Last Chance for Slashdot T-Shirt Contest

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Last Chance for Slashdot T-Shirt Contest

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday July 31, 2003 @07:22AM from the here-we-go-again dept.

This is your last chance to enter Slashdot's T-Shirt Design Contest that we announced a few weeks ago. The contest officially ends tomorrow. We've had over 200 submissions, and some of them are pretty cool, but I don't think there yet is a Lock for the winner. So if you've got what it takes to design a T-Shirt (we're too cheap/lazy to do it ourselves!) you can win store credit at ThinkGeek plus free shirts with your winning design on them! Here are the Official Rules. Read the original story for submission details.

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Also "to cheap"... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-31 07:22 · Score: 3, Funny

...to buy a dictionary?
1. Re:Also "to cheap"... by JUSTONEMORELATTE · 2003-07-31 07:31 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  ...to buy a dictionary?
  You're new here, aren't you?
  
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2. Re:Also "to cheap"... by daeley · 2003-07-31 07:57 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  You're new here, aren't you?
  
  Really, that should have been "Your new here..."
  
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3. Re:Also "to cheap"... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-31 08:06 · Score: 2, Informative
  
  Hm, my dictionary says that both those words are spelled correctly. Oh, perhaps you were talking about the grammar?
4. Re:Also "to cheap"... by JUSTONEMORELATTE · 2003-07-31 08:06 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  You're new here, aren't you?
  
  Really, that should have been "Your new here..."
  I thought about that, but it'd have to be "Your new here, are'nt you?"
  And I couldn't bring myself to type that.
  
  oops
  
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Slashdot Poll for the 3rd? by wdr1 · 2003-07-31 07:23 · Score: 5, Interesting

There may be more than one winner if there are several good entries! I have permission to select as many as 3 winners if there are many good entries!

How about a Slashdot poll to pick the 3rd shirt?

-Bill

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1. Re:Slashdot Poll for the 3rd? by gazoombo · 2003-07-31 07:26 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Yeah who doesnt need a cowboyneal shirt?
  
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2. Re:Slashdot Poll for the 3rd? by BadSpellar · 2003-07-31 07:28 · Score: 2, Interesting
  
  It's probably in their best interest too... I mean, the readers are the customers. May as well be a design most of us like. I second this idea!
3. Re:Slashdot Poll for the 3rd? by cdrudge · 2003-07-31 07:30 · Score: 2, Interesting
  This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane.
  
  While a Slashdot t-shirt isn't exactly real important in the grand scheme of things, I'd say it's important enough to take their own advice and not use the poll feature.
4. Re: Slashdot Poll for the 3rd? by Black+Parrot · 2003-07-31 07:32 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  > > There may be more than one winner if there are several good entries! I have permission to select as many as 3 winners if there are many good entries!
  
  > How about a Slashdot poll to pick the 3rd shirt?
  
  Actually, it's just going to be a repeat of the first shirt.
  
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5. Re: Slashdot Poll for the 3rd? by B3ryllium · 2003-07-31 07:34 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Actually, it's just going to be a repeat of the first shirt.
  Except, with a typo or two more than the original.
6. Re:Slashdot Poll for the 3rd? by happycat64 · 2003-07-31 07:55 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Yeah who doesnt need a cowboyneal shirt?
  Yea.. they make excellent bed spreads. :)
7. Re: Slashdot Poll for the 3rd? by B3ryllium · 2003-07-31 10:07 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Those who don't click through to read hyperlinked history, are doomed to repeat it.
Yes, yes, I need this by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-31 07:24 · Score: 5, Funny

Every time I go out in public, nubile young women maul me and molest me, my penis is rubbed nearly raw from their attacks.

At least with a Slashdot shirt, I'll repel most of them.
1. Re:Yes, yes, I need this by eclectic4 · 2003-07-31 07:55 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  "Most" of them? Pfffft.
  
  You'll be able to actually see them bounce off some invisible force field ten feet away.
  
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How about by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-31 07:24 · Score: 5, Funny

CowboyNeal option: Gone, but not forgotten.
1. Re:How about by TopShelf · 2003-07-31 08:01 · Score: 2, Interesting
  
  No, you need something eye-catching, that would grab the attention of passers-by and instantly give them a dose of what /. is all about:
  
  Tub Girl on the front,
  Goatse.cx on the back.
  
  You could always do it in ASCII art, for an ascetic touch.
  
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So in other words... by goldspider · 2003-07-31 07:25 · Score: 5, Insightful

"We've had over 200 submissions, and some of them are pretty cool, but I don't think there yet is a Lock for the winner" ...they all suck? Is that how we are to interpret that?

Don't yell at/moderate me, I'm not the one who said it!

