Give the Gift of Slashdot

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday December 9, 2003 @06:01AM from the getting-on-the-beg-train dept.

It's time to blatantly plug a recent addition to Slashdot's Subscription System: just in time for the holidays, you can now give a subscription to any other user. You have the choice to give your gift anonymously, or take credit for your fabulous selfless generosity. If that isn't enough, we still have assorted Slashdot Merchandise available at ThinkGeek... the more T-Shirts you buy, the less often you need to do laundry.

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Sure... by jargoone · 2003-12-09 06:02 · Score: 4, Funny

Get 'em hooked, then they'll have to keep joining, once they see that the banners have once again quadrupled in size!
1. Re:Sure... by dtfinch · 2003-12-09 07:22 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  Members see ads too. We just get to suppress 1000 of them for $5. Though some pages always have ads.
  
  A nice benefit of membership is being able to see new articles an hour or so before non-members, allowing you to see sites before they get slashdotted and prepare a well thought out response before the comments page fills with didn't rtfa nonsense.
2. Re:Sure... by wideBlueSkies · 2003-12-09 07:30 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  To be honest, I like the type of ad that I see on /. . Some of the stuff is pretty useful.
  
  O'reilly, IBM, Sourceforge, etc. It's stuff that I'm interested in generally. And I'm yet to see one of those annoying flash ads that float all over my screen.
  
  Now if /. was running ads saying that I'm an instant winner of or some offshore casino, not only would I mind the ads, but I think I'd be looking for another place to read about tech and other coolness.
  
  wbs,
  
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3. Re:Sure... by magarity · 2003-12-09 07:48 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  and prepare a well thought out response
  
  Cool, so when can we expect to start seeing these?
gifts by Mohammed+Al-Sahaf · 2003-12-09 06:02 · Score: 3, Funny

I shall give you the gift of bullets and shoes!!

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If we give the gift to "Anonymous Coward"... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-09 06:02 · Score: 5, Funny

Do we all get a cool account to use?
1. Re:If we give the gift to "Anonymous Coward"... by EvilNTUser · 2003-12-09 06:54 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  "I put UID:0 and it said Thanks! and ran off with my money. :("
  
  I'm sure the root account is very thankful for finally being granted read access.
  
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Giving Slashdot Access by Acidic_Diarrhea · 2003-12-09 06:03 · Score: 5, Funny

Can I pay to have certain moderators taken out of the pool? Can I pay to get certain people put into the moderator pool?
My checkbook is open Mr. Taco - all you have to do is give me the answers to write you the dollars.

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Give the Gift of Slashdot... by santiag0 · 2003-12-09 06:03 · Score: 5, Funny

and never have sex with your girlfriend again.
1. Re:Give the Gift of Slashdot... by winkydink · 2003-12-09 06:08 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  You have sex?
  You have a girlfriend?
  You are obviously new here. ;)
  
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2. Re:Give the Gift of Slashdot... by The+Snowman · 2003-12-09 06:13 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  and never have sex with your girlfriend again.
  
  Giving a Slashdot subscription is like getting married?
  
  No, I'm not bitter...
  
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3. Re:Give the Gift of Slashdot... by tmark · 2003-12-09 06:22 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I just got married and I can tell you it's not stopping me from having sex with my girlfriend.
  
  Just don't tell my wife.
4. Re:Give the Gift of Slashdot... by Anonymous+Cow+herd · 2003-12-09 06:53 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I don't know what you're talking about, I subscrubed to slashdot and I have plenty of sex with your girlfriend.
  
  :-)
  
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5. Re:Give the Gift of Slashdot... by ted_nugent · 2003-12-09 07:54 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Which means you can't get a girlfriend and you never have sex.
  
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6. Re:Give the Gift of Slashdot... by Requiem · 2003-12-09 08:22 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I have both, and my UID is logarithmically smaller than yours, kemosabe.
  
  Booyeah?
The gift of Slashd? by Lev13than · 2003-12-09 06:04 · Score: 4, Funny

Give the Gift of Slashdot(ting)

Funny, when I first read the headline I thought it meant you could buy a service to crash someone else's server....

