Sony, Matsushita Back Linux For Consumer Goods

malx writes "Says the Financial Times: 'Matsushita and Sony have agreed to jointly develop the Linux operating system for digital consumer electronic products, in a highly unusual and cooperative deal between two of the fiercest rivals in the industry.' Interesting because Sony and Matsushita are bitter foes: this shows they're even more scared of Microsoft." update Sorry, it's a dupe.

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Solutions to dupe problem?

[Greedo]

I think we all agree that the duped article problem is only getting worse. Funny, but i don't remember see any articles duped in 2001 or earlier. Did something change at OSDN that might explain this?

Anyway ... a simple check of any URLs posted in a new article against URLs in the previous month's articles would go along way to eliminating dupes. However, it wouldn't have caught this one, since the original article linked to a Sony press release, and this one links to a news site reporting the release.

So what other ways (besides forcing a manual check) can we build into the slash code to help stop this in the future, before an article is posted? A comparison of similar words? Or do we add something for after-the-fact moderation: article meta-moderators who can delete an article if it's found to be a dupe?

Re:Solutions to dupe problem?

[miltimj]

Is it that difficult to read the FAQ?

For your convenience:

Sometimes I see duplicate stories on Slashdot. What's up with that?

These are just mistakes on the part of the staff. They happen. We have posted over ten thousand stories in our history. The occasional duplicate is inevitable.

If you see a duplicate, you can mail the story's author. If the story is still quiet, we may pull it down. However, once the comments are rolling in, we often leave the story up so that the discussion can continue.

Some people have suggested that there might be a software solution to this problem. If you think you've got one, visit the Slashcode site and submit a diff. As long as it isn't a performance hit, I'd consider using it. (Be aware however that the trick of searching for duplicate URLs isn't as helpful as you might think, since the same story can appear in multiple locations.)

Answered by: CmdrTaco
Last Modified: 10/28/00

Why don't people quit complaining about duplicate articles and actually do something to solve it? (see above)

I'll give you more information..

[am_human2]

Get off your ass and type some code then...

Quoted from the FAQ for all you lazy people. [*]


Sometimes I see duplicate stories on Slashdot. What's up with that?

If you see a duplicate, you can mail the story's author. If the story is still quiet, we may pull it down. However, once the comments are rolling in, we often leave the story up so that the discussion can continue.

Some people have suggested that there might be a software solution to this problem. If you think you've got one, visit the Slashcode site and submit a diff. As long as it isn't a performance hit, I'd consider using it. (Be aware however that the trick of searching for duplicate URLs isn't as helpful as you might think, since the same story can appear in multiple locations.)

Answered by: CmdrTaco
Last Modified: 10/28/00


[*] Also known as /. readers

Re:For more information..

[kill-hup]

Warning - OT!

"maybe it's time for the codemonkeys to hack their awesome perl script to automatically filter for "sameness" in an article compared against previous articles, and then make the editor click through to really post the article."

I have seen this suggested quite a few times, more often recently, and thought it might be time to point out that Slashcode CVS appears to have this feature in admin.pl:

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(keying on word "dude";)

I've tested it a bit and it seems to register a few too many false positives right now. Of course, I'm sure it's just having the kinks worked out.