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Party Tonight In San Jose
Tonight at The Usual is our now traditional LWCE mega party. This time it's brought to us by OSDN, VA Linux, and all the assorted sites like Linux.com,
Themes.org,
SourceForge,
ThinkGeek and what have you. The party is of course to celebrate the Debian 2.2 release. Music will be provided by San 'NeTTwerk' Mehat DJing and featuring Jon 'CowboyNeal' Pater scratching. The party starts at 8pm and continues well past my bed time.
and this is the guy who said he didn't care about my manifesto, "The Whoring of the Digital World," which launches edicts at the following companies:
Apple
Adobe
AMD
Epic Games
Linux
Lucent Technologies
Netscape
S3
Sony Consumer Electronics
Sun Microsystems
(he probably doesn't want to post it because he supports at least 50% of these companies)
gotta publicise somehow.
"Ancillary does not mean you get to rule the world." --U.S. Circuit Judge Harry Edwards, speaking to the FCC's lawyer
Or Advogato or Bruce Perens's Technocrat.net or RootPrompt (of the Cracked! series), or even SmokeDot (though I don't frequent the last one). Slashdot alternatives are a dime a dozen, although I personally think Advogato is really neat, and that K5 was at or near its tipping point to gain equal stature with /. when it went down (which raises suspicions of /.-Andover.net-VALinux conspiracies in minds bogglier than mine). I have a paper I wrote about what makes /. popular, and what would make other sites replace /. Email me to get it.
Anyway, I don't believe Taco has an obligation to post what he thinks the /. readership is interested in. I think he should select what he's interested in and
maybe then make a subselection of what he thinks would interest the readers. IMO the personality of the authors is what makes slashdot
interesting and when you take that away it loses its charm.
Rob has a bit in the FAQ about that, as to why he won't do K5-type story moderation and submission. He basically says that he think /. is the way it is, and special, because of the unique, exclusive mix of editors and their interests, and he will only go so far in 'open-sourcing' the story posting process. I say, K5 was the first site to take OS philosophy all the way in a /.-style site, and the next one might be the "Slashdot-killer."
Ceterum censeo Microsoftam esse delendam.
{n | 1 n MAX_INT}th post!
I would have written {n | n (funky looking e)(funky looking R with extra line)}, personally, and that would be a more explicit form, but I was happy enough with his... It's a lot better than "4th post! Oh, wait, 7th." Geek-grrl in training
To truly understand recursion, you must first truly understand recursion.
Damn it! I could have sworn I hit that preview button... Insert line breaks as needed.
To truly understand recursion, you must first truly understand recursion.
Where I'm from, there's a real movement to get the CBC (our state-sponsored TV network) privatized. You lot should consider the same thing!
The licence fee is used to fund the BBC. If we didn't have it, the government would just pay the BBC a certain amount every year, and we'd all pay more tax.
As for privatisation, how is the BBC to make money, other than from advertising. While merchandise and licencing do make it money, it's not enough to cover all the costs, which just leaves advertising. I, and, I'd imagine, many other people, would rather see the BBC continuing to operate without having to pander to what the advertisers would like - it really does make a difference to programme quality.
I don't think so b/c the signifigance of this event is that so many /.ers are in in San Jose from out of town and this event is something that will allow all these normally geographically distributed people to come together in one physical location. If /. had region preferences all the people in San Jose from out of town that didn't change their region preference would miss out on this announcement.
-"Zow"
Oh, my. It seems that you need lessons in both geography and jargon.
First of all, its "Americans", not "USians." We live in the United States of America.
The continent with Canada, Mexico and the USA is not called "America", it is called "North America."
There is no continent that is just called America. There is only North America and South America. The two continents together are occationally called "the Americas" (sort of like people sometimes say "Eurasia"), but they are not called "America".
(The stip of land from Mexico to Panama is often infomally called "Central America", but it is not really a separate continent.)
Canadians are not called Americans. Many Canadians would be mildly offended if you did call them that. They are called either "Canadians" or "North Americans".
