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New Slashdot T-Shirts On Sale Now

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday September 16, 2003 @04:35AM from the you-have-a-right-to-remain-gorgeous dept.

ThinkGeek has opened up their Slashdot Store, which among other fineries, is selling the all new Slashdot T-Shirts. We also have a surprise: In addition to the 3 winners we announced previously, by popular request, we added a 4th winner to the roster: Dan Sandler's 'Soothing Green Light' design. So go, buy all 4! And a hat! Do it! Also, Scott Lewallen made Icons & Wallpapers based on his Volatile Hyper Linkage design.

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Yay! by __aagmrb7289 · 2003-09-16 04:36 · Score: 2, Funny

Advertising! I could hardly wait!
1. Re:YAY! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-16 04:47 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Speaking of which...it looks like it's about that time for #3
Just remember by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-16 04:36 · Score: 4, Insightful

These shirts are neither free as in beer, nor free as in speech. Slashdot owns the new logos/designs, and YOU can't use them without their permission. Yay copyright!
1. Re:Just remember by FatAlb3rt · 2003-09-16 05:13 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  yeah, and i suppose you believe taco's lawyer will be breaking into your house to patch your shirt if you cut a hole in it.
2. Re:Just remember by Binary+Gibbon · 2003-09-16 09:03 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  Only the most insane, irrational zealot would pooh-pooh /all/ forms of copyright. Of course images and designs deserve to be copyrighted - or does anyone find acceptable the ridiculous treatment Bill Watterson's creations have at the hands of profiteering tee-shirt makers?
  
  The community at large has always been more concerned with fair use; you should be able to listen to a song as much as you like, or mod your xbox if you paid for it, and by that same token you should be allowed to display whatever you want on your desktop or your wall. But you can't sell someone else's song for your own profit, and it is equally unethical to steal someone else's image and attempt to make some money off of that.
I bought this one! by teamhasnoi · 2003-09-16 04:36 · Score: 5, Funny

We added a 5th winner by popular demand! It's the *people's* choice!FP!
1. Re:I bought this one! by Pirogoeth · 2003-09-16 05:42 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Honestly, if they wanted us to buy a shirt, why didn't we get a vote on them instead of the editors? I guess that just falls into the 'slashdot persona'
  
  Because then the winning shirt would read: "I wear the same size as CowboyNeal!"
  
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I'm going to keep an eye out for /. t-shirts by gfody · 2003-09-16 04:36 · Score: 4, Funny

so I know who the slackasses are around here

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No XXXXXX-Large :-( by jabbadabbadoo · 2003-09-16 04:38 · Score: 5, Funny

You don't have XXXXX-Large? You insensitive clods.
just wondering by kaan · 2003-09-16 04:40 · Score: 2, Funny

does one of the shirts say, "just imagine a beowulf cluster of these shirts!"

or how about, "can your shirt run linux?"
Dammit by snipingkills · 2003-09-16 04:41 · Score: 5, Funny

As if I already can't do any work around here anyway without pausing to check on /. no I can wear it. Now if only we can make it update itself with the latest headlines...
What size are you? by waynelorentz · 2003-09-16 04:41 · Score: 5, Funny

I predict the XXL, XXXL, and XXXXL shirts will sell out first.

Maybe there should be a Slashdot bib for all that Dorito/Chee-to dust.

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My God by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-16 04:42 · Score: 5, Funny

Talk about ruining your chances of EVER getting laid...
1. Re:My God by Aadain2001 · 2003-09-16 05:56 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  Don't forget, there is a large geek girl, or cHiXoR, crowd out there that are actually pretty damn cute. Just check out some of those action shots for the ladies tshirts on thinkgeek ;)
  
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I'd like to buy one by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-16 04:42 · Score: 5, Insightful

