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Trojan Room Coffee Pot Auctioned Off
dlesko writes "The historic Trojan Room coffee pot at The University of Cambridge has gone to the highest bidder on ebay for £3,350.00 (that's about $5,055.20 USD based on the currency rates as of 8/12/01). You can see the results for about 90days. Now they just have to hope that the person actually comes through with the dough..." A fitting end to a net.legend. If I could figure out where Arial, my old DEC Alpha Multia that was the original Slashdot, I would auction that off and give the cash to the EFF (minus shipping a cost of a case of beer ;) Dave? Rosie? Where did that thing go? I know it was finally retired as the SMTP server... I probably should get it back someday ;)
Your argument is ridiculous. First this crappy DEC box is not a one-of-a-kind work of art. Thousands exactly like it were made. Second, maybe some should preserve old junk, but that has nothing to do with Rob wanting to AUCTION the old machine (for presumably a lot of money, more than he paid for it) with the intrinsic "value" derived from the fact that it WAS the Slashdot server.
Come on, you don't think people would actually pay real money for Katz, now do you? Well actually I could see someone buying Katz to ensure he doesn't pollute /. with one of his ridiculous 2500 word diatribes. However, it would be much simpler and less expensive to block his stories in the preferences, but what fun is that?
Daniel J. Kelly
Hmm, could someone tell me what date 8/12/01 translates to? Is it 8 December 2001, 12 July 2001 or 1 December 2008? Okay I am being picky, but since /. is viewable world-wide I reckon it is best to use date formats that can't be confused, even though someone will advocate as to how abvious it is at the mo' given the other dates haven't happened yet.
Surely 2001-08-12 is little less confusing?
Jumpstart the tartan drive.
...will
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