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Slashdot Charity Buyers Donate Over $10,000 To the EFF
The Slashdot 10 Year Anniversary Charity Auction for the EFF is at an end and the numbers are in. We are still waiting for payment on one of the six items, but the grand total for the auctions is $9186.83. The big surprise was the anonymous reader who bought the Swag Bag AND the Low UID: he decided to donate an extra $1200 beyond his bids! Thanks to Daniel Peacock (who bought Hemos's burnt copy of Watchmen) and Michael Ravnitzk who bought Triton, the case of the first x86 that ran Slashdot in Feb 1998. He then turned around and told us to shelve it, to try to sell it again later. Instead he got a box of shirts. We're still waiting for payment on the email address, but hopefully nobody would be so crappy that they would scam a charity auction. And lastly, we would like to give special thanks to the
University of Advancing Technology (here's a Coral Cache link) who paid $3,550.00 for that hyperlink you just read past. They wanted to express their support for Slashdot and for the EFF, and I think both of us appreciate it. Thanks to everyone who bid on items and congratulations to the winners. And the rest of you - don't feel bad that you missed it. You can always make a donation later - the EFF does good work. Tell them Slashdot sent you.
I knew I should have bid more than $3500 for that goatse link.
[ ] I'm selfish and hate others
[ ] I like big monopolies
[X] I'm Canadian and not represented by the EFF in any which way shape or form
[ ] The EFF tried to kill my daddy
[ ] I'm paid by the EFF so donating to the EFF is like donating to myself
[ ] Hey look!
However,
[ ] I've started an equivalent EFF in Canada
[ ] I Joined the equivalent EFF in Canada
[X] I Bought an EFF hat at Defcon
[X] I Lost said hat at Toorcon the same year
[X] I Bought another hat off their website
[ ] I Regret dealing with the EFF
Someday, I'll have a real sig.
Did UAT just pay to be slashdotted? Did they factor in the cost of the melting server into their bid?
... You just paid to have your web site brought to it's knees.
Funny, the story talks about the University of Advanced Technology, but the website calls it the University of Advancing Technology.
;-)
It's almost right, which is pretty good, by Slashdot editing standards
I suffer from attention surplus disorder.
Perhaps they should have paid for some advanced technology to handle the slashdot effect.
Where law ends, tyranny begins -- William Pitt
How many minutes of lawyer time does that buy?
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3 digits never got me laid. But with a 2 digit... I'd be dating Natalie Portman AND Giselle Bundchen for sure, and I'd know what to do with both digits.
you had me at #!
41? I would have payed an extra $1200 just to have UID 42.
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Who is the "Anonymous Coward" now?