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Total Commercialization Awareness
jjohnston writes "Salon just posted its technology and business predictions for 2003: Total Commercialization Awareness. Includes: Al-Qaida online, Slashdot sells out, and pets: the new white meat. Cute ..." That's so 1999.
They don't make predictions about Salon's fate in 2003.
Will they sell out?
Will they bite the dust and go 404?
I've read so much about their financial problems that I'm surprised to hera they're still around.
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Is it me or is that picture of Jack Nicholson a bit disturbing for first thing in the morning?
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michael writes: ..." That's so 1999.
jjohnston writes "Salon just posted its technology and business predictions for 2003: Total Commercialization Awareness. Includes: Al-Qaida online, Slashdot sells out, and pets: the new white meat. Cute
The "that's so 1999" Slash article you linked to is about Slash going IPO. The Salon blub reads:
The popular discussion site for fans of open source software will disclose that it's perilously close to bankruptcy and needs to make all Slash code proprietary in order to survive. Slashdot regulars will rebel, and some will attempt to set up alternative discussion sites -- but Slashdot's founder, Rob Malda, will sue under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to prevent any copycat sites. When readers accuse the site of "monopolizing" all the vital discussions of the various ways of cooling your computer with liquid nitrogen, Justice Department officials will threaten prosecution of Sherman antitrust violations. But Slashdot will prevail, after hiring David Boies, litigator to the stars.
Which, while satire, is quite a bit different, don't you think?
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Limekiller
Nice try putting this in the "It's Funny, Laugh" section! Salon uncovers your scheme and you guys try to play it off as a farce!
Mildly amusing, but even with over 300 mg of caffeine in my system, it's still not that interesting.
I much preferred Dave Barry's recap of 2002.
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. - G.B. Shaw
The only reason slashdot was mentioned in the article was so it WOULD get posted here knowing full well that it would get dismissed as drivel.
Katharine Mieszkowski: "No one is going to read this crap."
Farhad Manjoo: "You know your right. But how can we get more publicity from it?"
Katharine Mieszkowski: "I know, lets metion slashdot!"
Farhad Manjoo: "Hey, and I know. Go grabs Salon's 2003 plan and replace all mentions of Salon with Slashdot."
Katharine Mieszkowski: "We are going to be famous!"
-- Knowing too much can get you killed, but knowing who knows too much can make you rich.
Where's my goddamn Flying Car that I was promised in 2000?
Trolling is a art,
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Who ever wrote this was smoking crack! [...] Honestly, I think that the person that wrote this was just looking to get a rise out of people.
With all due respect, you have an amazing grasp of the obvious.
Trolling is a art,
Attacking /. gives Salon much needed banner hits.
No artist tolerates reality. -- Nietzsche
How about none? Slash is open source. People are encouraged to use it. If they find a better alternative they can switch whenever they want to. No one forces them one way or the other. CmdrTaco or VA can't charge them for use of slash, Scoop is not written in C, it's perl, just as slash, and you're a well known troll who, incredibly, gets moderated up rather frequently.
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Overcaffeinated. Angry geeks.
The slashdot mention seems like a pretty transparent attempt by Salon to get slashdotted. This article isn't particularly amuzing or funny, so I guess they needed some kind of gimmick to boost their hit-rate.