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Underground Mac Community Foils a Coup
An anonymous reader writes "In an attempted palace coup that would not have been out of place in a Shakespearian tragedy, a moderator faction at Mac Serial Junkie, one of the largest underground Mac communities, was shut out this weekend after it was discovered that many staff members were plotting a coup. The plans included a surreptitious takeover of the domain name macserialjunkie.com. In an Open Letter to the Community, the founders of MSJ explain how a number of people at the highest levels of the underground planned their takeover activities for almost two years, only to be foiled at the last minute."
This is quite a soap opera, but I think only people who regularly post on those forums could really care. So here's to the three of you.
Next week on slashdot: How one moderator over at knittingmachines.org thwarted an attempt by 31337gr4ndm4 to copy the patterns of beloved moderator iknit4u.
Dekker Dreyer
> tag this whocares
No, there's too much of a risk that someone will think that Dr. Who or those simpletons the Grinch was ripping off actually care about this tempest in a teapot.
It would make more sense if Slashdot started a section specifically for stories like this. They could combine it with stories about changing alliances among pre-teen girls at our local Junior High School and which C-list celebrities are feuding with their former cast members. They could even reuse the OMG Ponies theme.
Insert simplistic political, ideological, or personal proselytization here.
Zonk, and boy, he's pissed he didn't get to post it.
Pot, kettle, etc.
Boiling water? Tea? Why yes, I would love a spot of tea.
This guy's the limit!
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Highest levels of the underground? That means they're just below the surface, right? And they've been planning their takeover for almost two years? They don't sound all that motivated to me...
This guy's the limit!
Yes, and to further drive home the distinction, they could even place it under a different domain. Something like, Fark.com perhaps...
/kidding
//this is probably too irrelevant even for Fark
///slashies on Slashdot
We all know what to do, but we don't know how to get re-elected once we have done it
Underground Mac community?? Do Morlocks use Macs?
[Insert pithy quote here]
[...] get out of your parent's basement, into the real world. Get a real job and a (girl|boy)friend and just get on with your lives!
You must be new here.
You know I'm going to hold you personally responsible for this if they create gossip.slashdot.org. I can just hear them now discussing how popular sites like TMZ and The Smoking Gun are.
On the plus side, though, it might bring more girls to Slashdot.
CmdrTaco is getting scared that CowboyNeal is going to take over.
the good ground has been paved over by suicidal maniacs
SmR writes
"In an attempted anthill coup that would not have been out of place in a tragic Discovery Channel special, the red ants in my backyard, owners of one of the largest anthills underground in my backyard, were doused with gasoline this weekend after it was discovered that a faction of the worker ants were plotting a coup. The plans included an unprecedented and sneaky incursion into my kitchen trash containing an old big Mac, cereal, and tasty junk. In an unexpected move I placed some honey-soaked borax in their trail and the poison infiltrated into the highest levels of their underground empire. Then dousing thier anthill with gasoline I ended their reign of almost two years, and thus they were foiled before my wife got home."
Honestly, I think my story is more interesting.
SmR
I presume their train got stuck at Edgeware Road.
Man, you did not just use a regular expression when telling people to get girlfriends. Tell me that's not it.
Send email from the afterlife! Write your e-will at Dead Man's Switch.
Yes, and to further drive home the distinction, they could even place it under a different domain.
Perhaps the Mac Serial Junkie People's Front?
or the Popular Front of Mac Serial Junkie?
or even the People's Front of Mac Serial Junkie?
but not to be confused with the Popular Front of Mac Serial Junkie.
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I'm a womble, you insensitive clod!!!!
At the bottom of the
At the bottom of the
I thought this site had editors....!
sig:- (wit >= sarcasm)
Foolishness. I prefer to buy indirectly from small time developers directly. Although on occassion I'll buy directely from small time developers indirectly. Have to keep ambiguity on its toes. There's nothing worse than complacent ambiguity. Except for the evils of tautology.
"Yea, it's a site to swap software serial numbers."
Darn, I was hoping it was a site about Mac serial ports. I was gonna go ask a question...
With reasonable men I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter. -- William Lloyd
I would have said four digit UID...
~ a low user id is no indication I have a clue what I'm talking about.
THAT WAS YOU???
Michael Sims: Gay Nazi Conspirator
Why Slashdot Fired Michael
Ein Tag im Leben von Michael Sims
And the editors reject so many worth-while stories. LoL! I can see it now:
... nah [rejected], 'ancient silicon chip found in egypt' ... nah [rejects], "ETI found 20 light years away" ... nah [rejects]. Omg! e-drama among mac geeks! Yes!!! [accepts]...."
[Takes hit off joint] Editor: "Let's see [in a holding-breath-talking-way-that-pot-smokers-do], submissions, submissions, submissions.... Hrmm, 'Life found on mars'
"All great things are simple & expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." --Churchill
and I would have gotten away with it if it hadn't been for you damn mac fanboys!
They're using their grammar skills there.
I guess you weren't a BBS sysop then ...
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident a security. --Edmund Burke
Dude, he was every chick in the BBS days.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
You forgot: [Exhales]
Religion is what happens when nature strikes and groupthink goes wrong.