"NAFTA" stands for North America Free Trade Agreement; it is not called "AFTA", because that would imply that America is the only country involved.
As for Exctacy being called "E" rather than "X", the correct name for it is "3,4-METHYLENEDIOXY-N-METHYLAMPHETAMINE", and all other names for it are made-up slang. You can call it E, X, Xtacy, MDMA, "the hug drug", or whatever the hell you want. Just because people in your little tiny corner of the world agree that it should be called "E", does not mean that it goes by that name elsewhere.
Information wants to be anthropomorphized.
emmett is gonna be accompanying.
Just what we need. A techno version of Lawrence Welk.
sorta brings new meaning to the phrase:
crashing a party.
FluX
After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network
"It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -David Hume
Bravo my friend bravo. One of my favorite trolls... the good ol Don Knotts "fake link" guy. I used to love your openDK stuff... classic. I seem to recall a bunch of lamers getting pissed off at you and posting your phone number and stuff.. are you the same Don Knotts guy, or are you just carrying the torch?
Speaking of classic, what happened to Patrick Bateman? I haven't seen one of his standard Can you imaginge.. trolls in a while.
... coz back in his Ottawa days, he worked for Mike Cowpland at Corel Computers.
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There's something about Debian that is generally irritating in the same way that ultra-leftist politically-correct activists or far-right religious conservatives are also irritating. It's difficult to put a finger on, but I know what you are talking about.
BTW, this has nothing to do with the quality of the distribution, which, apart from dselect/dpkg, is pretty good.
Axel
Axel
mhm23x3, alt.fan.karl-malden.nose
...a beowulf cluster of these.
kwsNI
featuring Jon 'CowboyNeal' Pater scratching
Hope he'll use TerminatorX.
Try it or listen to this song's intro which was twiddled using it.
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Trolling using another account since 2005.
I'll be there, and in honor of all those who cant attend, I shall drink in your honor.
"Why, arent YOU the ladykiller?" "Aquitted!"
*Cough* Slashdot posted that yesterday, or perhaps the day before man. Be calm. :)
"Why, arent YOU the ladykiller?" "Aquitted!"
Is it being rented out as a private party so us not quite so legal folk (18-20) can get in? Is there a charge? whats the deal here man?? Do I need a slick piece of paper to get in? if I print out the slashdot article does that count as an invitation???
-- "I feel a strong disturbance in the for.."\*Segmentation Fault*\ (core dumped)
I wonder if there'll be free beer :)
Sure, if they could get over their natalie portman infatuation long enough to organize said party.........
Lucky me, working downtown (MAE-W) within walking distance of the conference center and the Usual. My commute is usually around 15 minutes to the southern edge of San Jose :-P
Although I have to admit that Santa Cruz/Capitola is quite a bit nicer.
Heiko
If the difference in the British and American versions of 'Whose Line Is It Anyway' is any kind of indication of the general difference between British and American TV, I most wholeheartedly agree.
I'm an American, but you Brits have us beat in the humor(humour?) on TV department. By a long way.
No, Thursday's out. How about never - is never good for you?
CmdrTaco will not have the oportunity of having me try and buy his "I got sloshed at slashdot" T-shirt for 80 bucks. Nor will Linus hear me mention anything about eating at "The Jack in the Box" :P
Hmmm, Never come across LWCE ! What does it stand for ? Linux Weenie Chat Event ? Cheers, Winton
-Davidu
# Hack the planet, it's important.
Maybe we can successfully slashdot a bar? Now that would be funny!
I am become Troll, destroyer of threads
Which of course is the best development model for beer yet devised. Think about it, instead of some canned, unmodifiable crap from Michelob, or even decent, unmodifiable stuff from Guinness, you can hack your own beer! Always wanted darker color? No problem. More body? As much as you want. Just remember, you have to share your recipies with everyone there.
But no worries, you have no warranty, implied or otherwise, which makes you responsible for how drunk people get from your recipe.
