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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.
Hats off to the dude who chipped in an extra $1,200 for the low UID ...
and hopefully he got a two-digit (rather than three digit) UID for his
extra $$$ ... ;-)
Hulk SMASH Celiac Disease
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.
The EFF is basically the ACLU of the Internet. Plus they manage to lose most of their cases. Should so much money be donated to a far-left/unAmerican organization like that? They get an awful lot of money with little to show for it, could there be a terrorism connection?
Did UAT just pay to be slashdotted? Did they factor in the cost of the melting server into their bid?
When I attended the school a couple years back they had a great relationship with the EFF. It is nice to see the school investing in the industry while showing that it is finally moving away from the game design program that consumed much of the schools resources while I attended. I have heard good things about UAT as of late and I hope this only continues that great new trend.
Invexi - a Phoenix, AZ based web design and web development company.
come on. we have many million dollar people hanging out in here. why only $10k ? rats in pockets ?
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... You just paid to have your web site brought to it's knees.
I have mod points but I'm not wasting them on this. You need a lot more practice trolling.
Patrick Doyle
I mod down every jackass who puts his moderation policy in his sig. Oh, wait a sec....
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.
I don't mean to make accusations, but where's the money going. I didn't see anything on the links.
Are the administrators buying Mercedes Benz's with their "pay"?
Just asking.
P.S. I have plenty of karma - don't be shy about modding me down. I'm using my karma for good - I think.
I prefer Flambe as apposed flamebait.
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?
ccalam - acoustic versions of new songs.
go poor by donating to something very important in your life either
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Looks like rational folks beat out geeks - especially when it comes to a great charity.
Ahhh, contributing $4,200,200 for the benefit of orphans. If more of us sowed like this - we'd all reap the benefits.
I didn't, but if he's right mod him up to heaven.
I prefer Flambe as apposed flamebait.
And what point is there in being an AC with a low /. ID? I'm confused. Ah, I got it, they don't say which ID, so it's an anonymous ID!
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 #!
"advancing technology" by running .aspx pages, IMHO. Advanced technology should not make my browser (latest stable Firefox) barf.
Enlightenment is a pipe dream. So where's the pipe?
...will pay for a DDoS attack of their own webservers. In any case, good work mates!
41? I would have payed an extra $1200 just to have UID 42.
Check out Unsealed: Whispers of Wisdom! http://unsealed.k3rnel.net It's an action-RPG about Open Sourcerers.
AC's UID is 666.
Backup for this
:(
Google results shows 1 posting from netelder (655766):
http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aslashdot.org+netelder
Following this link now shows things slightly differently with the UID 655766 being taken by "netolder" whilst the archive still shows the old one.
The new netelder(41) now has no comments.
I did wonder how the transplant would occur, and tbh now I think I wouldn't want to leave my comments behind and do it this way.
resigned to a long uid forever
liqbase
They might have requested anonymity so people don't ridicule themabout paying for the low UID. Well, actually, it doesn't matter why they requested anonymity. The fact of the matter is that they did. It's a little rude to point out their account when they explicitly wanted to keep it hidden.
/., I don't see why you would purposely go out of your way to lift that veil off of someone else.
With all the concern about the right to remain anonymous on
But hey, your curiousity is sated. What do you care. Mod me troll, mod me whatever you like. I think it was irresponsible and inconsiderate to do that.
Looks like he jumped from 655766 to 41, a pretty nice jump if you ask me, especially for a good cause.
Google Cache of a post of his
Regular Slashdot link (not sure if this will ever be updated to say 41)
Reviewing just the first hour of video games.
While true, he also donated the extra cash to the EFF so seriously, who is going to give this guy crap? For that matter even if I had an extra $10k I don't think I'd shell out to the EFF even with low uid, Natalie Portman and the hot grits included. So cheers to user id 41. You've probably helped defend our digital freedoms more than any other two digit id.
I wondered a bit about how the transplant would work, too. I would've wanted to work with the slashdot folks a little slower and see if I could persuade them to do things right. Maybe I could write the SQL for them, or something. :) But it sounds like this guy had so few comments he may not have felt it was worth it.
I for one think it's really cool, and I was one of the first bidders on the auction, and if I'd won I wouldn't have been anonymous about it. I would've bragged not just about the low UID, but about the fact that I got it under such unique circumstances.
I'm really curious how people found out who it was.
