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Kathleen Fent Read This Story
Kathleen, I wanted to do this in this most potentially embarassing way
possible, and I figured doing it here and now, in front of a
quarter of a million strangers
was as good a way as any. I love you more then I can describe within
the limits of this tiny little story. We've been together for many years
now, and I've known for most of that time that I wanted to spend my
life with you. Enough rambling. Will you marry me? Update
15 minutes 30 seconds later: Subj: "Yes", message body: "Dork. You made me cry. :)"
Hazah! I'm getting married!
:)
Congratulations, if you are.
There should be a moratorium on the use of the apostrophe.
Max V.
NeXTMail/MIME Mail welcome
This is what I call A Geeky way to ask someone in mariage...
I like it !
Good luck to both of you.
"Tui Nati vulnerati."
Go for it... he's rich.
What better way to propose...well...except for maybe in person, with a ring? When I get married can I propose on /. too?
~.Evanrude
We really should have given her first post.
Hot Damn! It's the Soggy Bottom Boys!
I guess he "first post" me...
Man, I hope for your sake there's only on Kathleen Fent.
Assuming, of course, that you don't live in Utah.
Congrats either way.
--saint
I'm intrigued to see if her reply gets modded "Interesting", "Troll" or maybe "Flamebait". ;-))
If you two get married, will you be all propritary towards her, or will she be open source?
God is real unless declared integer
One ring to rule them all?
What will the moderation on her response be? (+5, Insightful), (+5, Informative), (+5, Funny) or (-1, Troll)?
Wuv is in the air on Slashdot. It's a beautiful thing. And I don't mean that sarcastically. Go Taco!
Imagine a beowulf cluster of ... euh ... ooops sorry, wrong story
-
#include "coucou.h"
"from the typed-with-one-pair-of-sweating-palms dept."
Was first seen as "from the typed-with-one-sweating-palm dept."
Which seemed much less romantic.
God, I hate this 'holiday'.
Brant
Argle. Bargle.
because he spell-checked this post.
So what happens when Miss Fent gets pounded by a quarter of a million Slashdot readers? Ewwhh...
1. No, you will not call him Commander. Or Taco.
2. He will not make you metamoderate during sex. It's just not right.
3. Cowboyneal is NOT allowed to sleep at the foot of the bed.
4. He has to leave work at work. No logging in from home.
5. You will not be the subject of various polls.
and finally,
6. No open-sourcing bedtalk!
Best of wishes.
Seriously, congrats (I hope).
ceci n'est pas un sig.
How does this fall into the topic of "News for Nerds" then? ;)
Dude, this is so fucking lame, its not even funny. She's going to call up her mom...
Kathleen: "Mom, Rob proposed!!"
Mom: "GREAT!!! How big is the ring??"
Kathleen: "Uhm... Well... There isn't a ring.."
Mom: "Oh..... I see... How did he propose?"
Kathleen: "Well.. It was on his website."
Mom: "Run. Run Like Hell. Don't look back."
hey, how come you rejected this when i posted it?!
Cretin - a powerful and flexible CD reencoder
What has this got to do with news for nerds?
Plenty. It's so rare, that every time a geek finds love, it should be treated like a court judgement against Microsoft! Another win for the underdog!
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
....One ring to bind them.
Seriously, I hope she says yes.
You will let us know what she says, won't you Taco?
Brought to you by Frobozz Magic Penguin Fodder.
Damn you Taco! Now Slashdot will really suck! This is just like the musical buffy episode.
Damn you, Damn you to Hell!
Oh and I hope she says yes.
This
Is there nothing you're prepared to spellcheck? ;-)
Tales from behind the Lagom Curtain
Tele Communications Protocol / Internet Proposal Standards tested today on Slashdot.
Will the first test be successful?
We are still waiting for the results.
42 - So long and thanks for all the fish.
A quick google search turned up this image....
Once you get married, all your base are belong to her.
Yeah, like us geeks weren't going to find this... Sarcasta.Net
Pics
Bryan J. Casto
bryan.casto(a)gmail.com
Good luck!
m l
Here's a couple of sites that might come in handy:
A guide to buying engagement rings:
http://www.boodleanddunthorne.com/leap/index.ht
And a look at one of the world's best jewellers:
http://www.graff-uk.com/
[Disclaimer: I got my wife's engagement ring at Graff]
Would she change her name to Kathleen Taco or Kathleen Fent-Taco?