Steven
-- I have marked myself unwilling to moderate-- I don't have other accounts to artificially inflate the karma of
featuring Jon 'CowboyNeal' Pater scratching
Damned mosquitos... somebody give the guy some cortizone!
-- Dr. Eldarion --
flights? you're not taking CalTrain?
>9) Forgot the handerkerchief code and the party is in San Francisco bay area
Huh?
AdamL.
http://sprawl.net
LOL.
But it coulda been worse, cough...El Camino...cough...
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Information wants to be beer, or something like that.
americans have trouble spelling "ecstasy" so they use "xtasy".
Coming from someone at "phatchicks.com"?
Pot. Kettle. Black.
"200 Quatloos on the newcomer!" "300 Quatloos against!"
SJlashDot
News for San Jose Nerds. West Coast stuff that matters.
http://sjlashdot.org
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Why don't they have these kinda events on the East Coast?? Or at least somewhere east where the denizens of the eastern states could actually make it to???
From Cecil Adams,
There are certain items you can wear to tip people off to your sexual preference, but for the most part they're only useful if you're gay. For instance, there was (or there was at one time) an almost comically elaborate handkerchief code, which you used to find printed up and posted in gay hangouts and sex shops.
Hanky in the left back pocket signified a dominant, the right pocket a submissive. Yellow means you're into water sports (get it?), red means fisting, green means you expect payment, and so on. Keys and at one time earrings serve(d) a similar purpose. I'm told that in L.A. if you show up with a teddy bear it means you want to be cuddled. To each his own.
For informational purposes only, please
George
There is nothing quite like watching a bunch of linux hackers drink themselves silly. I only wish I could attend.
let the puking begin
I'll be over in a tick - now, when's the next flight from Gothenburg, Sweden?
DOH!!
"Give the anarchist a cigarette"
A little planning goes a long way...
Will this be the first real-world slashdot effect? Will the highways get clogged? Will the party run out of temporary storage space and have to refuse entry?
Will the fire(wall)marshall be at the door limiting entry for safety purposes?
Returned Peace Corps IT Volunteer
consider the following quotes from:
http://slashdot.org/tacohell/
"Why is it that my VISA bill arrives in an envelope packed with a special offer to buy a watch, "Cardmember Tips" like "Pay on Time", a page of checks offering a reduced rate, advertisements for long distance service, automotive insurance, and more?"
"I'm baking this kellogs pastry thingee in a toaster oven. Now I'm a veteren of many a pop-tar, but this is a variation on the theme that I'm unfamiliar with... the little bell goes off and I excitedly whip the glas door open. I rish inside to grab the tasty treat, only to overshoot, and plunge my fingers into the surface."
Andy Rooney would be proud. :)
10. CowboyNeal Smells funny when he scratches
9. Haven't seen female/male ratio this low since the million man march
8. Prefer the warm glow of my monitor to people
7. Will take away too much time from Diablo 2
6. Debian GNU Linux gives me the willies
5. Can't buy a plane ticket, spent all my money on brand new 1992 Toyota Corolla
4. When people ask where I'm going, I'd have to explain what a "Slashdot Party" is
3. Would miss "Family Guy" Episode tonight.
2. Have to order my last minute VAX
1. Fear of viollently drunk Taco
my other penis is a vagina
I was about to start a rant on how so many top level stories have become, well, 'Off Topic'. ( Come on now, how the hell is a single party in the San Jose area "News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters?" )
But then I got to thinking: this kind of post does have topicality to it, just only for the people in the greater Bay Area. So is it time to start thinking about regionalizing Slashdot the way that many of the larger DotComs have been?
Just add a "region preference" to people's user info that would flag stories about local events. Guys from Sweeden wouldn't have to read about non-global events happening in San Jose, and vice versa. You could have a "no-regions" flag for people who don't want to be bothered, and an "all-regions" for people who like reading about parties even if they can't be there.
So how about it?
Sure, i'm looking for desktop themes, but i'm also looking for porn.
