It's made by Boston Consulting Group (big and famous guys in management consulting).

A slide that presents the motivations of paid and non-paid open source developrs.

Obviously, the best case would be that your paid for what you want to do (develop open source).

Let's put this into perspective:

• Slashdot editors/admin allow, condone AND encourage link spammers/whores. ( Lo Roland, I mean you. )
• Journalistic value of Slashdot is close to 0. ( Plainly ripping of crap from other sites; What's the last time we saw something original? )
• Editorial blunders abound. ( Hello dupes, triples and sometimes quads... And think of the percentages in this (pdf) in the 4th paragraph )
• Based on a broken moderation system. ( Over/Underrated, the funny mod, worthless distribution of mod rights. )
• Developer/admin arrogance and incompetence. ( Regarding several long-standing bugs, errors, etc. )
• Backed by worthless company that promotes outsourcing. ( Slashdot -> OSDN/OSTG -> Sourceforge )
• Compete ignorance of what their customers actually want ( No more IT section which makes our eyes bleed. )

In contrast, slashdot is...

• ... Free! ( I pity the sucker who SUBSCRIBE for this though... I think you'd be better of burning your money, that would at least give you some warmth... )
• ... Fun! ( 100k people, there's bound to be a few with my sense of humour about! )
• ... Actual! ... Mostly... ( Ripping news from other sites makes sure the pathetic Slashdot editorial staff doesn't fuck those up, at least. )

Apparently they changed their name to the Open Source Technology Group.

you're right. but then doing almost anything civilized in life would require a small research project.

for example, take slashdot's TOS.

Don't forget the ODSN to OSTG switch. Slashdot's parent company did this only recently.

Chris