Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Slashdot Prepares Switcheroo

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hoo-boy-its-time dept.

We're planning on making the final switch from Slashdot to Banjo tonight at around 8pm my time. User preferences changed after 6:30pm will be lost. Comments won't be. Around 8pm, Slashdot will stop providing dynamic pages: only the static homepage will be visible until we we complete the transition, which will hopefully take only however long it takes for us to incrementally update all the critical data. We should see you by 9.

6 of 207 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Isn't there some rule? by roguerez · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I believe Rob mentioned a short while ago that the bulk of traffic happens during work days. The weekend is a little slower. Therefore picking the weekend makes sense, since less people suffer from possible problems during the switcheroo. I'm not sure if this is the reason for choosing friday, though.

  2. Beep... Beep... by Halo- · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I say we play "Dark Side of the Moon" till things come back, or... baring that... go out... maybe meet some members of the opposite sex. Hopefully O'Reilly makes a book about that....

  3. So What? by rabtech · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I have reviewed the changelogs, and I don't see many new features, and certainly none that would affect me as a standard reader/poster on slashdot.

    I'm sure the administration side has improvements, and the behind-the-scenes code is better. But I'm left asking... So What?

    If anyone can explain the real benefits from this move, let me know. And congrats to those who worked on Bender.

    --
    Natural != (nontoxic || beneficial)
  4. Re:Well by GlassUser · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yes, unfortunately it will make for slightly more errors when determining what's redundant and what is original.

    --
    funny munging
  5. Comment numbers? by Kreeblah · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What happened? Did the database count all the comments in it so far, and start numbering from that point onward, or what?

  6. Obvious Bug Remains by smagruder · · Score: 4, Insightful

    When do we get the see the YEAR shown with older or searched articles??? Hmmm???

    --
    Steve Magruder, Metro Foodist