--Giving to trolls for the benefit of us all
sylvia plath rules, dickinson drools! manic depression beats detached and pathetic loneliness any time!
(lameness filter prevented me from being more lame by capitalizing all this)
It's 10 PM. Do you know if you're un-American?
Gee I am half way across the country and really want to be at LinuxWorld let alone a party. What a slap in the face to post that. :(
could you at least webcast it? no that would be interesting...drunk linux d00dz
Wasn't exactly sure of VA. Anyone got a list of all the tech companies in San Jose? I'll tell you which ones are going on my manifesto.
"Ancillary does not mean you get to rule the world." --U.S. Circuit Judge Harry Edwards, speaking to the FCC's lawyer
And the difference between your description of a troll and the average /. poster is...?
Oh, damn! This is pretty funny. Mod up for creativity and use of higher math for trolling purposes.
Geek-grrl in training
To truly understand recursion, you must first truly understand recursion.
What, no video feed this time? What's the point of announcing it if we can't watch?
No, I'd just skip it, deselect the beastiality checkbox in my user preferences or think it was the final straw and move to kuro5hin. Anyway, I don't believe Taco has an obligation to post what he thinks the /. readership is interested in. I think he should select what he's interested in and maybe then make a subselection of what he thinks would interest the readers. IMO the personality of the authors is what makes slashdot interesting and when you take that away it loses its charm.
:).
Then again, I'm not easily pissed
If there is hope, it lies in the trolls.
It doesn't apply to me personally, but I know slashdot has many readers < 21.
Is it an all ages party?
It's because the trolls catch them early on. There are sids out there where there's constant cyberlesbo action going on that'd make Madonna on X blush.
Another thing: why is there such a passion for Nathalie Portman by the trolls?
Ever wondered why you never see Nathalie Portman and osm on the same sid?
It's called 'worshipping the Queen of Trolls'.
Google found this page (no dirty pictures, but your boss still might get the wrong idea if s/he sees you pull it up) on the subject. Apparently the "Hanky Code" is a system of wearing a colored handkerchief in your left or right pocket to indicate your gay sexual tastes.
I learn something new every day...
For more information, click here.
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I don't have a Natalie Portman obsession (though I wouldn't say no), instead I have this thing called a real life! Hell, I don't even have a net connection at home... this means I have to engage in things like friends, sex and going out. What a bummer eh?
Why cant you silicon valley people appreciate just how long it takes us to actually get to your beloved san jose from our side of the world and give us just a tiny bit more notice.... 6 months would be good so i could get nice cheap flights :)
:6
Try living just down the coast in Santa Cruz (Capitola, actually) and still being unable to make it.
Vote Naked 2000
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Make that all of TWO of us! :)
ehhhh.. i'm loaded .. think .. .. hmm ..
Try living just down the coast in Santa Cruz (Capitola, actually) and still being unable to make it. :6
What? You don't want to take 17 in the evening? What's wrong with you?
The Good Reverend
One at least! But I'll probably be hiding in the corner bonding with my own male.
Geek-grrl in training
To truly understand recursion, you must first truly understand recursion.
Comments made by Americans on manners are about as revelant as comments by Americans on beer, cultural diversity, or international politics.
You'd think that they could afford a real fuckin' band with corp sponsors.... /. has offended me greatly.
As a musician,
Emmet's page evidently says he got a tape of his stuff, so perhaps you can talk to him about getting a copy. Check this link, under the heading "Music" a few paragraphs down the page.
Yeah, this coming from the queen of trolls.
kwsNI
Dude2: dude, stop it man, yer just trollin' me.
Dude2: dude, want some Xtasy?
Dude1: dude, is this really news for nerds? CMON!
Dude1: dude, howbout a beer?
Dude2: dude, you asswhompingclintoncigarsmokingunclefucker beer is so 80's
. .and in true bevis and buthead style, they never leave their parents couch.
....will there be WINE?
ha ha ha ha....err, I guess I need more sleep. Sorry guys.
