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Specs of Salons Subscription System
legLess writes "Scott Rosenburg, Salon's VP of operations, wrote an interesting article for Web Techniques about Salon's subscription system. It goes into a fair amount of technical detail (JavaBeans and JSP on Linux for login and authentication; Perl, HTML::Mason and MySQL (CD: and oracle) for content). He also talks about their subscription numbers, what drove them to do it, and their plans for the future (technical and operational). A little fluffy, but still a good read."
Merry Christmas to you too.
slashcode's-stroy-serving-cousins dept.
I don't mean to sound cheeky, but does "stroy" actually mean anything, or is it just a typo?
No wonder they have 87 million in debt. Why the fuck do you need oracle to serve content? MySQL works fine for slashdot, and if they need support, they could even use MS SQL Server. Someone there is making bad decisions.
You may be able to mod me down...
But you'll never take away my CRAPFLOOOODING!!!
-- The WIPO Troll's got a few in him!
Personally, I would pay only for Slashdot Unpremium (not Jon Katz, no Michael/Timothy, YRO, in other words, just the basic stuff that slashdot was founded on).
What the hell is a stroy? Is that what you had for dinner last night?
Of company X buys dead wireless broadband company Y stories on slashdot. How disappointing.
autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
Its not always a bad thing to go against the grain. As evolution has shown, wires are bad and wireless is good. Yes it won't happen soon, but it will happen. And just like AOL was there when the internet became popular. Earthlink will have there foot in the wireless door when that becomes mainstream.
This is such a pointlessly useless thread that the only possible reason that this thread could exist is to give trolls and flamebaiters a thread to live on. Come one, come all to post ascii art of various holes, and of men holding up various signs admonishing you to eat various parts of their anatomy. Come taco-snotters and natalie portman stalkers, poets and artcles about programming languages and operating systems that are dying. :D
In terms of their technology, I think managing two page management technologies (JSP and Perl/Mason) would get a little tired, and is likely unnecessary. While JSP might not be fast enough to handle the Mason-generated pages, you can certainly use Perl to transact credit cards if you want.
From previous postings on this site, it seems that Slashdot will be going to subscription route as well. I think its a good idea. The quality of posts will probably improve (the best posters appear to be the /. addicts who would likely subscribe), and there would be capital in place to provide extensive services on top of what is already here.
Hey Hemo's got the lube ready? Come smooth my ass with it while I suck a brothers cock.
+5, Insightful
x x x x x x x x x x x x xx l x x o oo ooh i think Natalie Portman wears diapers while using Linux to pour hoT grits down her pants
From ABCNews.com:
JonKatz, movie reviewer of the popular Linux website slashdot.com, recently announced he has reached a new low.
"I'm going to have sex with 12-year-old boys now, they're much cuter." says Katz, a known pedophile.
Prior to this release, it was widely speculated that Katz was only interested in molesting 15-year-old boys.
"Well, I like the older ones too, but they're better when they're still nice and smooth." continued Katz.
When asked if he feared prosecution for statutory rape, Katz just reponded with a laugh.
"My boys love me and would never turn on me like that!" chuckled Katz.
However, Katz wouldn't reveal the names of his underaged lovers upon further questioning. The state is currently investigating.
funny? funny weird or funny ha-ha? this is not funny at all. METAMODERATE THIS MORON PLEASE!
I love the moderators here...
Talk of JonKatz's underage homosexual escapades isn't "Flamebait" (jailbait?) or "Troll", it's "Offtopic". Can we please get a story about JonKats sexuality on the main page so it will be on-topic? Thank you, Slashdot.