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IRC Forum w/ CmdrTaco & Hemos Tonight at 8pm Eastern

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the come-one-come-all dept.

Tonight on irc.slashnet.org in #Forum Hemos & I will be hanging out answering users' questions. This is your chance to ask about the moderation system, story selection, or the technology upon which Slashdot is built. (No Biz questions please ;) It's been a long time since we last did this, and we're hoping we can answer questions and get some feedback on some new ideas too. We'll see ya there.

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  1. Log-File? by hemabe · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I would like to see a log-file. Is this planned?

    1. Re:Log-File? by Niles_Stonne · · Score: 5, Funny

      We'll see a log file...

      Then the next day we'll see another log file...

      Then it will be cross-posted in YRO, and games.

      Then it will show up in Features.

      --
      Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but copyright will always protect me.
  2. The question I'll ask if I'm around... by MathJMendl · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ..what ever happened to JonKatz?

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    "I have not failed. I've simply found 10,000 ways that won't work." --Thomas Edison
    1. Re:The question I'll ask if I'm around... by Agent+Green · · Score: 5, Funny

      But the more important question is... ...who really gives a shit?

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      // Agent Green (Ian / IU7 / KB1JQO)
      // IEEE 802.3: All 10base Are Belong To Us
    2. Re:The question I'll ask if I'm around... by Stephen+Williams · · Score: 5, Funny

      Maybe someone could write a long, pontificating article on the subject. "Searching for JonKatz in the Post-Columbine Neo-Hellmouth" or something.

      -Stephen

  3. Why not have an actual slashdot interview? by autopr0n · · Score: 5, Interesting

    And why no biz questions? Is this only to protect you from enbarasment, or what?

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    autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
  4. How to telnet to irc by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    You have linux, so that has telnet included.

    You have to use ':' (colon), if Your text contains space(s).

    First things first:
    telnet irc-server 6667

    Then log in: (<host> and <server> is irrelevant):
    user <ident> <host> <server> :<irc name>

    Choose a nick:
    nick <nickname>

    Since You have to answer the server;s PING manually, you'd better know it:
    pong <irc server>

    Join to a channel:
    join <#channel>

    Ask for /NAMES:
    names <#channel>

    Send something to the channel or to a nick:
    privmsg <#channel/nick> :<message>

    Leave if You are getting bored:
    part <#channel>

    You can send NOTICE this way:
    notice <#channel/nick> :<notice message>

    Let's change the topic:
    topic <#channel> :<new topic>

    Good luck!

    1. Re: How to telnet to irc by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny


      > Leave if You are getting bored:
      > part <#channel>

      If you're a crummy typist and accidentally type -

      fart <#channel>;
      does everyone else leave instead?

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      Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
  5. dear sir, by SweetAndSourJesus · · Score: 5, Funny

    you take slashdot way too seriously.

    sincerely,
    everyone else

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    the strongest word is still the word "free"
  6. curious why no biz questions by ron_ivi · · Score: 5, Interesting
    would q's like "when a slashcode site scales does it (HW, bandwidth, etc) become prohibitively expensive / would a lighterweight discussion framework scale more cheaply" be too close to a biz questions?


    I don't think anyone doubts slashcode's technical scaling merits; so for a high-traffic web site the main issues are scaling financially.

  7. Duplicate selection process? by donutz · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is your chance to ask about the moderation system, story selection, or the technology upon which Slashdot is built.

    I've noticed that not all stories on Slashdot are duplicates. How do you choose which stories to duplicate (and triplicate, and possibly in some circumstances quadricate)?

    Thanks!

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  8. It's a fake! by FurryFeet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Disregarg that. It's obvious Slashdot has been hacked, and the story is bogus.
    How do I know? Read it. Proper grammar, good ortography, even a well-place apostrophe after the word "users". There's no way in hell Taco wrote this.

  9. eh eh eh eh eh ... by SuperDuG · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Okay here goes ...

    1.) Why do any negative slashdot comments automatically get nailed with a moderation of -1 redundant or overrated?

    2.) If you want a moderation system that is open to the public why the hell do you let editors have unlimited mod points?

