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Help Slashdot Test Our New Data Center

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it-seems-like-only-yesterday dept.

After many years of living in California, Slashdot is preparing to move to a new data center in Chicago, and we need your help. We have our new site running a dump of our database from a few days ago. You can hit it at beta.slashdot.org. Please go there, post comments, submit stories, and do whatever you do normally. Or maybe abnormally — run crawlers, write poll spamming robots or something. If you find any crazy issues, please submit them to our sourceforge tracker. If you're curious, the new system features 18 2x quad-core 2.3 GHz webservers each with 8 gigs of RAM, and 4 quad-core 2.3 GHz databases with 16 gigs of RAM.

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  1. Just one question by Bryansix · · Score: 0, Troll

    Who moves from California to Chicago Illinois? I mean I understand it is cheaper out there but there IS a reason for that.

  2. Re:Just one question by The+End+Of+Days · · Score: 0, Troll

    How about because California is full of self-important shitheads like you, who denigrate the rest of the country without even understanding it.

  3. Re:Just one question by Bryansix · · Score: 0, Troll

    Exactly what in my post was self-important? Have you ever been to Chicago during the middle of Summer? How about during the middle of Winter? My point was that California has much milder weather, is closer to so many city centers, has a varied geography that is interesting and useful for recreational activities and we have a functional beach. You might want to take some of these into consideration when you choose where to live.