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Go back while you still can! You have no idea what you're in for when you ge....
What? No, honey, I'm just typing a message on Slashdot. Yes dear, I'll take the garbage out.
I wish I had a kryptonite cross, because then you could keep Dracula and Superman away.
Well there is the issue of if IQ goes down in proportion to the size of the mob times the average intelligence.
For example, an individual scientist might be brilliant, but a group of them can be pretty dumb.
On this basis, the collective IQ around here has got to be heading into negative numbers.
[Joke! Joke!]
Of course, we are all waiting to see if
1) she replies in this forum,
2) if the reply is moderated to 5+.
3) Or will it go to -1 as redundant
"It is a greater offense to steal men's labor, than their clothes"
How ironic...
I spent a good three minutes making an ASCII heart that says "SAY YES!" over and over again, but your own lameness filter prevented me from posting it, Rob!
If you celebrate Xmas, befriend me (538
Unix or Windows?
Free or Proprietary?
DMCA or Fair Use?
Vi or Emacs?
GPL or BSD?
Gnome or KDE?
C or C++ or Java or C# or ...?
Linux or GNU/Linux?
No typos. Passable grammar.
Kathleen, he actually thought about this one...
All the best to ya both.
"Consider yourself a member of a virtual corporation with Mr. Torvalds as your Chief Executive Officer." - Linux Advocac
"Kathleen, I wanted to do this in this most potentially embarassing way possible"
The real question is embarrassing for you or for her? =)
There should be a moratorium on the use of the apostrophe.
Max V.
NeXTMail/MIME Mail welcome
... Slashdot is getting worse every day.
If you propose on ./, is she allowed to answer "CowboyNeal"?
No mention of an engagement ring... Hmmm, maybe he got her a token ring prior to this.
Heh.
I wish I had a kryptonite cross, because then you could keep Dracula and Superman away.
Yes.
No... SHE will be getting mail asking if she wants HIS penis to grow 12 inches.
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Congratulations
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Of course she cried; if a woman doesn't cry, then you just didn't get it right. Besides, that is the best part for us - it shows she really loves you.
.JPG of Slashdot and that email now - gotta have something for the grandkids before your HDD dies :)
Burn a CDR with
We've been together for many years now, and I've known for most of that time that I wanted to spend my life with you. Enough rambling. Will you marry me?
Shut-up. Just shut-up. You had me at hello. You had me at hello...
If you celebrate Xmas, befriend me (538
So, will it be an "Open" marrage?
No moderation on this post, please, I just wish to add my two cents on this historic occasion.
Congratulations, Taco, and good luck.
I will now step aside for all the inevitable beowulf, first post, meta-moderation, CowboyNeal, etc. jokes.
~Chazzf
No statement is true, not even this one.
But please teach him how to spell. Best of luck to you both.
Love,
Jay and Silent Bob
Wow! That's all it takes? A post on /.?
Michelle Pfeiffer, I love you, will you....
Er, what? He _knew_ this Kathleen chick?
Aw, crap.
1) Not a single typo.. I guess whe you care, you can do it.. Now, care daily..
/. sans Taco's personal life.
2) Wasn't this posted before??
3) Imagine a beowulf cluster of Kathleen Fent's. A veritable harrem..
3) Can we see pics of her, nake and petrified, covered in hot grits.
and, the actual point:
4) When some red-neck hick rents a big-screen at a sporting event in order to propose, it's mildly sweet.. When the arena manager does it for himself, it's downright unprofessional. You really should have hired a sky-writer or something..
I kiss you! All your babe are belong to Taco! Congrats.. We now return you to a
The REAL jabber has the user id: 13196
What you do today will cost you a day of your life
This page was generated by a Squadron of Cyber Cupids for CmdrTaco and kathleen.
If you are confused about the context of a particular comment, just link back to the love page through the marriage link...
All the best!
Now comes the fun part! Planning the wedding, and making sure everything is right. My brother just got married in October, so Commander, I got one Pearl of wisdom for you. Make sure your best man has his head on straight because you won't on your wedding day, and you don't want to be on your honeymoon and realize you forgot something.
Best of luck.
Joseph McCay
At the next eco-hypocrisy-meeting, count the private jets used to get to the meeting. Should be interesting to see that
You broke it. And a piece landed on my foot! You'll be hearing from my team of high-priced lawyers.
