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Kuro5hin Returns

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the drowning-in-submissions dept.

TheTomcat writes "Kuro5hin is back up and better than ever, with its new server from VA Linux. At 2pm(1pm EST) today, the site went live, after a month or so of downtime." Well, this was the first submission in the bin to actually say it was up. Congrats to the whole gang and welcome back. And everyone else stop submitting their return, 'k? *grin* Update: 09/19 01:53 PM by CN : SlashNET will be hosting a forum with Rusty and Inoshiro on Saturday at 5:00 PM PDT (0:00 GMT). Looks like a good opportunity to welcome k5 back, as well as learn how they've overcome the issues that kept them down.

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  1. Wonder how long... by zpengo · · Score: 5
    ...until Slashdot knocks it back down.

    Slashdot: "I'm going to pet him, and love him, and call him Kuro5hin..." *squash*

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  2. Way to go, Hemos... by mr.ska · · Score: 4
    They spend a ton of time and effort trying to get their servers and site back up and running, finally succeed...

    ..and 20 minutes later Hemos gets 'em slashdotted. Bra-vo. :)

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  3. Christ by Dr.+Sp0ng · · Score: 5

    I was reading k5 for a few minutes, and suddenly I couldn't get through anymore - so what do I see when I see Slashdot? "Kuro5hin returns." Bastards.

    To quote Inoshiro from IRC about 2 seconds ago: "I will hunt Hemos. And kill him. That is all."
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  4. Puhlease by zlite · · Score: 4

    What was Hemos supposed to do? Never mention that they were up? Wait a few days? Mention it but beg people not to click on the link?

    If Kuro5hin can't handle the traffic, they shouldn't be in the business. After all /. is by definition /.ed ever day and holds up (mostly) fine.

    Cut em a break.

  5. You can read more detail about the launch... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4

    at LinuxToday. Rusty Foster wrote a first-hand account of the site going back up; funny it wasn't linked to from here.

  6. Little plugs from /. by Frac · · Score: 5
    Kuro5hin is back up and better than ever, with its new server from VA Linux. At 2pm(1pm EST) today, the site went live, after a month or so of downtime.

    Related links: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    1. Re:Little plugs from /. by TheTomcat · · Score: 4

      I hope that doesn't get marked troll. Truth be told, I left VA Linux unlinked, and someone managed to link it up anyway. (-:

    2. Re:Little plugs from /. by _xeno_ · · Score: 3
      Actually, it's much more like when you tell a 2-year-old not to stick his tongue out at you. What's he gonna do? Stick his tongue out at you.

      Plus the novelty of moderating wares off very quickly. It's too much of a chore to actually be a good moderator. Reminds me of when I was in jr. high, I told a teacher he couldn't hold me after class. What'd he do? Hold me after class (but not that day! See, I had a ... uh, prior commitment. Um, elsewhere.).

      Basically, if you tell someone "don't do that" what're they going to do? Do it. Similar to the MPAA saying "don't link to DeCSS!" What happened? Everyone linked to DeCSS!

      It's not that surprising. Watch - I dare someone to moderate this as "insightful." Now I'll get moderated as "flamebait," "troll," "offtopic" (no one ever bothers reading the parent post, that's just boring!), or, if they're afraid of losing karma, "overrated."

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  7. Kuro5hin returns... to the closet by Frac · · Score: 3

    Posted by Hemos on 12:09 PM September 18th, 2000
    from the time-for-/.-to-drown-kuro5hin dept.
    Roozbeh The Atomic Microscope writes "Kuro5hin is back down again, even with its new server from VA Linux. At 3pm(2pm EST) today, the site went dead from /.ing, after a hour or so of uptime." Congrats to the whole /. gang, and welcome back to /., Kuro5hin admins! (we figured that you're homeless again) *grin*

  8. Re:Back to business, guys by Col.+Klink+(retired) · · Score: 5

    > geeks are too busy backstabbing each other

    And just how, exactly, are you any different? I just went and read your last 5 comments. Every one of them is an attack. I don't ever recall reading a supportive word from you. And *you* acuse /. of "feeling superior"?

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  9. the way story submission works at k5 by brokeninside · · Score: 4

    Every user can look over the submissions queue. Every user gets one vote per story. The vote is either (1) post it, (0) don't care, or (-1) don't post it.

    Stories that reach a critical number which is a percentage of the total number of users get put on the front page. Stories can be commented on while still in the queue, regardless of whether they ever make the front page or not. Comments can be one of two types: (1) editorial, suggesting changes to the story in spelling, style, grammar; or (2) topical, pertaining to a discussion. The editorial comments do not survive if the story makes the front page.

    All in all it works fairly well.

    The best thing about k5 was the people there. The breadth of k5 was much wider than /. Discussions of everything from gun control to how to secure a linux box have made the front page.