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Slashback: Crusher, Satellites, Silence
That fetid odor continues to rise. cconnell writes "In September, Slashdot and Developer.com were kind enough to publish an article I wrote titled Most Software Stinks!. The article generated 748 comments on slashdot, making it one of the most active stories in recent months. Here is a follow up piece I wrote which responds to some of the comments."
Silence, fool! The Panther! writes "Here's an article I wrote that shows step by step how to achieve some measure of silence in my home office. It's different from most in that it approaches damping existing hardware rather than buying new. Some ideas were suggestions of Slashdot readers from a previous article. Lots of photos for the reading-impaired." Hemos may have been going for a rather normal-looking but quiet PC, but The Panther sure isn't.
Step 39: With your dremel strapped to the hamster, gently nudge the billiard ball ... Now that the famous pencil trick isn't an option for would-be AMD overclockers, more complicated means have been found to unlock and reclock. Carlos writes: "I saw that you have a scoopage on the unlocking of the Athlon XP by Tom's Hardware and there is a better and more reversible way by VR-Zone."
200 years is a long time even for a Congressman. Michael H. writes "Woohoo! Congress has given a $30 million shot in the arm to the Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission, previously feared canceled. CNN story here. There's still no guarantee that it won't be canceled later, but at least Congress is listening to the fact that it would take ~200 years for the next window if we missed this one."
Hey, that guy's too old to be a kernel maintainer -- we'll make him an actor. bahamat wrote yesterday: "I'm hanging out in Wil Wheaton's chat room (#rfb on undernet) and he's just announced that he's going to be making a cameo as Wesley Crusher in the new Star Trek X." Apparently, the news hit quite a few readers, too -- and for those who haven't, check out our interview with Wil. Maybe he'll get to be on The Tick, too.
This early post for Ida!
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
Warning. There is Adequacy in the parent link. Mods, you know what to do.
P.S. if you don't know Adequacy is kind of like Goatsex, but worse.
Your post is so... random.
Is that you keesh? You naughty boy.
A: Well, there is no answer to that.
Dude, you once offered to mail me a rope so I could hang myself. I humbly submit that you should perform this service on yourself to save us from your continued idiocy.
Regarding the Stephen King "news", one of two things is true:
1.) You actually thought the post was true, which makes you a moron because this particular Troll has been posted on Slashdot dozens of times (and lord knows, you've been Trolling and crap-flooding Slashdot long enough to have seen it)
2.) You knew it was a Troll and your post was a pathetic attempt at a counter-Troll
Either way, you've reinforced everyone's opinion of you as a total and absolute moron.
BTW, how come you never responded to my reply to you? Are you chicken shit as well as stupid?
Canada #2
That's some funny shit, Tim.
No, you are not.
such a comment be moderated as "troll".
;)
If trolling on Slashdot on the topic of Star Trek requires an intimate knowledge of specific details in a single episode, that's quite a standard to live up to. Let's recap:
"I installed Linux today for the first time and suddenly my monitor appears sharper and now seems to have touch-screen functions." - Offtopic
"Star Trekkin' across the universe, boldly going forward because we cannot find reverse." - Funny
"I was watching Star Trek the other day and Captain Kirk flew the ship into a black hole. I found a great fan site for black holes at [goatse link]." - Troll
"Star Trek suxorz big hairy sweaty tick-infested monkey balls, beyotch!" - Flamebait
But what of Interesting or Insightful? I'll leave that to the moderators for *this* post.
Everyone except the isolated, self-absorbed techno-stupid libertarians that I know thinks slashdot is a better place now -- with more people, more discussion, and yes, lower signal to noise -- than it was 3 or 4 years ago when only stuck up fools would be heard.
Heh. I believe this should have been moderated "Funny," not "Troll." It was obviously intended as a joke. Oh well. Whoever moderated it "Troll" is a fscking jackass. Ha!