Secession is the right of all sentient beings.
On another note, lookout dabman (462), I am coming for you.
Atlas Shrugged : Thematic Story
Ok, so he just changed a vewel.
Atlas Shrugged : Thematic Story
internet is changing the world to the extent that in 50 years, the people who will be in charge of their countries by then will have grown up together, playing same games, doing same stuff on the internet at nights. which will totally eliminate interracial, international enmity, differences, and eventually uncooperativeness and ultimately wars. which will be a major step towards the utopia.
additionally, in local and general sense, the internet is what is making all people to get informed about anything happening anywhere. this is only due to the free nature and accessibility of the internet.
such foundations like EFF are providing it to stay as it is, rather than turning into a telco fucked cable tv in which all people will be limited to whatever some fat butts choose for them to see. it affects everything, internet and software alike.
also remember that the freedom in the internet have created this boom and many jobs that never existed before, and we are actually reaping the fruits of that. if the fat bastards succeed in turning internet into a cable tv clone, many of us, and indirectly many more will be losing our jobs.
it affects everyone. even those who lack vision and dont give a shit. realities dont care whether someone gives them a shit or not. they affect all.
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Who replies to their own comment?
Oh I know, some idiot astroturfer who just signed up today. Silly me. Weird kind of astroturfing though.
If you read my post (grandfather) you'd have seen - ebay shows the winner of an auction and the slashdot and ebay userids were both 'netelder'.
I think it was irresponsible and inconsiderate to do that.
Come on - do you think any self-respecting Slashdotter wouldn't know full well that this would be easy to discover and the winner would be outed within minutes in the comments?
Besides, there's no shame in buying a low /. UID at a charity auction. It's doing something that's cool, to get something that's, well, arguably cool.
patrikf must be pissed!
n/t
you had me at #!
just remember how you were when grown up. what you speak of are stuff done when one's a kid. not mature. back then there were different shit we were all doing. today there is 'hacking'. tomorrow there will be some different shit.
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hehe, i like how "PINBALL SCIENCE--WINDOWS 95/98" was listed as a similar item
the sunshine bores the daylights out of me
it would have come out anyway, after a wave of "my uid is lower than yours" comments
the sunshine bores the daylights out of me
Why didn't you sell goatse.cx?
"He" outbid me by $50 on the last day.
Who is the "Anonymous Coward" now?
On behalf of the E.F.F. I would like to thank the crew at /. for doing this, and all the bidders for showing your geek cred and generousity to bring things up to this level. Our hardworking staff of technologists and lawyers will do great work with this money as we stand up to the NSA, AT&T, the RIAA and many other players trying to take away your rights. You can look at the long list of things we're doing at the www.eff.org web site, as well as past history. That we do all that with our modest staff continues to amaze me, and I'm inside.
Has it been over a year since you last donated to the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Ah, it does show the winner! For some strange reason I suffered from the delusion that I had looked and that it concealed everyone's ID, including the winner.
Anyway, kudos to netelder. I personally think this makes him cool, and I was the first to put myself down as a friend of his new account.
Secession is the right of all sentient beings.
Since when do anonymous cowards have UIDs? Hey now! When you put $5K on the table, you're no longer a coward. "Anonymous reader"
WTF? Why was I moderated "Over-rated" down to 0 on the parent post? If you've got something to say about the post, why not, like, join the discussion?
I've been supporting the EFF on and off for years, and thought that this would be a fun way to encourage others to go out of their way to join the cause. I don't really have a use for the low UID because:
- I've been married to the most wonderful woman on the earth for 28 years, and have no desire to date either Natalie or Giselle (I know who Natalie is, but who's Giselle?)
- I'm not exactly a Slashdot Maven (I think that this is my fifth post in the history of Slashdot), although I read it constantly, and
- I was a geek *long* before it was cool to be a geek, and am amused by the concept of a low UID having any street cred!
BTW, I didn't even know that I was outed until a friend sent me an email. So you can add cluelessness to my panoply of sins (*grin*).Anyway, thanks to Rob and the /. team for a great auction, and for doing their best to constantly do the right thing for the Geek community! Keep the faith, guys!
Sorry, Pipingguy. I didn't swoop, just set a high max bid. The autobid system did all the dirty work (*grin*).
If I'd have won I'd have had to live it down forever anyway.
Regards,
Paul