10) Phobia of beards and suspenders
9) Forgot the handerkerchief code and the party is in San Francisco bay area
8) Maybe the NAMBLA South Park episode is on tonight
7) Would have to admit I use IE to surf at work and at home.
6) The dog needs me, he's feeling very vulnerable now.
5) Have a strict rule against meeting anyone from the internet since that last disastrous chat room incident.
4) Never RSVP'ed to Hemos wedding.
3) Afraid of cannibalism as 747 gets stuck on holding pattern over Donner pass.
2) Concorde's are grounded, the only way to fly.
1) Need to stay by phone in case Gore changes his mind about Lieberman.
George
lets you know about tech cons and expos BEFORE they happen? like I use jambase.com to find out about cool shows BEFORE they happen... Nothing makes me more pissed off than to find out about an event I would go to when it has already started or is over.
YouTube & Google Video -> podcast http://castcluster.blogspot.com/
will there be Free Beer?
"Truth is like a tragedy" -Coal Chamber
Strong data typing is for those with weak minds.
Strong data typing is for those with weak minds.
Nettwerk. Like Sarah McLachlan and Tara McLean's record company, right?
That's kind of rock music...
;)
>and only just off-regent's street (near to oxford >circus)
virgin biznet?
Slashdot posted the linux bierwundering thing which was in the lakes - about as far from anywere I can think of
Islington me, quite a few slashdot people in London then - not a surprise there.
What the hell do you drive!?!?! And where can I get one? :^)
More importantly, how do you avoid the cops at your average speed of 125mph?!?!?
Ender
Nothing to see here
Like published all of Consolidated's catalog, except the last two...
Hey, that was some NICE music that was spinning in the club! Any chance of putting a MP3 or RealAudio of the music online, or streaming the audio from future events?
Dr. Demento On The 'Net!
It's doubly awesome: Lame show disappears, rockin' show takes its place!
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Linux MAPI Server!
http://www.openone.com/software/MailOne/
(Exchange Migration HOWTO coming soon)
They carded at the entrance, sending youngsters across the street for free lattes at a cafe.
A comfortable cafe: good music, good chairs, good company, nerdy chess matches, grotesque wall hangings. Quite an experience, knowing everyone around you is a stranger, but a linux geek. Most interesting time; we should make it a weekly party.
It is pretty crowded. Many men, few women. Men with standard open source shirts, men with shirts proclaiming: "for sale: available man. barely used. Make an offer. [etc.]" Men with big beards. Men with big stomachs. Skinny men, fat men, young men, old men. Why can't the old men get into the dance party? Men who talk too much in a monologue, men who talk too little, and look down.
Women with devilish BSD horns. Women latching on to said men, apparently attached.
Linus mingled among us for a bit, and then somehow slipped away.
Bingo Foo
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I passed by the place around 8pm, noticing the long waiting line. We then decided to first grab a bite in a crappy restaurant and around 9pm the line was down to 2 or 3 people.
The first thing I noticed was this amazing ratio between females and males. 1:10 at most... This got better at the end of the evening, when most of the non dancing whimps left. Anyway, whats this kind of party which fades out around midnight? For european standards this is very poor. A good party should last at least until 6am...
The music was excellent, at least if you like trance. A bunch of very good remixes of classics from Robert Miles, Paul van Dyk etc. Over the evening it faded over to hard trance together with the noise level reaching its peak around 0:30 am.
I spotted Linus and some other famous people from the Debian team during the evening. Before that I had met Linus in San Jose on our way to Linux World. He came in around 2pm. I could not believe my eyes when I realized it was him waiting at the crossing. One of my buddies could not resist to scream "Linus" and he turned his head. I wonder if he gets that a lot... If I only had had my camera ready...
One of the most noteable thing was the free beer (like in speech ;-). This lastet until 11pm. There was also no entrace fee. Just everything in the right spririt. From what I could see from the T-Shirts there were a lot of people from VA Linux.
