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  1. Buttons, buttons, buttons by tepples · · Score: 1 · on Alternate Reality Gaming V2.0

    i love the game.

    Buttons, buttons, buttons...

    (huh?)

  2. Sad News -- Robert Palmer dead at 54 by orthogonal · · Score: 0, Offtopic · on Doctor Who Comeback
    I was just listening to talk radio and heard that rock singer Robert Palmer has died of a heart attack at age 54. His suave image and slick videos helped define the MTV image in the 80's, and I'm sure he'll be missed by many music fans around the world.

    Please, please. Get with the program! It's supposed to go like this:

    I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Brit Rock singer/composer Robert Palmer was found dead in Paris this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly a British icon.

    Here's an example; here's another; and this is a third. I suppose you can paraphrase a little, as in this example.

    But the format must follow the traditions of Slashdot:
    • start with "I just heard some sad news on talk radio"; "listening" doesn't scan corectly
    • follow with the 'no details' bit, even if there were details
    • then the 'contributions' sentence, qualified with the "even if you didn't enjoy" (possibly with "agree" substituting for "enjoy")
    • and ending with the "Truly a(n) _______ icon.

    Just as a sonnet's not an Italian sonnet unless an eight line octet precedes a six line sestet, it's just not Slashdot poetry unless you follow the traditional format.
  3. there's a lot... by freejamesbrown · · Score: 1 · on Discovering New Music?



    from zines to msg boards to slashdot similar thing to online stores to even online encyclopedias... there's a variety of information sources...here's just a few of the ones i know.

    the fake matador bb
    i love music
    aquarius records
    pitchfork
    pataphysics research lab
    mideheaven mailorder
    all music guide

    m.

  4. Re:Nice bun not valid by enneff · · Score: 1 · on Google Does the News

    I just mirrored a snapshot of the slashdot frontpage, and ran it through the w3c validator with interesting results.

    To reiterate, bad slashdot!

  5. Re:Not the first time by enneff · · Score: 2, Interesting · on RMS Accused Of Attempting Glibc Hostile Takeover
    "A more complete version of the tale can be found in the Contributors file in the ispell distribution"

    A mirror of which is available here.

  6. Re:The reality of clueless sysadmins by enneff · · Score: 2 · on Hacking Wireless 802.11b Nets
    Well, when you think about it, setting up a wireless network that is mildly insecure is basically the same as having cat-5 ports on the outside wall of your office building.

    Unfortunately, very few administrators stop to think of the implications of wireless before doing a mass deployment.

    This recently happened at my school, as is talked about in this paper I wrote, which gives a breakdown on some of the vulnerabilities present in my, and many others', schools.

  7. Re:Slightly OT but... by enneff · · Score: 2 · on Know Your Enemy: Honeynets

    Well, when I told my school about their security problems, not a great deal happens.

    The I wrote a security analysis paper, detailing how one would gather username and password pairs for virtually every student in the school.

    Then they started to listen ;)