    3.) Why can't we edit comments after posting (and have it posted in the subject (chg'd) or something like that)?

    4.) Is there a plan to have "staff meetings" or something of that nature to try and prevent dupes and maybe having some articles with more content.

    5.) Besides book reviews and the Late Jon Katz it seems the "read more" link is pretty much useless, is slashdot ever going to have some type of "meat" to their content?

    6.) Google has no legal recourse for caching, why don't you do it?

    7.) Ever thought about contacting link'd site administrators before killing their servers by a front page story and then getting charged for bandwidth?

    8.) Most websites go through a "layout" change every couple of years, the "slashdot style" has been pretty much worn out, especially with not being w3c compliant, any changes in the future?

    9.) Ever thought about publishing all stories in a public bin where the users decide what makes the front page? Like when an article gets 100 "post points" it is then sent to the front page where it's live and ready for commenting on?

    10.) Have any of you ever thought about maybe bringing on some "professional" journalism type people? Someone who knows how to write the news and doesn't abuse the editor function as a place to put comments (michael comes to mind).

    11.) You all ever think maybe this is getting a little old and it's time to get out?

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    Ignore the "p2p is theft" trolls, they're just uninformed
  10. Music section on /. by teamhasnoi · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Since we are coming up on the TWO YEAR anniversary of the last time the Radio section was updated, how about we put a bullet in it, and have....
    ...
    A Music Section!
    ...
    As I have mentioned before - /.ers all have one thing in common. They all listen to music. I would like to see RIAA-free bands, reviews of new independent albums, geeky stuff for the aspiring musician, news of places to see, buy, and make RIAA-free music.

    With 250,000+ /.ers out there, I think we benefit the artists who have decided that the RIAA is NOT for them, and also make our voice heard.

    If it was made available to subscribers only, that might be enough to make me go for a subscription (of course, since I thought of this great idea - I should get a free pass, or edit the damn thing.)

    Rock Me, I'madumbass! I'madumbass! I'madumbass! ... I'madumbass!
    I'madumbass! I'madumbass! ... I'madumbass! OhOh, I'madumbass!

  11. This should be good by inc0gnito · · Score: 5, Funny

    If nothing else, I'm looking forward to the opportunity to see Taco spell on the fly. :)

  12. Editor Abuses and Trolling by Pave+Low · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Why is it that you guys are constantly tweaking and fiddling with the closed moderation system with the purpose of improving discussions, and yet you continue let the editors (namely michael) troll their way around it?

    Face it, some editors (michael) constantly put up wild, hysterical headlines with their own two cents in the story that concludes the world is coming the an end. Isn't that the definition of flamebait? You guys are essentially baiting users to read and respond, in a very Enquirer/NY Post way.

    Why is trolling from the editors less worse than trolling by the users?

    And it seems to have gotten worse lately. Just look at the Red Hat story today.

    In short, don't you think you guys should follow some set of standards or professionalism?

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    SIG:Slashdot: indymedia for nerds.
  13. Re:0000 hrs UTC by morgajel · · Score: 5, Insightful

    as has been repeated many times, this is not a global site. it's an US site run by people in the US. Hemos and company are from michigan (originally), which is in EST. if they want to use it, their choice.

    While I agree that it would have been nice to have utc for those in other countries, I get sick of people bitching at the american websites for thinking in familiar terms. Ever notice how they list stuff in terms of USD? that's cause that's what they have in their piggy bank.

    Quit being so fricking politically correct- I hate people that pull that crap. /me apologizes for the flame

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  14. Feature requests okay? by kbielefe · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I have to work tonight, and may not be able to join in. Can someone ask my question (more like a feature request) for me?

    Can we get the ability to have different settings depending upon whether we have mod points or not? For example, I normally read at +2, highest scores first, but when I have mod points I read at +1, newest first. It's annoying to have to change those all the time.

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  15. Re:0000 hrs UTC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    One thing Ive often wondered about regarding the development of HTML was : Why did nobody, not MS, not netscape... nobody ever implement a time tag extension. ie some thing like this

    <time timezone="UTC+8">
    13:00
    </time>

    Then the broswer could just translate it into the readers timezone automagically.