There should be a moratorium on the use of the apostrophe.
Max V.
NeXTMail/MIME Mail welcome
I had my wife try out an application I was working on, saying I needed someone who had never seen it before to test it. After 4 boring dialog boxes and 2 error messages it suddenly showed a big flashy screen, and my proposal came screaming from the speakers. Lots of tears then too :]
:>
Again: Good luck Rob and have lots of kids. They are quite a bit noisier than computers but a helluva lot more fun to make and have
karma capped
Congatulations!
But you know, this -should- have been modded (-1, Saccharine Sweetness) -- that stuff causes cancer, you know! Not to mention (-1, Twisting the Knife of Bitterness in the Hearts of All Geeks Who are Alone on Valentines Day). But on the other hand, it should get several fat (+1, Making All the Trolls Feel Vaguely Uncomfortable About Trolling, For One Article at Least).
Haha. Congrats again -- be happy.
The enemies of Democracy are
You realise that hundreds of geeks the world over are going to be so touched by this story that they're all going to go off and propose to their girlfriends.
:)
Well, those that have girlfriends.
Now the question is... what'll li'l Luitenant jg Taco be like?
OFTC: By the community, for the community
I though my mom would enjoy this story. She's a sappy romantic. So, I e-mailed her.
Her reply:
"When are you going to move out of the house? You're 30 years old for God's sake!"
Crongrats CmdrTaco!
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. -- William James
This is the nerdiest thing I have ever seen, I'm in awe. Proposal on /., acceptance via email? Wow.
Wow, I can never hope to top that... Unless perhaps I propose via Everquest... I'm sure that's been done, though.
Congratulations.
...and you bought it.
;-)
This is just a ploy to kill all the "CmdrTaco is Gay" crapfloods
Best of luck to the both of you Taco. Might I suggest DisneyWorld for the honeymoon. Its where my wife & I went, and it was great.
Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
Remember to compliment the size of his CVS tree occasionally!
My deepest sympathy, Kathleen.
I submitted this a week ago, but they wouldn't post it!
Good luck!
I love you more then I can describe
Cripes, Taco, you couldn't even use a grammar-checker on this, the most important posting of your life?
Having said that, congratulations, and (I think I speak for more than a few Slashgeeks here) f--- you for reminding me that tonight I'll be going home to heat up a can of Chef Lonelyheart's Soup For One.
~Philly
or it would have been 5 very large paragraphs wondering if people really *can* fall in love in these times of strife, war, politics, information superhighway, technology, and the whole point would have gotten lost in the drivel.
My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.
T-1 connection: $1,000/month
Slashcode GPL: free
Proposing marriage on your own website and having your beloved say "yes," priceless.
One CPU cycle wasted on digital restrictions management is ONE TOO MANY.
The handbook pretty plainly states that if you have a life, you must be stripped of all your geekly honors and be forced to drive a mini-van. I'm afraid we can't make any exceptions. Please check your dual athlon at the door on the way out.
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
dear sir
I fear that you will be takeing a redhead from the singles population and placeing her into the married population. I find this kind of act intolerable as there are very few of them left as it is.
regards
john jones
CowboyNealBestManOption? ;)
My wife made me promise that computers wouldn't be involved in my proposal.
So I guess you had to use your backup plan -- lasers!
We live, as we dream -- alone....
It wouldn't be that hard and it would be really sweet.
El Karma: excelente(principalmente la suma de moderación hecha a los comentarios de los usuarios)
Congrats!!
Now the really tough question, does ThinkGeek do wedding registries?
I'm out of my mind right now, but feel free to leave a message.....
I was going to post: "Imagine ... now they can start their own little beowulf cluster".
Congrats!
Tuus crepidae innexilis sunt.
Grats, ya fraud! ;)
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Kathleen and Rob, best of luck to both of you. Especially Kathleen
The big question awaits... does she get your root password?
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...you do know you're going to karma hell for that, don't you?
You're using her as bait, Master!
... Well, this dispells the rumor that you're gay!
/. history, so I'm sure we'll be visiting this post sometime in the future.
Seriously though, congratulations to you both. You've also created yet another classic moment in
Now, go make some mad lovin'!