But couldn't they have selected a shirt with a non-pretentious slogan? All of these are a little too much like "Can't live without Dasani". I mean "mainline geek culture" and "volatile hyperlinkage"?
What's wrong with a plain white T-shirt with the slashdot logo and "News for Nerds, stuff that matters" on the back?
1. Re:I'd like to buy one by gosand · 2003-09-16 04:52 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  What's wrong with a plain white T-shirt with the slashdot logo and "News for Nerds, stuff that matters" on the back?
  They used to have one, I got it. Has "Slashdot" with "news for nerds, stuff that matters" under it in small print. That is on the center of the front of the shirt, and on the back is a barcode, and under it, it reads "anonymous coward". I got mine through thinkgeek a few years ago, but I guess they abandoned that design. I got it because it was simple.
  Hey, go to cafepress.com and make your own.
  
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Come now... by somethingwicked · 2003-09-16 04:43 · Score: 2, Funny

Okay, can't ever seem to Slashdot Slashdot itself.

But, maybe, if we try really hard, we can Slashdot the Slashdot T-Shirts about Slashdotting

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Membership has its privileges by jbellis · 2003-09-16 04:43 · Score: 5, Funny

As a Subscriber I got my order in before the unwashed masses! Booya!

Wait... that means I paid money for the privilege of being one of the first to pay more money. Go me.
Since Getting Laid off... by mesach · 2003-09-16 04:44 · Score: 2, Informative

Since getting laid off in April.

Ive been wearing this when ever I leave the house, Yes I own several and wash them regularily

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Buy all four? Why? by WIAKywbfatw · 2003-09-16 04:44 · Score: 4, Funny

Why would any geek buy all four? Doesn't one t-shirt last a lifetime?

And what's the deal with the "Mainline Geek Culture" t-shirt being only available in white? How the hell is that going to hide the pizza and jolt stains?

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Mainline design got changed by cybermace5 · 2003-09-16 04:45 · Score: 3, Insightful

I noticed that the hypodermic needle design actually was changed to RJ-45; some were complaining that the RJ-11 design didn't make sense. Any respectable Slashdotter would have an Ethernet port installed, not a modem line!

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1. Re:Mainline design got changed by cybermace5 · 2003-09-16 07:28 · Score: 2, Interesting
  
  What's the deal with T-1 lines anymore...for downloading, not really a big deal. On a cable modem I usually get equal speed on up to 1000kbps more. So you can run a server at a higher upload speed, but on the Internet, it is always better to receive than to give. And it's dirt-cheap in comparison.
  
  Say T-3, and then I start to get weak-kneed.
  
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2. Re:Mainline design got changed by TeknoHog · 2003-09-16 07:42 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  You can get DSL via RJ-11, which for some of us is the only way of connecting our RJ-45 LAN to the real world.
  In fact, DSL goes well with the hypodermic needle, as it can be quite addictive (much more so than its inverse, LSD :).
  
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I got slashdotted ... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-16 04:46 · Score: 5, Funny

... and all I got was this lousy t-shirt.
1. Re:I got slashdotted ... by Mr.+Fusion · 2003-09-16 05:11 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Actually, ThinkGeek was slashdotted once, albeit a very long time ago (almost four years to be exact.) If your time machine ain't workin' or if archive.org just ain't your pleasure, here's the page seen on that fateful day, September 15th, 1999:
  http://www.thinkgeek.com/slashdotted/busy.shtml
  -Mr. Fusion
New site design? by breon.halling · 2003-09-16 04:49 · Score: 3, Funny

I wonder if this means Slashdot's going to change their look to match the snazzy OSX-style "Volatile Hyperlinkage" design. Might be a nice change.

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1. Re:New site design? by cK-Gunslinger · 2003-09-16 05:15 · Score: 2, Interesting
  
  Doubtful, but I would like to see more options in the preferences for site design.
  