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to/too by glenstar · 2003-07-31 07:25 · Score: 5, Funny

we're to cheap/lazy to do it ourselves!
Should be: "We are too lazy to put the extra 'o' on 'to':
How do you... by warpSpeed · 2003-07-31 07:28 · Score: 5, Funny

How do you pictographicaly represent a web server being crushed, by a bunch of nerds, with hot grits down thier pants, drooling over Natlie Portman, in SOVIET RUSSIA where the T-Shirt wears you?
And Where my CowboyNeil Option Damit?
yeah by dmon · 2003-07-31 07:28 · Score: 5, Funny

Wet T-Shirt contest!

Oh wait, what's this slashdot thing?
1. Re:yeah by Jack+Comics · 2003-07-31 07:52 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Dear God, no! That would only reveal the large heaving man-breasts of largely overweight Slashdot readers. Even the Slashdot server would BSOD on that, just to replace the screen with something less vile.
  
  Jack
  
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2. Re:yeah by llamalicious · 2003-07-31 08:36 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I am Jack's fear of meatloaf's heaving man-breasts.
All I want Is a shirt that says by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-31 07:28 · Score: 4, Funny

"I got first post on Slashdot!" on the front, and "All I got was modded down and this lousy t-shirt" on the back.
No! by slackingme · 2003-07-31 07:30 · Score: 2, Funny

My designed infringed on patent #910310: "A cloth (or otherwise) device which covers the torso and some length of the arms without requiring a staplegun."
Just a warning to other would-be t-shirt designers; there are alternatives, please use them!
I have a shirt like that! by goldspider · 2003-07-31 07:31 · Score: 4, Funny

Front: In Soviet Russia... (with classic hammer/sickle underneath)

Back: T-shirts Wear YOU!!

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Where's the time? by BWJones · 2003-07-31 07:35 · Score: 4, Funny

Jeez, we're supposed to find time to perform our jobs, read Slashdot, post to Slashdot and now we are supposed to design T-shirts? Some folks have to work for a living ya know. :-)

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As Original as Software Patents by Lije+Baley · 2003-07-31 07:36 · Score: 2, Funny

1000+ submissions of:

I'm with CowboyNeal
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US Only? by KingRamsis · 2003-07-31 07:39 · Score: 4, Interesting

well I was reading the fine print, and...
This Contest is for United States residents only.

well fine then have it your way.
Design by elrick_the_brave · 2003-07-31 07:40 · Score: 3, Funny

I participated in the Slasdot effect... ...and all I got was this lousy t-shirt.

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cheap slave work by Molina+the+Bofh · 2003-07-31 07:43 · Score: 3, Insightful

Contests like these are the cheapest way to get (almost) free labor.

If they were to pay for a professional designer, they'd spend hundreds and get just a couple designs to choose from.

This way they get hundreds of designs for just a few buck to ThinkGeek and 3 t-shirst.

Wise they are.

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What the braap? by Gizzmonic · 2003-07-31 07:44 · Score: 3, Interesting

"Residents of Vermont, Arizona, Tennessee and Puerto Rico are not eligible to participate in the Contest.

Why not?

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HOWTO: Attract Girls with TShirts by GillBates0 · 2003-07-31 07:45 · Score: 2, Funny

I have heard from my friends' friends that chicks dig well-built, charismatic guys. But since that doesn't help most of us here, I did a bit of research: Apparently, girls also have a soft corner for guys who like babies!!
Now I know, babies suck BIG TIME....nothing like a whining baby to distract you while you're sitting at the computer reading /.. But girls needn't know that!! I would recommend a catchy phrase saying something like : "I love babies", or "I want to be a father" to attract females, who normally wouldn't step within 300 feet of you. Bold vertical stripes (purple or some such color), would also helpfully hide bulging beer bellies and give build a macho-escaped convict look.

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Slashshirt by geomon · 2003-07-31 07:49 · Score: 2, Interesting

Front:

Become 007 On The Internet
The Internet | Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday December 31, @09:20PM
from the large-scale-pests dept.
Another entertaining use of the internet is now available- a company is selling photographs taken from satellites of anywhere in the world. Resolution is 10sq/ft per pixel, and it costs a few hundred bucks a pixel, but it's only money, right?

The article also talks about using cel phones as a homing device. Crazy stuff. check out the story sent to us by Garrett

Back:

Last Chance for Slashdot T-Shirt Contest
Slashdot.org | Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday July 31, @03:22PM
from the here-we-go-again dept.
This is your last chance to enter Slashdot's T-Shirt Design Contest that we announced a few weeks ago. The contest officially ends tomorrow. We've had over 200 submissions, and some of them are pretty cool, but I don't think there yet is a Lock for the winner. So if you've got what it takes to design a T-Shirt (we're too cheap/lazy to do it ourselves!) you can win store credit at ThinkGeek plus free shirts with your winning design on them! Here are the Official Rules. Read the original story for submission details.