Skiers and Riders -- http://www.snowjournal.com
In no event unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing will the husband and wife, or any other party who may modify and/or attempt to modify the marriage as permitted by law, be liable to you for damages, including any general, special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the marriage (including but not limited to loss of life or life being rendered inaccurate or losses sustained by you or third parties or a failure of the marriage to operate with any other programs), even if such holder or other party has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Imagine starting a web site and building it up to be incredibly popular - taking almost 5 years - just to propose to your girlfriend. Now that's love.
Probably real, according to http://www.fent.net/archive/troll.html :
"... will NEVER post on Slashdot" - so much for that, eh?
(I'm losing the first moderation points I've ever had by posting here, but it should be worth it...)
Rob,
/.er in the world will be replying to this story, I thought I'd jump on with some advice (as a married nerd, I'm qualified).
/. ref into this. Let the other one say what is up with them before you mark them as a troll.
/. posters.
Seeing as every
1. Always listen to each her. Nothing will get you into the doghouse faster than her thinking you are not listening when she thinks she has something important to say.
2. WIRELESS! Yes, good old 802.11b. It allows you to be on the couch doing nerdly things, while you are in the same room with her. No more lost in your home office for hours and hours every night. This is definitely one of the best technologies for a married couple.
3. Respect each other. It sounds so simple, but a lot of couples seem to lose that over the years. They start doing dumb things like rolling their eyes when the other speaks. Lack of respect for your mate has destroyed more couples than anything.
4. Respect each other. Am I repeating myself? Well, yes, because it is so important. Just let the other person be themselves, and the small stuff will take care of itself.
5. Don't lose yourself! That sounds anti-love, but it's not. Make concessions, but don't change yourself. You are who she fell in _love_ with. Of course, you will grow, and change, but your soul will remain.
6. Laugh with her. You should be marrying your best friend. If she is not, you are doing this too soon (said that one a little late, didn't I). It is the friendship that carries you through life together. You both will have times when all you need is a friend, and being there like that for each other is critical.
7. Don't mod each other. Ok, I had to get a
8. Just SAY IT. When something is up, take the risk, and just SAY IT. Don't hem and haw, and let it build up. The friendship and respect you build will allow you to trust in the ability to just say what is on your mind. It feels so much better when it's out in the open, whatever it is.
9. Men are from mars, women are from venus. I know this to be true. Get the book on CD, and listen to it in your car. Then dispose of it like you would pr0n. Descreatly. Never let anyone know you listened to it (because they will think you are a f4g. However, there actually are some good tools and concepts in the book. It teaches you not to try and solve her problems, but when to just listen.
10. Don't listen to
Spackler
- adam
One ring to bind them?
Will she be open source?
She should marry CowboyNeal!
Hey, I submitted this a week ago!
And, of course, best of all:
Taco's bride naked and petrified (well, almost).
But, man, did he have it coming or what?! Anyway, congratulations to you both!
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"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance" - Derek Bok
Of course, when I submitted this story a week ago, it was rejected. Fools. :)
Just kidding. Great way to get the job done!
Posted from the wireless couch.
Congratulations!
Are we all invited to the batchelor party?
Information wants to be beer.
The only thing cooler than this, would have been to make it a Slashdot Poll...
But it would really suck if she decided to marry CowboyNeal.
Congratulations, man. Welcome to the ranks!
dont get the usual duplicate post from Timothy, we should be ok... ;)
Pretty ugly list of options, if you ask me.
Perhaps Natalie Portman as the maid of honor, with hot grits to be served at the reception.
-Cybrex
Boundless Expansion, Self-Transformation, Dynamic Optimism, Intelligent Technology, Spontaneous Order- BEST DO IT SO!
Kathleen Fent
You know, I agree with you, but OTOH I proposed to my wife on Valentine's Day as well. In my defense, however, I can offer the fact that I was such a clod that I didn't even notice the date until afterwards.
This next song is very sad. Please clap along. -- Robin Zander
The e-mail exchange...
>>>>>> Yes!
>>>>> Yes, what?
>>>> Yes, I'll marry you!
>>> Huh? You are such a kidder.
>>Proposing to me over Slashdot was so romantic!
>>Should we plan on a June wedding?
> I don't know how to tell you this, but
> someone hacked Slashdot. I didn't post
> that. I mean, I love you and all, but
> I'm not ready for that kind of commitment.
> Besides, things are really so great
> between us, I'd hate to do anything to
> mess it up.