Ah, angel, go past it every day on my way to work... Good ol' bus 38!
yeah, seems to be a fair amount of slashdotters from London around...
if (!signature) { throw std::runtime_error("No sig!"); }
Well, most of us don't pay really...
One good thing about it though is that there can be more 'niche' programs than the private channel that always goes for maximum profits. Sure there should be a way of saying, I don't wanna pay for BCC1, 2 and then they would cut your signal, whatever, suppose that will be possible with digital TV whenever it comes around
if (!signature) { throw std::runtime_error("No sig!"); }
My thoughts exactly.
If I submitted news on a party for my research department I'm going to, do you think they'd post it? It involves scientists, beer, and a city most people can't get to in time for the party. That seems the be the criteria for this post.
As Mel Brooks once said, "It's good to be King!"
ShoutingMan.com
Unfortunately, K5 is still down, and I haven't heard any real estimates on when it might be back...
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"It's tough to be bilingual when you get hit in the head."
Music will be provided by San 'NeTTwerk' Mehat DJing and featuring Jon 'CowboyNeal' Pater scratching.
Perhaps this "NeTTwerk" nickname was a joke, I fear it's not. Perhaps someone at the party should inform him that he ripped off the name of a record label which used to carry Skinny Puppy and some other cool projects, and politely change his name out of respect for the greatness of Skinny Puppy, or perhaps the Nettwerk label in general.
Working toward a usable PDA environment in the spirit of Newton OS: Dynapad
Hi, this is Pete Tong, comin at ya live with tonight's Radio1 Essential Mix. Tonight, we're following DJ CowboyNeal out west, at the Usual in San Jose. I bet you haven't been there, but he has and here it comes...(cue music)
{If you have no idea what I'm talking about, go on gnapster and download (at least the beginning of) Paul Oakenfold Essential Mix Live in China; it'll all make sense to you}
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Now i have a use for the answering machine on my new 900mhz phone that i got from thinkgeek! Whoo hoo! ::
-Swift
-Swift
(Maybe slashdot needs region codes, so some stories would only be visible inside the "ba"...)
everyone know that Mickey Hart invented rap music, with his first renditions of Fire ( I think).
See you on r.m.gd Neil.
You know, this would make me re-schedule my life to attend. The visual image of Ms. Portman (as guest host) delivering a revised version of Bill Shatner's infamous Saturday Night Live "GET A LIFE" sketch was enough to make me want to go, right now. ...and if we can work pouring hot grits into her pants while onstage into the equation, I am so there, dude.
Remove the spamfreak to speak.
This will certainly be one of the few events where the line to the men's bathroom will be longer than the line to the women's bathroom!
I've only been there once but actually quite liked the place ;p
:)
However I do love that my original post was moderated +3 informative. I feel i've done something useful in informing people that it takes more than a few hours to traverse the globe
and that would be where?
Plato seems wrong to me today
I'm not sure I want to see you freaks face to face. I mean, It's nice knowing I have at least 100 feet of cable between us. It's like a binkey to me. And suppose you found out I mostly post from my Mac! Eegads!
Spunk
Why cant you silicon valley people appreciate just how long it takes us to actually get to your beloved san jose from our side of the world and give us just a tiny bit more notice.... 6 months would be good so i could get nice cheap flights :)
So let's just hope Taco steers clear of the beastiality for a while longer :-).
If there is hope, it lies in the trolls.
What? You don't want to take 17 in the evening? What's wrong with you?
I live in Capitola, but work up near Milpitas, so I'm doing 17 all week. Problem is getting time away from work. I'll be there next year tho, count on it.
CES can't possibly be as eye popping.
Vote Naked 2000
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
It seems really unfair to have a party sponsored by this site in a venue that has age restrictions... There must be plenty of slashdot readers that are underage...?
Is it just me or should
OT - where have all the trolls gone? I don't miss Ecstacy guy, or that avian cock bloke, but where is OSM, OOG, and the genuinely funny, offtopic and daft trolls?
Posting +2 because I care no more for karma...
Strong data typing is for those with weak minds.
Strong data typing is for those with weak minds.