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Laundry! by nullard · 2003-12-09 06:04 · Score: 4, Funny

The more T-Shirts you buy, the less often you need to do laundry.

Don't fall for this! I now can't do all of my laundry, because I have no place to store my last dozen t-shirts. They are sitting on a chair right now. I started buying more clothes without looking at the volume of my dirty laundry. Now where do I store this stuff? Anyone want a t-shirt?

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1. Re:Laundry! by milgr · 2003-12-09 06:27 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Don't fall for this! I now can't do all of my laundry, because I have no place to store my last dozen t-shirts. They are sitting on a chair right now. I started buying more clothes without looking at the volume of my dirty laundry. Now where do I store this stuff?
  Perhaps you need more chairs.
  
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Of T-Shirts and Laundry by Doesn't_Comment_Code · 2003-12-09 06:06 · Score: 4, Funny

If that isn't enough, we still have assorted Slashdot Merchandise available at ThinkGeek... the more T-Shirts you buy, the less often you need to do laundry.

Not to mention that once you own enough t-shirts, you can start a pile in the corner. As you remove a dirty t-shirt, you through it on top. When you need a new one, you take from the bottom. The weight of all the t-shirts on top pressure cleans the ones toward the bottom. Once you acheive a critical mass of t-shirts in your cleaning queue, you will never have to do laundry again.

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Slashdot Syndrome: the sudden, extreme urge to correct someone in order to validate one's self.
Re:just to keep plugging... by B3ryllium · 2003-12-09 06:09 · Score: 4, Funny

... extracted from the rare wool of sheep-like Slashdot Moderators ...
Subscription Question by Acidic_Diarrhea · 2003-12-09 06:10 · Score: 5, Interesting

If I were to subscribe, would my Slashdot user name then be tied to my name and address? I know that AC comments are tied to subscriptions if you post them while logged in but how does the billing information and the user data tie together.
I think this is a fairly important question and would like to see an editor answer it. If user names are then tied to name and address by subscribing, count me out.

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1. Re:Subscription Question by akedia · 2003-12-09 06:16 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  If you pay by Paypal they only can see your e-mail. Since you're not paying for a product that has to be delivered to a residence Paypal doesn't include your address in the transaction. It's a part of Paypal's privacy guidelines for payment of services.
2. Re:Subscription Question by I8TheWorm · 2003-12-09 06:36 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  Yeah, but PayPal makes it publicly known that they are quick to turn over personal info to agencies, even without a search warrant... not to mention companies that "help them with marketing to banks.
  
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Slashdot Subscription by isa-kuruption · 2003-12-09 06:11 · Score: 3, Funny

Due to high costs of energy this holiday season, the lump of coal in your stocking has been replaced by a Slashdot subscription.
Do you take e-gold? by Thud457 · 2003-12-09 06:11 · Score: 5, Funny

I'll only subscribe if I can blatently troll and have unlimited karma!
Oh, and a complimentary First Post to sweeten the deal!

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A CHEAPER WAY TO SUBSCRIBE by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-09 06:12 · Score: 3, Funny

edit your hosts file

127.0.0.1 ads.osdn.com

no more ads!
1. Re:A CHEAPER WAY TO SUBSCRIBE by quantaman · 2003-12-09 07:04 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  edit your hosts file
  
  127.0.0.1 ads.osdn.com
  
  no more ads!
  
  You still miss out on the * beside your name, the pre ./ed webpage reading privaleges and the happy feeling from supporting your favorite website.
  
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Ironic! by h4rm0ny · 2003-12-09 06:12 · Score: 5, Funny

I bought myself a subscription basically because I read /. so often that I wanted to help out. (Other than with my witty and insightful posts, of course).

And then I found that it blocked all the ads! This is the one site I've EVER visited that I find the sponsors interesting!

Oh the irony!

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1. Re:Ironic! by RobertB-DC · 2003-12-09 06:21 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  I bought myself a subscription basically because I read /. so often that I wanted to help out.
  
