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Scientific American Web Awards
ldopa1 writes "Scientific American has just announced their 2nd Annual Web Awards. The article outlines the very best of the best of the web in the following categories: Archaeology & Paleontology, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth & Environment, Engineering and Technology, Mathematics, Medicine and Physics. Sadly, Slashdot isn't on the list, but some great sites are. It's worth checking out."
Hear, hear.
Oh, sorry, I thought you were talking about the Webby's.
Best Windows Freeware
Seriously, I'm glad Slashdot isn't on there. In fact it would decrease the meaning of the award if it was voted on the "Very best of the web" list.
/. pretty often (too often?), but it isn't really in that category - it's a news site.
I mean I read
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Sadly, Slashdot isn't on the list, but some great sites are.
Why would Slashdot be on the list? Did JonKatz discover a fascinating fossil that put the archeological community on its ears and post his dissertation on it here?
Why would a news site win an award for original content?
(Disclaimer: I haven't read the criteria they use, so maybe Slashdot should be in the list - but I doubt it)
Robots are everywhere, and they eat old people's medicine for fuel.
Check out this. Slashdot hasn't won a web award since April of 2000. That must mean Slashdot is going downhill, right?
This "Awards" are more of a mini directory listing than an true awards. The slashdot blurb states "The article outlines the very best of the best of the web", but on the actual site it is clear that there is no such claim. This is just a list of interesting sites, worth browsing in some scientific oriented categories. I think this is a good service. Hopefully it stays up for some time, and does not grow to much. I think large directory structures, like Yahoo's web directory listings are not terribly useful for browsing. I miss the early ninties when I could browse from home page to home page with individuals listing 5 to 10 interesting sites each. Now days I usually just browse from slashdot; in fact, excuse me while I return to browsing these science links.
1) Sites can suddenly disappear or (more frequently) slowly slid into inactivity.
2) A number of awards really aren't all that impressive because the award was either given by a friend, or has been handed out so many times (i.e. a "Pick of the Day") that the luster fades about as fast as David Lee Roth's stardom after Van Halen.
I've always liked the idea of an annual web awards, but given the very fluid nature of the web, I wasn't sure if the idea would really work. I suppose that other annual awards are given out for web work, but I think these are the first that aren't based (solely) on design and graphics.
Matt
Just in case you haven't gotten tired of posts theorizing why /. isn't on the list, try this:
It's not there because the rest of the world has yet to recognize Zealotry as a science.
SETI is, while not quite passe', at least a little worn.
I understand the basic tenents of SETI and run one, sometimes two, SETI clients myself. Popular interest is notoriously fickle and SETI hasn't delivered any aliens of yet. So, correspondingly, the fickle alien hunters, as well as the general public, have lost interest to some notable degree. SETI does gain the occasional new signup (client-wise), but its peak is done.
In spite of my statements above, I believe that SETI will maintain its position as, at the very least, a quasi-respectable scientic research venture, with many supporters and I support its interests fully.
All things in moderation.
Yes, he does.
is sadly blocked at most filtered internet places (libraries, schools) (good thing I have a cgi-proxy available running on https)
It is a good site however. My job's very first webpage is on there. Sure freaked out the boss when I showed that to him: "What happened to our website"/"Nothing! it's an archived copy"
CGIproxy site
Pi
that they killed the lone gunmen? Those bastards!
SETI? If you believe aliens are going to reply to your PC's "hello, universe!", shouldn't you be at least a little worried that the government is secretly peeping in all your documents?
I grew up at a great time to be a science nerd, I remember fondly the Time-Life Science Books, newspaper articles and television coverage of the Apollo missions, playing with a chemistry set...
I'm not sure what science kids resources on the net will live up to those standards. A couple that I like are Nine Planets and Science Toys you can make with Your Kids, anybody got any others?
I'm a nature photographer.
> Those awards shows keep all the dumbass cattle in this county entertained.
Nevermind squarely in the social sniper-sights (or envy, depending on personality type) of those in less fortunate economies. This isn't flamebait, but its good evidence that humans dont enjoy freeloaders who seek opportunities to avoid exposing themselves to anything other than unmitigated 'winners'.
"Old man yells at systemd"
Although the Wayback Machine is really neat.
Hey... it is great fun. Here was one from 1998 announcing a new 25G drive which invited speculation on why you'd ever want a drive that big... ;-)