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Slashdot Ghost Stories?

Posted by Cliff on from the there-has-to-be-at-least-ONE-good-story-about-it-today dept.

clemens asks: "As Halloween is just around the corner, does anyone have good geek-oriented spooky stories to share? No, I don't mean that hey-freddie-is-creeping-out-of-your-screen stuff, but some after-wee-hours-in-comm-room-i-see-dead-people stories. Anyone?" I'm sure there are enough creative people out there that can come up with a few Scary Stories that are uniquely Slashdot. So if you're game, write away! CT here's my favorite :)

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  1. Re:Aliens and caffine... by rho · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's not neccessarily a fog safety device. It's used extensively down here to bring attention to stoplights, especially ones that are as you described -- on a lonely road with few stoplights.

    They are quite annoying late at night, when you're going home after a long day of staring at a computer screen and there's this damn seizure inducing halogen light going blink blink blink at you...

    It's horrible, I tell you, _horrible_

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  2. Usenet is a scary place! by don_carnage · · Score: 4, Informative

    Try alt.folklore.ghost-stories.

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    Wooden armaments to battle your imaginary foes!
  3. Give credit where credit is due! by Stavr0 · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is a variant on 'Poe Puree' written by Marcus Bales. Here is the official, unabridged, author-approved version. Marcus' is even more Poeesque IMHO.

  4. Re:System Shock 2 by CtrlPhreak · · Score: 3, Informative

    Even better is the amazingly great single player mod "They Hunger" for half-life. It's a dark monster movie type mod set in the fifties, including the obligatory insane asylum, mad doctor, twisted sherif and hordes of zombies. There are many points in the game where something comes right out of nowhere after you, or a door slams closed, after you have been wandering around in the dark for a half hour. In the end you feel like you are running for your life. It's really the only game that has actually scared me. Can't say enough good about it.

    Take a look

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  5. Re:Halloween = Christmas by PyroMosh · · Score: 2, Informative

    Oct as in 'Octal' (Base 8) Dec as in 'Decimal' (Base 10)

    For those that still don't get it:

    OCT DEC
    0 | 0
    1 | 1
    2 | 2
    3 | 3
    4 | 4
    5 | 5
    6 | 6
    7 | 7
    10 | 8
    11 | 9
    12 | 10
    13 | 11
    14 | 12
    15 | 13
    16 | 14
    17 | 15
    20 | 16
    21 | 17
    22 | 18
    23 | 19
    24 | 20
    25 | 21
    26 | 22
    27 | 23
    30 | 24
    31 | 25

    Hence OCT 31 == DEC 25. Get it now... Oh, no wonder it's not funny. Nothing ever is if you have to explain it!! Oh never mind...

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  6. molfart.au can be found here by NevarMore · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/multimedia/sun-sounds/s ound_effects/

  7. This happens to me too - simple explanation. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    I have a relatively cheap cambridge soundworks speakerset (4 little speakers and a small subwoofer).

    I heard strange noises coming from it one night, some people talking. I couldn't make out any of the voices. Anyhow, I looked out the window and my neighbors lights were on. Did a little detective work and discovered that my speakers were picking up their cordless phone, and that I simply never heard it during the day due to random noises around the house.