Thanks for the advance notice for those of us who are nowhere near San Jose.
I knew Slashdot was just a weblog, but I didn't know it had become a San Jose weblog.
If I can finally get that damned IBM teleporter working, I'll be there around 8:30. (Easy with those cell modems guys, these are my electrons you're fooling with.)
It's nice to see Slashdot hasn't lost its Close Personal Friends of Taco aspect -- Hemos' wedding, Rob's parties, probably Robin's nephew's Bris or something will be next. Now I want a personal 300,000 user weblog too.
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Terrorists can attack freedom, but only Congress can destroy it.
that should have had a higher rating /.er
DAMN YOU MODERATORS!!
preach on my drug informed fellow
CmdrTaco reports a problem with his bowel movements.
Katz has lost a contact lens - can anyone pop round to help him look for it.
Rob Limo had trouble sleeping last night.
:-)
"Give the anarchist a cigarette"
A little planning goes a long way...
What? You don't want to take 17 in the evening? Note: Delete would be a nice feature
What's wrong with you?
I live in Capitola, but work up near Milpitas, so I'm doing 17 all week. Problem is getting time away from work. I'll be there next year tho, count on it.
CES can't possibly be as eye popping, although I did get to see Evil Bill threaten half the audience with a keynote on technology, summed up in these words, "We will replace all your standards with our own, all your products with those of our partners and bury you."
Vote Naked 2000
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
She's just too thick to understand us. Now if all UK blokes talked about 90210 and wern't allowed to drink until we were 21, maybe it would be diferent. The reason we look so pasty is because we're all indoors drinking. Because we can do that.
'coz hell is freezing over. Potato is out! ;)
Weapons of Mass Analysis
So what exactly happens at these geek parties besides the normal consompution of large amounts of yellow liquid? Many laptops being used? Ideas being thrown around? Linux games (ya' know, like pin the beak on tux)?
Just curious... I was thinking about going out to California for a few weeks (just a random idea) and hopefully being able to attend something similar to this :-)
Oh welps, back to the old grint stone.
Who's the black private dick, who's a sex machine for all the chicks?
Aaaagh! What is it with USians using the term "Xtasy"? For the love of God, it's "Ecstacy" or "pills". And it's E, not X too. *grrr*
uhm - very nice. thank you. now I get another slap in the face with this "geez, come all to this biiiig party", which does of course only matters for that half percent of /.-readers who can attend ... *sniff* ... leave me alone, will ya?
Well and then there would be the loud obnoxious ones who think they're totally clever and postmodern for being trolls.
Seriously though, can you imagine a more pathetic gathering than a troll convention? (QuakeCon doesn't count)
sig:
sig:
See the "..for smart people" banners Wired runs here? Look elsewhere guys.
>The party is of course to
>celebrate the Debian 2.2 release.
Luckily they don't throw a party for a red Hat release =)
Tonights SP episode is the underpants gnomes.
"One brain for sale. Overly used. May need upgrading."
If you're so sure, then why are you an anonymous coward?
"Ancillary does not mean you get to rule the world." --U.S. Circuit Judge Harry Edwards, speaking to the FCC's lawyer
So, this time, CowboyNeal will 'scratch an itch'?
Have fun guys :-)
Every expression is true, for a given value of 'true'
Want to hook up with some hot chicks at the party? Say " I want you to be my laptop." Good luck!
Ever notice how the proles in San Jose want to be like the pros in Santa Clara? So many of my least favorite companies in San Jose: 3dfx, Adobe, VA Linux (all of which will be in my upcoming manifesto: "The Whoring of the Digital World").
For the last goddamned time, it's Sun Solaris 2.7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Ancillary does not mean you get to rule the world." --U.S. Circuit Judge Harry Edwards, speaking to the FCC's lawyer
are there geeks who don't like getting drunk or getting laid? After reading many of these posts, it seems like people are just curious about the alcohol that will be there as well as the prospect of women being there. As for me, I can't say that a party of people getting drunk looking for "Linux Chicks" appeals to me. It always seems to me that geeks are respected - even for how much society mocks us. However, I don't know how much respect we deserve if we seek to just get drunk and get laid. Parties are great...but there are better things to do than drink. Just my thoughts.
mmm...physics...