  Something like:
  
  1) Graphics heavy (new design with spiffier graphics)
  2) Traditional (as is)
  3) Low-bandwidth (for Lynx users)
2. Re:New site design? by AgentUSA · 2003-09-16 05:27 · Score: 2, Insightful
  
  Graphics heavy would never work with the bandwidth demands. But it wouldn't be that hard to significantly modernize the look of the site without using more graphics.
Also remember by NDPTAL85 · 2003-09-16 04:50 · Score: 4, Insightful

That the dot.com boom and bust has come and gone, you still need REAL MONEY to pay for things geeks like such as computers and internet access and that in order to make money you need a better business plan then "Lets just give away the fruits of our labor and hope our product sucks badly enough that our customers will need to hire a lot of support services from us!"

Yay mature individuals who realize money doesn't grow on trees!

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1. Re:Also remember by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-16 04:56 · Score: 3, Interesting
  
  I don't have a problem with them selling shirts. Yay for them.
  
  What I do have a problem with is the "Submit t-shirt suggestions which will then be our property." It just violates what the Slashdot seems to be about. Information wants to be free and what-not. They could've made the shirts, and still kept the logos open-source if someone else wanted to go around printing their own shirts (which I doubt too many would).
2. Re:Also remember by NDPTAL85 · 2003-09-16 05:19 · Score: 2, Insightful
  
  I hear what you are saying but Slashdot or OSDN isn't overflowing with money. Everything they do has to make financial sense. The money from these shirts will probably help make Slashdot self-sufficient without needing to be subsidized by the rest of the OSDN. It would be hard to garuntee that revenue if someone else could make the shirts.
  
  Whats more important, Slashdot surviving or adhering to a saying that isn't even true? Information isn't alive, it can't "want" anything.
  
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3. Re:Also remember by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-16 05:20 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  It just violates what the Slashdot seems to be about. Information wants to be free and what-not.
  
  That bullshit has NOTHING to do with what Slashdot "seems to be about." Don't confuse the site's message--basically none--with what the trolls have co-opted it into.
4. Re:Also remember by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-16 05:22 · Score: 2, Interesting
  
  Here's a clue: what did OSDN's sites do when most sites in the world protested against software patents adoption in the EU, by putting a blank page or at least a notice?
  Zero. Nothing. Nada.
  
  Not a single word came from any of their sites, and it would have helped the cause a big fscking lot, but also give them a bad PR in the corporate world.
  
  No trolling intended. Companies are after profits, there's nothing wrong with that, and OSDN is a company. We must expect a change of mind in the corporate direction when a bunch of techies become a succesful company.
  So, yes, they own all the rights of the material users will submit. Again, there's nothing wrong about that; then how about submitting your art elsewhere?
5. Re:Also remember by isorox · 2003-09-16 05:59 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  People subscribe to slashdot, and dont get any real benefits (you can block ads in mozilla anyway, and seeing another dupe 20 minutes before the rest of the public?). Why do I spend 10 bucks on a tshirt when matalan have 5 for five pounds? Because I prefer to support slashdot. Why buy "fair trade" coffee over nescafe? Because you care were your money goes.
  
  The people buying slashdot tshirts will buy the official ones. In the worst case, simply have a trademark (the slashdot image should be a trademark) on the tshirt. Remember trademarks are for consumer protection, so you know you get the real thing.
6. Re:Also remember by los+furtive · 2003-09-16 06:49 · Score: 2, Informative
  
  Information isn't alive, it can't "want" anything.
  Everyone either forgets, ignores, or is oblivious to the next line of that famous quote.
  "Information wants to be free. Information also wants to be expensive."
  That comes from Stewart Brand's 1987 The Media Lab: Inventing the Future at MIT.
  
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The Perfect Slogan by Dimwit · 2003-09-16 04:53 · Score: 4, Funny

"T-shirts are optional, but recommended for you."

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Let me guess by eyepeepackets · 2003-09-16 04:58 · Score: 4, Funny

They come with a big Microsoft ad at the top of the shirt?

