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Ham Radio Operators Are Heroes In Oregon
An anonymous reader writes "We all know the impact that Ham radio can have in emergencies, but that often slips by the public and the authorities. Not so in Oregon, where a day after getting inundated with torrential rains and winds and suffering from the usual calamities those cause, Oregon's Governor called the local Ham radio operators heroes. When discussing how the storm affected communications, the governor stated: "I'm going to tell you who the heroes were from the very beginning of this...the ham radio operators." Kudos to the Oregon Ham operators for helping out in a bad situation, and getting the recognition they deserve."
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I have again been the victim of moderator abuse http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=366293&cid=21424075. MOD me up to correct this injustice. Mod me down if you think I am a moron. Of course, in the immortal words of PeeWee: "I'm rubber and you're glue, whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you".
Too many moderators use Insightful as "I agree". Too many moderators fall for unoriginal groupthink and mod it up. People complain about trolls, but the REAL line noise on slashdot comes from the posts modded +4 or +5 that contribute NOTHING to an intelligent discussion. You can't filter that out, and even if you have your thresholds set high, you still see all the stupid stuff that you've already seen. That's why digg sucks and will never be anything but a place for 1338 high-skool haxx0rs. And it's happening here. So I used this account to call shenanigans on sucky posts. I getted modded into oblivion for pointing out truth. I guess that's how it goes. Most of you are a bunch of mindless sheeple.
You know, I once suggested that IQ tests be given to moderators to separate the wheat from the chaff. I think that wouldn't help. I kind of like having idiot moderators. MORONS! DOPES! Bring it, tubers!
It's not narcissicism if it's true!
This should be modded flamebait or troll since it is.
If you don't like what I write don't be a CS and mod it down. Refute it.
Yea I can't spell. So what is your point?
first post!
Just kidding.
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I salute you.
I had to click through 4, 5? posts before I could get to your original unfairly modded post. You are determined.
You are also right. The Mod system is broken. There needs to be an I agree/I disagree options which can be filtered out and are not karma related.
I noticed a few years ago and started trolling as a way to eat up mod points.
And then I just meta-mod most people as unfair.
But really it is like trying to catch a hurricane in a tea cup.
I have again been the victim of moderator abuse.
LOL!
leave Britney..er Taco Meat alone! just leave him alone!!!
You live there? Slept with your sister lately?
Everyones a troll, I just have the balls to admit it!