Help Beta Test Slashdot CSS

After almost 8 years, Slashdot's HTML is finally getting an overhaul. For now the changes are almost entirely under the hood, as we migrate the current skin to CSS. Slashdot itself will migrate in the next few weeks, but for now, we'd appreciate it if people who understand CSS could take a look at Slashcode. If you use a browser that lets you select a stylesheet, you can take a look at that site with the Slashdot CSS Skin. Keep in mind that Slashcode doesn't look exactly like Slashdot, so there will be some differences between that site, and the final version that will appear on Slashdot. We're mainly looking for feedback on compatibility issues and blatant bugs. You can use our our SF bug tracker to submit bug reports. Thanks for your help. Once we move Slashdot, work will begin on a new look & feel. If you have ideas, you could start playing with the CSS stylesheets now!

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Pinch me, I'm dreaming!!

[Cally]

Slashdot user since before there were user accounts (and when they were launched, alas! I thought "why would I want to waste time registering for an account? They'll probably just sell my email address to spammers...")

There's been a hell of a lot of water under the bridge since the late 90s, for me personally, for the Wacky World of Computinga and Geekdom, and the world in general... OSX on Intel... 9/11... the Iraq war... the slow inexorable rise of Linux and Free Software... the 'Slash' code was finally released (after many fun years taking the piss out of Taco because it was closed!)... DEC was bought by Compaq, Compaq bought by HP... IBM drank the koolaid and started pushing Linux.... Lucas released three of the worst films ever made... Matrix I... all the trollers and crapfloods (come back UG the open-source caveman, all is forgiven!)

And many other happy memories of hours wasted at work. And home. And I've changed from a Microsoft / Access developer to Perl, Apache, MySQL, become a real proper developer using Linux as a workstation and CVS... designed & built the system that automatically produces and releases antivirus updates... worked for a dotcom that went titsup... been unemployed... and managed to move over to fulltime network security / pentesting. But enough of my yakkin'...

Re:css!!

[mrchaotica]

1. I don't watch the Fox News Channel, ever. In fact, I do my best to avoid the useless American media altogether.
2. Illegal immigrants are, by definition, illegal! If anyone else breaks the law, what do we do? Obviously, we punish them. We should do the same for illegal immigrants, because they are all criminals. Besides, if they have no respect for our immigration laws, what makes you think they respect any of our other laws? Come to think of it, they don't care about our traffic laws either -- that's why they never got insurance! Here's the bottom line: if the immigrants love our country so much they want to move here, then they should also respect it enough to obey the law!
3. If, on the other hand we want to let them stay here anyway, then we ought to change the immigration laws so that they won't be illegal anymore. It's asinine that we would give them some kinds of documentation and not others, and it's even more asinine that they get the privilages of driving, school for their kids, etc. without having to pay taxes like any other (documented, legal) resident would!

w00t

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looks crisp and sexy. makes me wanna play with my nipples. ooh did I say that out loud.