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Slashdot Meetup Reminder

Just a little reminder that Slashdot meetup is today! Sorry to the folks on the other side of the dateline for not posting this earlier. Check it out at slashdot.meetup.com we've had some 5000 people register all over the world so we thought a reminder ping was in order. The original story is available too. We won't be there this month as we're at OSCON today. But we'll be there next month perhaps. If you do go to a meetup put in a submission about it and we'll do a wrapup tonight or tomorrow sometime.

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  1. Second Three Stooges Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    woob, woob, woob

  2. I am.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    a meat popsicle....

    yum

    yunmmer

    yum/\/\my

    I ahte stupid slashdot filters I cant make annoying troll posts, good to see it work

  3. Seattle the 2nd geekiest city :-) by tshak · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Seattle was, at one time, the 2nd geekiest city - now it's only 5th :-(. Not too bad considering we're so close to the "evil empire".

    BTW: If you are going to the Seattle Sit 'n' Spin meetup then you'll identify me by my ASP.NET hat :-). Don't worry, I've got my EFF t-shirt to make up for it. Yes, that's right, I'm a Windows developer who gives hundreds to the EFF each year. Reconcile THAT!

    --

    There is no longer anything that can be done with computers that is nontrivial and clearly legal. -- Paul Phillips
  4. Re:Goatse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The WIPO Troll went and showered all in faeces.

  5. IM GONNA be there!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and im gonna troll IN PERSON!!!

    LETS RALLY THE CLIT! Show up in person!!!

    DOWN WITH SLASHDOT!!

  6. Before you go to the meet, read on... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  7. Re:i dont get to go :( by EnderWiggnz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    hey, come on - the girls are better looking here, and they have all their teeth.

    as opposed to up the eyenon...

    --
    ... hi bingo ...
  8. If you think we look that bad... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wait until you see some of the trolls.

  9. Re:OSCON - OT by Hank+Scorpio · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Yeah, between that picture and this one, and not to mention this guy, I can't imagine why anyone would ever think the GNU/Source crowd is anything but a bunch of megastuds! Such fine examples of the modern GQ man!

    Why can't more Linux users look like this???

  10. Re:And this is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nah... the typo didnt ruin the joke... it was kindof DOA...

  11. Re:My meetup was cancelled by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    that is honestly one of the worst jokes i have ever read in my life...

    and i laughed my ass off

  12. Re:Know your venue... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Most Slasbot meetups have taken or will take place in seedy public lavatories, with the lightbulb being the only thing that remains unscrewed.