Nothing cool about that. *shake*

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Inevitable clod quote.... by GreggBert · 2003-09-16 05:00 · Score: 5, Funny

But I'm a nudist you insensitive clod !.

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Re:Anti-SCO merchandise by adilsonoliveira · 2003-09-16 05:01 · Score: 2, Funny

A few days ago I read something like:
I paid the SCO Linux License
I'm a SCOX-Sucker! THAT whould do a *hell* of a T-Shirt :)

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Not buying yet... by ChrisHanel · 2003-09-16 05:02 · Score: 3, Funny

I'm holding out for other Slashdot marketing producets... like the Slashdot Home Enema Kit, Slashdot Hair Removal System, and of course, the Slashdot Herbal Penile Enlargement system.
"Slashdot the FLAME THROWER! The kids love this one."

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I see Mac and Windows Icons... by cnelzie · 2003-09-16 05:06 · Score: 2, Insightful

...but no friggin' Linux icons!

What is this?

We demand Linux Icons Now!!!

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Slashdot meta stories by gmhowell · 2003-09-16 05:07 · Score: 4, Insightful

Okay Rob, we can't have /. meta stories about broken moderation, bitch slapping, and abusive editors, but we can have meta stories about selling t-shirts? Way to keep it real. You da man.

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1. Re:Slashdot meta stories by cK-Gunslinger · 2003-09-16 05:21 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  Okay Rob, we can't have /. meta stories about broken moderation, bitch slapping, and abusive editors, but we can have meta stories about selling t-shirts?
  
  It's called "running your website the way you want to." Don't like it? Get your own website, get 3/4 million members, then do whatever the hell you want.
  
  A little self-promotion like this doesn't hurt, but I sure as hell don't want to see a half-dozen stories a day about people whining about unfair moderations to their posts.
Can't afford it by YoDave · 2003-09-16 05:07 · Score: 5, Funny

Damn!!! New geekwear and here I am flat broke after buying that SCO license.
Similar... by Gudlyf · 2003-09-16 05:12 · Score: 3, Funny

Reminds me of the design I should have submitted.

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Green light, huh? by LearnToSpell · 2003-09-16 05:13 · Score: 5, Funny

The only way you can get a real geek to bathe...

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Excellent! by Flabby+Boohoo · 2003-09-16 05:15 · Score: 5, Funny

This will make it easier to identify who needs an ass kicking.

Suit up, you freaks.
By special request only.... by AriesGeek · 2003-09-16 05:15 · Score: 2, Funny

So far one has been ordered. The guy wouldn't give us his name, he just went by the the initials "RMS."

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1. Re:By special request only.... by Seth+Finklestein · 2003-09-16 05:22 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  RMS doesn't believe in money, sillypants.
  
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Actually... by Gudlyf · 2003-09-16 05:16 · Score: 2, Interesting

For a lot of the geeks I know, where the heck are the XS and XXS sizes?

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Polo shirt? by acadiel03 · 2003-09-16 05:26 · Score: 3, Interesting

I'd love to get a polo type shirt with the ./ logo on it - I could wear it to work! :)
1. Re:Polo shirt? by spoonyfork · 2003-09-16 07:47 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Naah, /. is regarded in my office as some of the best tech news that you can get on the web
  
  Dear lord. Where do you work? I want to know so I can NEVER buy anything from your company.
  
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I'm at the check out screen by dr_dank · 2003-09-16 05:35 · Score: 4, Funny

and I can't find the delivery option for my Moms basement. Now I'll never get my shirt.

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What? by not_a_george · 2003-09-16 06:27 · Score: 2, Funny

during high school, the majority of us were trying to NOT get beat up by the jock, or try as much as possible to not be recognized as a geek. (the latter was foiled by our not-so-keen fashion sense)
now you want us to be a WALKING geek poster crowd?
uhh, OK
(no, serious)

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What no coffee mugs? by Keeper_to_late · 2003-09-16 07:24 · Score: 2, Interesting

Come on I need something to carry around the go juice...