OT - where have all the trolls gone? I don't miss Ecstacy guy, or that avian cock bloke, but where is OSM, OOG, and the genuinely funny, offtopic and daft trolls?
I think osm has a new job, and the rest of us just seem to have quietened down for the while, although there's still the odd few posted. I'd do more, but it doesn't help that all the stories posted whilst I'm at work (UK time) generally suck.
Sorry I missed the party :) Sounds like more fun than Taco's is going to be...
-- spiralx
I can't find any announcement on any of the supposed hosts. Now, I know that slashdot would never post anything without rigorously checking the facts, but is "hey, party tonight" the extent of the announcement? I don't want to drive down to San Jose (from Berkeley) trying to find a club just to see that the party consists of five guys in beards saying "whoo-hoo, look at the specs on the new revision of debian's package format!" (sorry for posting AC, but I moderated a couple of posts, so I can't post to this discussion)
It's at The Usual, which is at South 1st and San Salvador (first street south of San Carlos, the street the Convention Center is on). Used to be called FX, but that was a long time ago. Go out the east doors of the convention center, and it's less than half a block.
Plato seems wrong to me today
How about all the trolls get together and throw a big kegger?
I bet those guys could party the slashdot staff into a ditch. Even though all the testosterone buildup might cause an explosion.. unless there's a culture of females trolls I dont know about..
Can't you do any better?
we'd show those california poseurs how to party! come on, who's with me??
Internet killed the video star,
i could live a little longer in this prison
That whole line about Slashdot being only what CmdrTaco wants is really getting annoying and old. Considering slashdot is a news site, he should pay attention to what his readership is interested in and stop posting bullshit that we're not. If he suddenly became interested in beastiality and devoted a daily column on the front page to it, wouldn't you start to be pissed?
i prefer MDMA.
The Flying Saucer has pint-glass night on Wednesdays. The one in Addison is pretty cool...
Come on, you know you're going to be celebrating the Debian release *anyway*.
--Lenny
i think i'll stop by.
Internet killed the video star,
i could live a little longer in this prison
Just what sort of bad luck is that.
So what exactly happens at these geek parties besides the normal consompution of large amounts of yellow liquid?
/.'ers don't get invited to those kind of parties...
I assume you mean beer --
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The truth is out th- oh, wait, here it is...
it's very simple, americans have trouble spelling "ecstasy" so they use "xtasy".
;)
- Toby
Homer: [spiking the punch] Heh heh, I'll be a campus hero.
[Another student tastes the punch and spits it out]
Student: Attention, everyone: the punch has been spiked.
[Everyone gasps]
Don't worry. Your parents have been called and will be here to pick you up shortly!
[Everyone cheers]
-- Let's try plan two, "Homer Goes to College"
Even the samurai
have teddy bears,
and even the teddy bears
Even the samurai
have teddy bears,
and even the teddy bears
get drunk
...and MC 900-Foot Jesus. Now THAT's tuneage.
Hmmm. Doesn't sound like much of a party. Get thee some rock music! :-)
"The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike." -- Delos B. McKown
We can sort by zip code in the US and in your preferences you'd type in your zip and specify how many numbers in difference you'd filter in.
EXAMPLE: I am in Grand Rapids, MI at 49503-4102. CmdrTaco, Hemos and others are in Holland, MI [methinks] at 49424 or there abouts. So if I set my zip preferance to +/- 100 it should filter in everything happening within 1-2 hours driving time.
Now those of you with enough free time/money/frequent flier miles who are gonna try to get to this party in Calif., but don't live there, can kiss my brown eye.
Sincerely -Slurry
PS- When I get control of the nukes I'll know where to send 'em to uh, koff, gain competitive advantages.
Dirt doesn't need luck.