Kathy? Did you get my last message (see above)? Hey, I got you a heart shaped box of chocolate. Maybe we can go to a movie tonight. I think you've got a problem with your phone. Every time I've called, it rings once, sounds like it's being picked up, and then disconnects. Call me. Please. Luv U!
...
Someone should set up some sort of micropayment system to get these two somethin nice for the wedding; like a car or whatever they feel like. Imagine, if 10,000 /.ers contribute a buck each, that's 10 grand. Or maybe we can be more modest, and only ask for a few cents, and get em...I dunno. But this should be done!
-Abe
"McBane to base: Under attack by Commie Nazis!" -the Simpsons
So basically y'all just invited 150,000 trolls to your wedding. [mental image of a bunch of large green people fidgeting in white tuxedo/dress outfits under the watchful eyes of a squadron of truncheon[1]-armed moderators... and the single most popular wedding present would be fairly predictable]
Kidding aside, w00t! Congratulations! I did the bent knee thing, but for a twist I hid the ring in her clothes so I pulled it out of her pocket instead of mine...
[1] Five use only, patent pending,
News for Geeks in Austin, TX
Secretly, all wives get root passwords -- they eventually forget them, because they never wanted them in the first place, but you give them nonetheless.
I find it uplifting that a poor child in the middle of a warzone with a 20 year-old computer can share this moment of joy with CmdrTaco.
Who would of thought that the internet would make such things possible.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and enemy of growth. -JFK
Shouldn't this really be in Ask Slashdot?
Courtesy hemos' wedding
marotti.com
And here's one of them together
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yes, as indicated by the bananna icon, Kuro5in.org catagorized this as in the topic of "Funny" (and MLP, Mindless Link Propogation).
/.?
HERE's the article itself.
...not as popular as it is here (only 63 comments so far), but then again don't most k5'ers have a grudge against
Use my userscript to add story images to Slashdot. There's no going back.
Dear Rob,
Thanks to the rather zealous readership you've attracted, I think we all have a good idea of who you're marrying, and what she looks like. Truly a beautiful woman, and a sharp mind, too. Congratulations are definitely in order!
You certainly had to expect this would generate a lot of traffic here, but who imagined the reaction from the press?!? I was amazed to see Wired cover it... and The Register, and MSNBC (posting the C-Net story), etc! Geez Rob, you're a public icon!
Now that things have settled a bit and your proposal "story" has risen to be well-seated in the Hall of Fame (currently #5, and close to being #4!)... allow me to review the coverage your proposal generated:
- Cupid's Bull's-Eye on Nerd Site
- Slashdot editor proposes on front page
- News for Nerds: Will you marry me? (Cnet) or the same thing on MSNBC
- Geek pops the question online (ZDnet)
- A Google search on "Kathleen Fent" turns up 77 hits -- The first two being your proposal and its' place in the Hall of Fame, and nearly all of the rest referring to your proposal!
My wife (who happens to be a redhead as well!) thinks the way you proposed was really sweet. She wants to steal Sushi, too... but that's something else entirely. Our congratulations on your engagement, and my wife and I wish the both of you a long, happy and healthy life together!The co-founder of the popular Slashdot website proposes to his girlfriend on Valentine's Day. One reader wonders if the marriage would be an open-source arrangement. By Michelle Delio.
"Valentine's Day special" 14 February 2002 4:22pm
"...America's great minds of today, teaching America's great minds of tomorrow. Poor bastards." -- A Beautiful Min
I proposed to my first wife at the premier of Star Trek: the Motion Picture. A large group of my geeky friends got together and bought tickets, and my then girl-friend flew to St. Louis from Columbus, Ohio, to see the movie with me. The lights dimmed, and I reached into my pocket and handed her a box of Cracker Jacks. She opened it, pulled out the prize, and it was a diamond ring.
In retrospect, this wasn't the best way to propose, because she spent the entire movie staring at the ring, and we had to go see the movie again. But, she still has the collage she made from the box, the prize wrapper, the TWA boarding pass, and a picture of the two of us.
Nothing for 6-digit uids?
Way back in 1995 when we got married, we put up wedding pictures online and it was so rare and unusual that People Magazine, Cosmopolitan Magazine and NetGuide Magazine all ran printed-on-paper stories about it! Now there are zillions of great wedding web pages, and no one bats an eyelash.
On the other hand, Rob's proposal is probably one of those "great Internet moments" that'll become part of the lore now.
*raises a glass* Congratulations and have a great adventure together!
-Mark