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Slashdot 10-Year Anniversary Party Updates

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-read-this dept.

Reminder to check for parties in your area. You can still create new parties through the weekend, but you'll need to RSVP ASAP in order to make your location eligible to get a care package of ThinkGeek gift certificates, and Slashdot T-Shirts. Remember to read the discussions on your party to be notified of location changes or updates. Party planners- make sure your email address is up to date- we'll need to get a shipping address for shirts. We've upped the number of shirts to 700 to accommodate a quite impressive number of parties and attendees. The corporate drones demand that I share with you official rules to be eligible for the $1000 gift certificate. The winner will be selected by me, based on who sends in the picture/video/story from their party that proves theirs was best/coolest/whatever. Some folks have already contacted me with some creative ideas so the competition is gonna be tough. Choreography? Synchronized Swimming? Group Chanting? Streaking? Lastly, A special note to Ann Arbor party attendees (Oct 20!)- we've moved the location to Leopold Bros. It's only a block away, but they can handle a larger group. I'll be in attendance trading T-Shirts for booze ;) The Palo Alto party is looking large as well. Looking forward to attending both.

37 comments

  1. Clevelanders! by traindirector · · Score: 3, Informative

    Just a shameless plug for the Cleveland party on October 20th. Come drink (or not drink) at the Bier Markt on W. 25th with us!

    1. Re:Clevelanders! by RhadamanthosIsChaos · · Score: 1

      I just might show up to that... I'll have to join in the group

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    2. Re:Clevelanders! by stinerman · · Score: 1

      I'd be semi-interested in coming to any number of these, but I really hate being around alcohol and people I don't know...

      What is on the agenda for the Cleveland party that'll change my mind? I hope it'll be more than sitting around making Soviet Russia, Naked and Petrified, and Profit!!! jokes.

    3. Re:Clevelanders! by traindirector · · Score: 1

      What is on the agenda for the Cleveland party that'll change my mind?

      The idea is that, as people who frequently read and interact with Slashdot and the myriad and diverse topics it covers, we'll have a huge domain of common interests to talk about. I'm sure most of us work with or spend a good amount of time on hobbies that relate to Slashdot, so there's a ton of interesting conversation right there that you probably couldn't have with the typical person you don't know. Someone suggested printing out a list of people's comments and discussing them. There's no formal agenda (yet, at least) but if you have any ideas, please, let us know. We could extend the party into earlier in the day doing something else if there's enough interest.

      I hope it'll be more than sitting around making Soviet Russia, Naked and Petrified, and Profit!!! jokes.

      Of course there's going to be a certain amount of that, but there is in reading Slashdot, too. I doubt anyone reads Slashdot just for the joke memes. It's mostly for discussing niche nerdy interests with other people who care about them. I'd imagine it would be the same at a party, if people actually talk...

      I really hate being around alcohol and people I don't know...

      Alcohol can make people stupid(er), but it's also a great social lubricant. I don't know any of the people who will be showing up either, but I imagine we'll have some interesting conversations we probably wouldn't have had otherwise. Many of us probably don't get the opportunity to talk about these things in a group setting frequently, so at the very least it will be an interesting experience that doesn't happen often.

      In short, I don't know what to expect, but it should be fun.

    4. Re:Clevelanders! by samwh · · Score: 1

      I'd come, but I am only 17. Maybe I will show up for the 15-year :)

    5. Re:Clevelanders! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      but I really hate being around alcohol and people I don't know...

      Hey, no worries. I'm sure this will be a virgin-friendly event ;-)

      Seriously, I've found that the best solution in these situations is to have a couple of beers, and introduce yourself to some new friends. If you don't want to drink, I'm sure there'll be plenty of others who aren't obnoxiously drunk and/or obnoxious when drunk ... at least for the first couple of hours.

    6. Re:Clevelanders! by stinerman · · Score: 1

      Actually, I'm engaged.

      Perhaps I can describe to you guys what sex with a woman is like. ;-)

    7. Re:Clevelanders! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Actually, I'm engaged.

      Perhaps I can describe to you guys what sex with a woman is like. ;-) I guess that means you mean you'll be getting married before the /. party.
    8. Re:Clevelanders! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Perhaps I can describe to you guys what sex with a woman is like. ;-)

      I'm married. Perhaps you can remind me.