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1. Re:Slashshirt by geomon · 2003-07-31 08:36 · Score: 2, Insightful
  
  The moderator who rated this as offtopic obviously doesn't recognize the Front: design as the earliest recorded Slashdot article in the accessible database.
  
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I've got it... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-31 07:49 · Score: 4, Funny

I've got it...
here's the new t-shirt design:

Mod this up!
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v

i'll take it!
1. Re:I've got it... by Tablizer · 2003-07-31 07:55 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Is that the front or the back?
  
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That's what you get... by TrollBridge · 2003-07-31 07:53 · Score: 5, Funny

"We've had over 200 submissions, and some of them are pretty cool, but I don't think there yet is a Lock for the winner."
Well that's what happens when you pay for grade-c hamburger and expect tenderloin steak.

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Geeky RIAA/Slashdot Shirt by thedogcow · 2003-07-31 07:55 · Score: 4, Funny

RIAA: "Show me your Subpoenas!"

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T-Shirt Contest... by Eric+Damron · 2003-07-31 08:01 · Score: 2, Insightful

The thought of a bunch of geeks in wet T-Shirts kind of turns my stomach...

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A Question... by Javaman97 · 2003-07-31 08:01 · Score: 5, Funny

Will the new Slashdot shirts have a 'Man Bra' sewn directly into the shirt? Or will that be extra? Just Curious :)
T-Shirt Desgin by RHS+Bomber · 2003-07-31 08:08 · Score: 5, Insightful

By submitting your Entry you hereby agree to the following terms: The Design will be deemed a "work made for hire", as that phrase is used in the United States copyright law, and all right, title and interest in and to the Design will vest automatically in Sponsor. To the extent the Design is not deemed to be a "work made for hire," You hereby assign, transfer and convey, and agree to further assign, transfer and convey, to Sponsor any and all your intellectual property rights in the Design.
Label me a Troll but this section of the Official Rules sounds like it was copied from a Record Contract. Doh!
Rules pisstake by maroberts · 2003-07-31 08:12 · Score: 2

On the Front: The Competition Rules
On the Back: The lawyer got paid more for writing the rules than I did for designing this shirt!

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profit? by Lord_Dweomer · 2003-07-31 08:25 · Score: 4, Interesting

Not to troll....but I'd really like to see a comparison of the total estimated value of the Think Geek credit + value of the tshirts that the winner would receive versus how much revenue/profit Slashdot generated from the sales of the winning tshirt design. Not that they'd ever post that kind of information to let us see how much we're being screwed or anything.....

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My sayings by teamhasnoi · 2003-07-31 08:32 · Score: 5, Funny

From the last time this was posted: Slashdot: +5 Troll (my fav)
Others:
Why Work? Slashdot!
Slashdot: Helping IT stay out of the way since 1997!
./ : Uhvoiding speel cheek liek teh plahge
Why thanks for asking! Yes! I have excellent karma!
No thanks. I get my crack from the Mods at Slashdot.
Slashdot, Nevada: Legalized Karma Whores since 1997!
Slashdot: The internet's WMD
/. : \/\/h3r3 73h 733t m337 70 b3 corrected.
Slashdot: It's not just for the bathroom anymore!
I got a story posted on Slashdot! But I'm still a virgin.
+5 Troll, -1 Insightful, and chock full o' nuts. /.
My mom says I have to clean the basement before I can post to Slashdot.
RIAA, SCO, MS, RFID! Read about the stuff you hate on Slashdot!
/. : Inciting kneejerk reactions since 1997.
I heard that Slashdot killed a server just for opening a Window!
and finally:
Slashdot - post your opinion, and we'll tell you why you're an idiot.
Slashdot Effect by UncleBiggims · 2003-07-31 08:46 · Score: 2, Funny

The best shirt would be completely blank. Everyone wants to see the cool design but they can't because the shirt itself has been /.ed.
T-Shirt Idea by Spacecase · 2003-07-31 08:53 · Score: 3, Funny

Slashdot: Where nerds do IT best.
Stuff by BlueLabel · 2003-07-31 09:00 · Score: 2, Funny

The Slashdot T-Shirt contest is only a prelude to the much more widely anticipated Slashdot _Wet_ T-Shirt Contest!

Mmmm ... geek boobs.

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Sure by VanillaCoke420 · 2003-07-31 09:12 · Score: 2, Interesting

But I live in the wrong country, so...
I want an open source t-shirt by DavidBrown · 2003-07-31 15:18 · Score: 2, Funny

I want a t-shirt design released under the GPL.

Oh, wait. SCO will claim that the design belongs to them, or Apple will claim that it infringes on their look and feel.

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