  ~50 posts, and this is the first one I've seen that isn't ringing the tired old "why pay for the cow when the milk is free" bell.
  
  I'm happy to be a subscriber. The fact that I'm writing and you're reading means that Slashdot is of value to both of us. Do the trolls expect some angel to pay for Slashdot's bandwidth with manna from Heaven?
  
  I, too, like the quality ads. I click more Slashdot ads than any other site's ads. Still not enough for a post-bust business model, though. $5 every few months is a small price to pay for this level of high-tech information/annoyance/entertainment.
  
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Make your /. Gift Open Source! by Lieutenant_Dan · 2003-12-09 06:13 · Score: 3, Funny

I think it would help the Open Source developer community if they were granted a gift subscription to /. . The content in Slashdot would be invaluable in their daily research, as informed individuals share their experiences and insights. It would also alleviate the tedium that permeates their lives when they get to follow the insight GNAA, TEH SPOKE, and Subject Line trolls.

So don't delay and support your local Open Source developer, since you never know when you need that Ogg Vorbis support in your favorite application!

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Re:just to keep plugging... by Davak · 2003-12-09 06:13 · Score: 5, Funny

For those that don't know...

It's 1000 pages for 5 dollars.

i just see a bunch of geeky kids now sitting on Santa's lap trying to explain to him what slashdot is...

Merry Christmas All.

Davak
Auctions by Slashdot by arbour42 · 2003-12-09 06:18 · Score: 3, Insightful

I've said this before, but Slashdot doesn't know how to listen. You need money? Set up an Ebay-like auction system here.

You have a huge, loyal audience. A ton of people go through here everyday. They all have tons of gadgets, computers to sell, Batman dollies to shill. You have excellent (?) programmers - why keep tweaking Slash code? that's not making you money. build an auction system, and it will be a service to the community and keep you from begging. What a bunch of idiots you are. You're like Netscape, who waited too long and could have been like Yahoo, and blew it.

And put up classifieds, and maybe user group lists, where slash'ers in cities can meet. The Slash code is done enough, do something productive now. "Journals" won't make you money.

Go look at craigslist.com - see how they build their community. Spend 2 weeks analysing ebay in depth, then start building - you'll make mistakes, but start coding. look at some of the pre-built auction systems and learn. didn't Phil Greenspun's TCL system have an auction and classified system - download, learn the db schema, and do something practical.

what morons. not a drop of sense.
Re:Girlfriends by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-09 06:20 · Score: 3, Funny

Considering that my girlfriend is running BSD, has a Dual Intel Xeon processor, 1 GB ram, a network interface card and can't really walk much further than the length of her powercord...I think a slashdot subscription is just the thing...that is until the price of fuel cell technology drops to the point where we can actually go out on our first date!!!

BTW...she's rack mounted...hubba, hubba.
Who wants to be my slashdot sugar daddy? by a!b!c! · 2003-12-09 06:27 · Score: 5, Funny

Everytime I get the chance to moderate, I will bestow apon you as many points as I can.

I will honor and support you in any flame war.

During times your times of good karma, and bad karma,
through a dialup or in broadband
I will be there to post by your comment.

Till the subscription runs out...
Re:subscribe.pl already slow; full text if /.'ed by WhiteBandit · 2003-12-09 06:52 · Score: 3, Funny

More evidence that not only do users not read the articles, but moderators don't read the comments... ;)

Though that is definitely an interesting study in social behavior. All of us randomly posting comments that have nothing to do with each other and then moderating them "accordingly"! It must look like chaos to those on the outside...

(But that explains all those SCO posts that have nothing to do with the story! Ah ha!!!)
Re:Surprised anyone subscribes at all by turgid · 2003-12-09 07:22 · Score: 3, Insightful

Since the general attitude here is 'Why pay for what you can get for free.'
Not quite. It's more like : "Why pay for rubbish when the good stuff is available legally for free."
Some of us realised this back in about 1994 and have never regretted having this insight.

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