  2. Any troll party? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    would be interesting to see if all the trolls are partying together as well, celebrating 10 yrs of shameless trolling.

    1. Re:Any troll party? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I was wondering about this myself, I have an awful lot of freaks on my list. I don't know if it would be wise to goto and area on purpose that could contain a number of these guys while they are drinking and possibly doing mind altering drugs. What is the chances of the freaks acting out..lol

    2. Re:Any troll party? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      would be interesting to see if all the trolls are partying together as well, celebrating 10 yrs of shameless trolling.
      By definition, trolls are deceptive. Thousands would sign up for a gathering that none will attend.

      Honestly, who would show up? To be tricked by a troll is a mark of humiliation within that subculture and anyone involved would necessarily have an interest in that subculture. Trolls aren't the type to openly invite humiliation.

      I wouldn't expect any such gathering to be much larger than existing close-knit groups.
  3. Re:nerd alert! by name*censored* · · Score: 2, Funny
    >> are you nerds going to bring ur pocket protectors!?

    Wouldn't be a party without them!
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  4. Oh, come now. Surely there are /. divers out there by ClayJar · · Score: 1

    Don't let me be the only Slashdot diver at the Vortex Spring party.

    Sure, having an underwater party makes me a dork, but this is Slashdot! We're *good* at being dorks! :D

  5. Re:Oh, come now. Surely there are /. divers out th by TFer_Atvar · · Score: 1

    I'd love to go, but I can't justify leaving the Keys in order to go diving. Unless, of course, it's in the Pacific Ocean.

  6. Re:Oh, come now. Surely there are /. divers out th by corbettw · · Score: 1

    The Slashdotter in me would love to attend an underwater party; unfortunately, the Farker in me won't ever voluntarily step foot in Florida.

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  7. Re:Update: only losers will be attending. by stoolpigeon · · Score: 1

    We get that, but which one are you attending specifically?

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  8. Re:Update: only losers will be attending. by techpawn · · Score: 1

    Losers, mark your calendars now.
    I put it in my blackberry!
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  9. Re:Update: only losers will be attending. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    True.

    I'll not be attending any unless someone cool comes back to host. Slashdotters who qualify:

    - gbd
    - Perdida
    - Adolf Hitroll
    - l33t_j03
    - Klerck
    - TrollaX0r
    - L0rdkariya
    - DonkeyHote
    - The Fire Horse
    - Shoeboy
    - cyborg_monkey

  10. Re:Oh, come now. Surely there are /. divers out th by ClayJar · · Score: 1

    So... um... How much is it for a charter to the Spiegel Grove? ;)

    Just give me a few minutes to fab a fake monitor with a Windows BSOD on it, and we can claim it was one of those new-fangled Clippy Ships. (Hmm... or better yet, same idea, but on the Oriskany...)

  11. Re:nerd alert! by Sczi · · Score: 0

    Catastrophic pen leakage is no one's idea of a good time.

  12. Okanagan Represent! by charlie+in+the+trees · · Score: 0

    Those of you in the Okanagan Region better come to my party. It's at a college dorm where partying hard is a required course.

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    1. Re:Okanagan Represent! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      just shut the fuck up moron.

    2. Re:Okanagan Represent! by anethema · · Score: 1

      I'm in the region. Not sure if I will be there or not but it is interesting that there is one in kelowna!

      BTW why is your page a placeholder site?

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    3. Re:Okanagan Represent! by charlie+in+the+trees · · Score: 0

      Because I let forgot to renew the URL and it got taken.

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    4. Re:Okanagan Represent! by anethema · · Score: 1

      Oops.

      Know many other Okanagan /.ers?

      I'm a communications tech here in k-town and know a couple /.ers, mostly old friends of mine.

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      It's easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
    5. Re:Okanagan Represent! by charlie+in+the+trees · · Score: 0

      Theres a few from the Computer Science department here at Okanagan College.

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  13. I can't believe it ... by Purity+Of+Essence · · Score: 1

    I can't believe /. is two years old already! Where do the cycles go?

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  14. the real party by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    i hear that the big party is going to be held in a gay bar with all the linux fags lining up to suck men's dicks.
     
    fucking slashdot faggots.

  15. I'm a savvy investor. by hmccabe · · Score: 1

    Dear eTrade.

    Can I invest in call-girl futures? I have a good feeling about this one...

    H.