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Slashdot T-Shirt Contest Winners!

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the best-of-the-best dept.

We had 331 entries in the Slashdot T-Shirt Design Contest, and at long last, I'm pleased to announce that our winners are Scott Lewallen, Chris Hoover, and Jude Hansen. There were tons of great entries... and we've made the 3 winning designs, as well as 9 of my favorites available for your perusal. Congrats to the winners, and thanks to everyone who entered the contest! The shirts themselves will be made available at ThinkGeek in the next few weeks.

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  1. My favorite designs by pq · · Score: 4, Insightful
    My personal favorite is the Topoleski design, "If you can read this, you belong here." And I really like the Morse code (Russ Clarke) design too. Don't really get any of the cheesy cartoon ones... but to each his own, I guess.

    Congratulations to the winners.

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    1. Re:My favorite designs by FreshFunk510 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      But the question is what % of readers of slashdot can actually read morse code or even binary? The truth is very, very few nerds do (whether we'd like to admit it or not). :)

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  2. Say what? by Otter · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I don't get it -- the "mainline geek culture" picture is a syringe attached to what? (Oh, it's an Ethernet cable, right? OK, I do get it. Still, it's a bit excessively stylized.)

    I'd have gone with the "soothing green light" shirt as #1 and "Get back to work!" as #2, but that's me.

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    1. Re:Say what? by badasscat · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I don't get it -- the "mainline geek culture" picture is a syringe attached to what? (Oh, it's an Ethernet cable, right? OK, I do get it. Still, it's a bit excessively stylized.)

      It's also probably the only one of these (the winners) that I'd buy, so to each his own. How can you go wrong mixing geek culture with drug culture? It's a perfect marriage.

      I do sorta like the "soothing green light" one also, but probably not enough to buy one.

  3. Mainline Geek Culture - via what network media? by RevMike · · Score: 4, Insightful
    My favorite is Chris Hoover's "Syringe becomes Modular plug".

    But, being a geek, I have an annoying nitpick. The modular plug is for a three-pair cable (RJ-14). Why do a modem cable when broadband is so popular. Most ethernet connections are four-pair (RJ-45).

    If you wanted to be retro geeky, use the BNC connector for 10Base-2 (ThinNet).

  4. Gifts by BlueRibbon · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think that the contest was a great way to discover new talented designers and to spread Slashdot.
    But have you wondered to offer some T-Shirt's to some members, the most participating ones, the ones with most Karma, etc...?
    After all, what would Slashdot be without them?

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  5. Re:T-Shirts by calethix · · Score: 2, Insightful

    good point, all of those tshirt submissions and not one captured the true essence of slashdot... the flame/troll posting AC.

  6. Re:apropos by error502 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Congratulations, you've just admitted to being a Windows user.

    man apropos

  7. Re:So... by isaac · · Score: 2, Insightful
    ...are there any shirts available for those of us who don't want to look like a complete dork?

    Yes. They're called "plain" or "unprinted" shirts.

    Why pay extra for the privilege of becoming a walking billboard?

    -Isaac

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  8. Re:wait by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Yes, but CmdrTaco wouldn't get his ego trip if he wasnt the one deciding things.

  9. Won't be buying the Chris Hoover shirt by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sorry, I think it's a little tasteless to associate Slashdot with something as sad as heroin addiction.

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  10. Re:All of the entrys by Dante · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Leave it to a geek to forget that some things are just _PLAIN_ subjective art on t-shirts is just one example.

    If CT was worried about "critisism" then there would have been no Slashdot in the first place. Personaly I enjoy looking at other peoples creations.

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  11. I'm not trolling but... by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 4, Insightful
    This SERIOUSLY isn't a troll post. But one thing that irritates me about this is how little compensation the designers are getting for their work versus how much Thinkgeek will make and how much Slashdot will make on commissions (or maybe its the other way around). What I'd really like to see is how much revenue/profit they've made from these shirts. C'mon guys, you got our designs for dirt cheap, the least you can do is let us know how much more you're getting for this than we are.

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    1. Re:I'm not trolling but... by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 1, Insightful
      "It's open source at its finest ;-)!!!!"

      Except someone else is making a lot of money off your work.

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  12. Trademark Infringement? by Snarfy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Isn't the one violating some kind of trademark with Dr. Pepper / Seven Up, Inc?

  13. Re:That's what that is? by theoryman · · Score: 2, Insightful
    At first I thought it was a vacuum cleaner
    I did too, especially considering the guy's name is Hoover...

    I'm surprised that some overly sensitive person hasn't complained about using drug paraphernalia to promote slashdot. Not that there's any kind of positive public image to be upheld, but still. :P
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