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The Lone Gunmen Are Dead
Mike Perry (And many,many others) writes: "In an astounding move after the cancellation of the show, Chris Carter killed
off the Lone Gunmen in tonight's episode of the X-Files. After a short
introduction that re-introduced the group as trying to save "a world that isn't too kind
to idealists," the episode progressed until the Gunmen realized their destiny
with Langley's quotes about Joey Ramone, and then Byer's quote "We never gave
up, and we never will. In the end, if that's all they can say about us, it'll
do." The episode then built to an ending where the Gunmen group gave their
lives to thwart a bio-terrorist financed by a business tycoon.I don't know about you guys, but back in the prime of the X-Files, these guys
were as close a role model as I could find on television as a kid. I was
deeply disappointed with the cancellation of the show (sure the pilot sucked,
but the next few episodes were good). I feel glad that these characters were
allowed to retire with dignity before the end of the show."
CD: Oops, sorry about the spoiler, when I scheduled the post I miscalculated the timing. I know, I'm evil. I promise I won't ruin the next 4 episodes or however many they have left.
boycott slashdot and this is the frost postzors it is blackout weekzor dont forget it I hope this is frostzors
THG
FiRM
iNC
These were the OG warez groups. Hacking Forum source code was the shiznit and phreaking was at an all-time high. USR 14.4k modems were $500 and everyone used leech Zmodem.
now its a buncha stinky fuckin linux phags ruining all the damn fun
Err, dude, the blackout you're advertising in your .sig has already started.
Glass and a half of moron right there!
What does this have to do with anything?
Pictures of Mike Pery
Who's got a URL to "chrisd"'s page? Mike was just the unfortunate person who got mentioned.
I used to fantasize about you in Murder She Wrote. God I bet your hot in depends
yeah i know, i typed that in under 5 seconds to get FP (that accounts for the misspellings), ridiculous eh? I wish there were a way to vote a comment for meta moderation. In metamod they probably wont' see that it is FP.
Photos.
Who is the idiot that started this....crap...
Well, I didn't want to tell you, but I collect all your poo in little baggies and hang them on my wall. They're fun to masturbate to, it makes me feel all grown up on the inside.
When I'm lucky I get to crap myself and then use that to masturbate with. Even better.
I never metamod redundent, no one does.
Mmmm, Gillian Anderson...
I never metamod redundent, no one does.
Guess again. I always try to metamod ignorant moderators to HELL. The dumbass moderators need to look up the meaning of Redundant before they use the option.
See you in Meta Moderation Hell, assholes.
I was getting tired of the heavy bias here anyway...
straw - camel - back
One more, for the record.
YOU ARE A MORON.
Everyone else has basically said what I feel. Use your phucking brain next time!!! It's not there just to keep your skull from collapsing you ignorant P.O.S!!
Which is sadder? These guys going or the idiot who spoiled the whole thing....I really don't have enough swear words for this....
Why are you posting? I thought the point of the blackout was to force the 'management' to sit up and listen to the voices of the masses. (Or listen to the silence when they stop talking, if you like.) Was this the perfect exception? I really am curious. Why?
I know I'm going to get trolled to high heaven for this but....
If you were REALLY dedicated fans of the show and a TRUE geek, you would pick up your computer, and move to the east coast so you could be the first to see it. DUH!!
Rho, the instigator of this plan, is calling it The (Hopefully) Great Slashdot Blackout. T(H)GSB will last for the 21st through 27th of April. There is a FAQ explaining rho's motives, and an ongoing discussion in the Slashdot journal area. Many readers support the protest; others are playing along just out of curiousity. Some detractors feel that it is a childish prank, or that it is doomed to fail as new writers step in to fill the gaps left by blackout participants.
The blackout was inspired by CmdrTaco's assertion that "half of readers don't care" about discussion on Slashdot. The latest in a string of statements deriding the importance of user comments, this quote was based on statistics showing that only a small percentage of Slashdot viewers read comments, even those with high moderation scores. Rho counters, "While I do not doubt the validity of the numbers, I seriously doubt the validity of his extrapolation of the data. The ebb and flow of a community cannot be read from the tea leaves of an Apache log file."
I'm skeptical that rho's plan can attract enough participation to make a dent in the thousands of Slashdot comments posted each day, or that CmdrTaco would change his attitude even if it did. Nevertheless I am fascinated by the attempt to rally the readership around a notion of community grander than the founder and editors will acknowledge. If it is successful -- or even if it is not -- the Blackout could be an important step toward Slashdot readers and editors' awareness of their respective contributions to the site.
the great slashdot blackout? don't you know? it's one giant conspiracy by the editors to trick people into posting! and we all fell for it! :)
-- Kircle
Isn't there something you should be doing right now?
That and you should QYFB.
CAn'T CompreHend SARcaSm?
Gotta love moderaters that are too stupid to check timestamps before clicking "Redundant".
The cake is a pie
Sorry, at least two of these are wrong. Anyone spot them?
WINNIE THE POOH: Tigger does get his bouncies back
Oh God please let this be one of them.
No, God, Noooooooo!!!!-Not Lexx!!!
Excuse me while I go mourn (and wank off to jpegs of Xenia Seeburg).
I will *never* access /. in such situations again.
/. when Rob openly insulted his users. I guess I have to post one more time to say I won't be reading /. ever again because of this ridiculous spoiler. Thank's for ruining the show /. When a site admin loses sense of reality and becomes abusive, it's time to leave. Goodbye.
I swore off posting on
Irresponsible attitudes and a lack of concern for the prime readership of the site. Simply put, for those that watch the show (which I would assume is a significant number in this community) have had their viewing experience ruined in the timezones where the show had not aired yet. For everyone else it's obvious a spoiler warning should have been included at the HEAD of the post, and the title should not have ruined it for people... but not to the Neal and Bob crew at slashdot.
To the assholes who post shit about people having no lives because they enjoy a TV show and were upset... I say fuck you. I am sure there is something you do regularly in your lives and derive great pleasure from that is inconsequential and meaningless to many others... in that frame of reference, you are hypocrites and just as much as a looser in their eyes.
I give slashdot less than a year of life... and good riddance if this is the way of things here.
Yeah, I think Chris did this deliberately. He's trying to goad people participating in the blackout (many of whom said they will still be looking at the front page) into responding. In a day or two, there will be an article about how Slashdot is being sold to Microsoft, and how everyone can soon use Passport to login automatically.
That movie was nothing but Hollywood make believe technology with a jab at the Republicans tacked onto the end to enamor the antiestablishment flocks.
Baaaaaah! Baaaaaah! F' the Repoooooooblicans.
see above, deal with it, don't read slashdot all the time and you won't have to worry either.
I went to slashcomma.org, and it wasn't there. Guess the /, blackout is working!
Whoever stated that signature sizes should be limited to one hundred and twenty characters can just go ahead and kiss my