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Help Test Exciting All-New Slashdot "Banjo"

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the more-then-just-a-sea-monkey dept.

After far too long in development, Slashdot is ready to move to the latest version of Slashcode. To this end, we really need people to test our development box, aka Banjo. This is not a load test, so please don't beat the crap out of it (yet!). Please read comments, post comments, and test out wacky new features like Journaling and the assorted new messaging options. It is mostly identical but there are several cool surprises. We have many optimizations still to add, and only have a fraction of our "real" hardware on Banjo so don't worry about speed, instead look for things that don't work right (or at all!) and send those bug reports. (Known issues: imported comments are misattributed, and comment searching is disabled. Don't report these things please ;))

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  1. Wow! by absurd_spork · · Score: 0, Redundant

    As far as I can see, the machine might as well be offline. This must be the first time that Slashdot slashdots itself.

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  2. For me at least... by Judg3 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    It seems banjo got /.'ed.

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  3. Slashdotted by qslack · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I clicked on the link when there were 0 comments on this story, yet it is completely unreachable.

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  4. This is too funny! by farrellj · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Well, I guess you got your load test...unfortunately!

    Thanx anyways for letting us have a kick at the tires!

    ttyl
    Farrell

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  5. http:///..org by halftrack · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Sombody mod them down for saying slashdot got slashdotted by slashdot, it's funny once, but everybody knows it.

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  6. Man, this really sucks! by tswinzig · · Score: 3, Redundant

    It's dog slow, the imported comments are misattributed, and comment searching is disabled! What were you guys thinking!?

    (Just kidding, it looks great so far.)

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  7. Re:Not a stress test?! by zaius · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I guess what goes around comes around... slashdot has finally slashdotted itself!

  8. CORN! by poeman · · Score: 0, Redundant


    They've /.'d themselves?

  9. Post Mortem by dloolb · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Doctor: I'm sorry maam we've lost him.
    maam: Oh! Banjo we hardly knew thee.
    Doctor: I call the time of death as Friday August 03, @11:21AM
    maam: Oh Banjo!!
    Doctor: Maam, there will be other Banjo's, its time to let go, its time to pull the plug.
    YANK!!!

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  10. Bah bah bah... by Eric+Destiny · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Looks like we've slashdotted Slashdot.

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  11. all your... by Roadmaster · · Score: 0, Redundant


    all your banjo are belong to us.

  12. Done. by DaneelGiskard · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Yehh..we've just slashdotted slashdot! What's next on the list of eternal objectives? ;-)

  13. Re:Who peed in your coffee today? by unitron · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Moderators use "redundant" way too often, and apparently without considering that the second or third post to say a particular thing were probably written before the first post to say it showed up on the page. A lot of down moderation seems to be done more in anger and maliciousness than in a sincere attempt to improve the site.

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    I see even classic Slashdot is now pretty much unusable on dial up anymore.