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Meeting Fellow Slashdot Readers In Your Area?
jmallett asks: "I was wondering about setting up local meets of Slashdot readers... I think it would be a good way to meet active people in the technical field, talk over recent news, and discuss what is going on in our fields. Is there interest in this?" Not a bad idea and it could be fun. If any of you are interested in organizing or attending meets of Slashdot readers in your area, drop your e-mail address and your location in the comments and let's see if we can get a few of these organized!
In case any brazilian folks near here are reading. I'd sure love to meet a few fellow Slashdot freaks, I wear one of my /. t-shirts whenever I go someplace populated by nerds and no one, as of yet, has asked for my screen name.
BTW, damn Cliff, this could have been posted to the main page, it would've been fun!
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Talking to and meeting other Slashdot readers does not constitute ``having a life''.
With that said... wouldn't existing user-groups better facilitate meeting people in tech fields? I assume each of us are more interested in certain things more than others (Linux vs. BSD vs. Programming vs. AI vs. Cyberpunk/Computer-oriented Sci Fi). There should be groups already formed for many technical interests in most larger cities.
Of course, there are benifits of a slashdot reader garthering:
1. You get to meet people who you wouldnt normally meet in a user/advocacy group.
2. You get the opportunity to play Wack-A-Troll in real life.
Just moved from Houston to Aberdeen. So far, I am finding this entire city devoid of technophiles (only one other Linux user in the SLUG, and no SJUG--Java Users' Group--to speak of).
Drop me some e-mail if you live in Aberdeen. In fact, drop me some e-mail if you live anywhere near Aberdeen. The e-mail address above works, and is checked regularly.
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Easy! Just wear one of those T-shirts that say "FIRST POST!" to any conferences or tech shows.
Of course, a bullet-proof vest under the shirt might be advisable, or else, well, think of it as the ultimate "troll" moderation...
SlashdotterA: FIRST SEAT! SlashdotterB: I'll take 1 pepparoni with RedHat please. SlashdotterC: DEBIAN RULES! SlashdotterA: Man, a beowulf cluster of pizzas would be awesome! SlashdotterB: Microsoft Pizza (tm) sucks. ...etc...
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Hell, I'd go to a meeting (after scoping it out surreptiously to make sure it's safe).
Actually, this whole meeting thing is reminiscent of the meeting listings in the back of 2600. Since the slashdot readership is probably a bit larger than the 2600 one, not sure how well it would work though.
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I know a few people who seem to read /. often from a local LUG. IMHO, better to seek out a group you're interested in then make a group based off a website. Just my .02$, thou.
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*sob* It all started about a year and a half ago (I think? Is that right for my uid?) Now I've gotten that bad that I'm reading /. at work, and /. at home. It's gotten that bad that I don't evern recognise the word "slashdot" and more, prefering the gzip "/." more.
Anyway, back in the real world. I think the best place for a /. meeting in sydney .au would be at a monthly slug meeting. I haven't been to one yet, but judging by the mailing lists, the guys and gals read /. a fair bit.
And Melbourne, aparantly we're suffering from "post olympics depresion" so we need this! haha :)
If any slashdot readers in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area would be interested mail me at jd0014@duct-tape.org. I actually don't have much of a clue on Minneapolis other than a couple decent places to eat (live about 100 miles away, but its the closest big city) but something reasonable could probably be figured out.
I don't attend the university, but I do work in the area. We could take over Palmer Square or something.
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I live just outside of Richmond. Sounds good to me. You might want to reconsider your offer to buy beer for everyone though. Virginia Tech accounts for a full 1% of the nations alcohol consumption.
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My fiance and I are both slashdotters. I see him frequently. I keep telling him that we should start a lovers quarrel on /., but he claims he doesn't have the karma to spare.
I suppose this presents a major flaw in the moderation system -- how do you mod people you know? It's the slight danger in getting to know readers in your area; you can potentially push forth a petty vendetta.
Then again, it's only karma.
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Right on the line of Boston :) Anyone else from here? Mail me- Melissa151@spam.org
I'm just outside Baltimore. I think Roblimo is somewhere around B'more too.
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I'm still here, still living in Rochester, and that time thing is kind of a pain in the neck. It'd be interesting to get an occasional gathering of the western NY slashdotters though.
SUNY Geneseo had a netnic or two, since so many of us were on The Far Side and ISCA BBS. But netnics just don't seem to be as big a deal anymore. I guess that's what happens when people get out of school and have to get a life.
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I'm just outside Baltimore. I think Roblimo is somewhere around B'more too.
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I'm in College Park, MD (well, Berwyn Heights, but same thing...) Yeah, Roblimo lives in Elkridge - we should get a bunch of Slashdotters together and get Roblimo drunk... that would be a sight to see (Roblimo sober is funny enough
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Hey, I used to live in Berwyn Heights. Had a basement apartment in a house on Ruatan for about a year before I moved across 193 to share a Springhill Lake 3 bedroom.
Heh, I'm at the corner of 60th and Osage.
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