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I Will Derive

Jamie stumbled upon a very choice video this morning called I Will Derive. To the tune of some song you've never heard before, singing about subjects you know nothing about... oh and a a TI-84 cameo. It features the dopiest dancing you'll see on YouTube today. I promise.

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  1. Ugh by TheRealMindChild · · Score: 1, Funny

    Not only is this TERRIBLY stupid, but it is a complete ripoff of this other guy's video who I guarantee came up with this first.

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    1. Re:Ugh by MeanMF · · Score: 5, Funny

      So what you're saying is that this video is somewhat derivative.

    2. Re:Ugh by bigman2003 · · Score: 1

      Bastard- your linked video IS the derivative of this video, not the source.

      This video on Slashtube was an awesome. One of the few where I could be a backup dancer.

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    3. Re:Ugh by smittyoneeach · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes, partially.

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    4. Re:Ugh by adlaiff6 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I really don't think either one should be an integral part of slashdot.

    5. Re:Ugh by mds820 · · Score: 1

      seconded

    6. Re:Ugh by JoeCommodore · · Score: 1

      Hah, you are both wrong, it is this one:
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hczaiM3LH0M

      It's about science!

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    7. Re:Ugh by madaboutewe · · Score: 1

      Define 'CHOICE"

    8. Re:Ugh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      We need to put a limit to these kinds of jokes.

    9. Re:Ugh by JustOK · · Score: 4, Funny

      Boy, you really threw a curve with that one. Sorry for going off on a tangent.

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    10. Re:Ugh by JustOK · · Score: 1

      Did you just differentiate the derivative?

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    11. Re:Ugh by GaryOlson · · Score: 1

      With respect to a period of time from 0 to t....yes.

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    12. Re:Ugh by MxTxL · · Score: 4, Funny

      Posting these kind of videos is a really slippery slope.

    13. Re:Ugh by JustOK · · Score: 1

      I think there is some sort of plot behind this.

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    14. Re:Ugh by Enlightenment · · Score: 4, Funny

      It's DIFFERENTIATE, not DERIVE! Philistines.

    15. Re:Ugh by JustOK · · Score: 5, Funny

      derive down to a short pier and take a long walk.

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    16. Re:Ugh by turing_m · · Score: 1

      There's no need for such extreme measures, especially here in this location.

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    17. Re:Ugh by UltraAyla · · Score: 1

      I don't know. As long as it's integrated within certain limits, I think it's ok

    18. Re:Ugh by professorfalcon · · Score: 2, Insightful

      That's a better summation of the argument.

    19. Re:Ugh by Froboz23 · · Score: 1

      I agree. If Slashdot keeps posting stories like this, they'll have no l'Hôpital.

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    20. Re:Ugh by The+Master+Control+P · · Score: 1

      Don't worry, that's quite normal to do.

    21. Re:Ugh by maxwell+demon · · Score: 1

      I wish we could integrate these ideas into something useful...

      We can't, there's too much divergence of ideas.
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    22. Re:Ugh by maxwell+demon · · Score: 1

      No, it's only tangentially related.

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    23. Re:Ugh by Anonymous+Cowpat · · Score: 1

      All these puns just make me want to curl up into a corner...

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    24. Re:Ugh by ta+bu+shi+da+yu · · Score: 1

      That joke has integrate-ty.

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    25. Re:Ugh by Toad-san · · Score: 1

      Yeah .. but way too negative.

    26. Re:Ugh by QuantumPete · · Score: 1

      just make sure you don't drink and derive.

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  2. Weezer! by Vinegar+Joe · · Score: 1

    Dancing in the new Weezer video is better. Much better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WanLLnVixC4

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    1. Re:Weezer! by PCeye · · Score: 1

      Yeah, watching the Weezer video makes up for that painful "I will derive" incident here... *phew*

    2. Re:Weezer! by halcyon1234 · · Score: 1

      Good video. But once-- just once-- I'd like to watch a music video on Youtube where the sound was actually in sync with the video.

  3. Slashdot linking to Youtube Videos by Talisein · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Now Slashdot is going to be posting every funny cat video on the Internet? What the fuck?

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    1. Re:Slashdot linking to Youtube Videos by Guy+LeDouche · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well I don't know about you but I can't wait!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUNmLuNdiL8

    2. Re:Slashdot linking to Youtube Videos by HalAtWork · · Score: 1

      Yeah I'm seriously sick of this. It's like getting email forwards on the news.

    3. Re:Slashdot linking to Youtube Videos by dubbayu_d_40 · · Score: 1

      WTFV - there were no cats.

    4. Re:Slashdot linking to Youtube Videos by rednip · · Score: 1

      "Now Slashdot is going to be posting every funny cat video on the Internet?" Only if it's related to Schroeder's Cat. Personally, I thought it was very mildly 'cute', as struggling with inverse derivatives was the reason why I stopped taking any more math classes in college. Did watching it make me a better informed? no, but perhaps that's why this section is called 'idle'.
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    5. Re:Slashdot linking to Youtube Videos by dourk · · Score: 1

      reddit.slashdot.org

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    6. Re:Slashdot linking to Youtube Videos by jonadab · · Score: 1

      Only if they involve math, computers, physics. or Star Wars. HTH.HAND.

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  4. Re:Excuse me while I gouge my eyes out with a spoo by Vectronic · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Indeed... I was ok with "Idle" being its own little sub-section that you had to choose to go to... but not making the front page.

    News For Nerds, Stuff That Matters.

      Is now...

    News For Sheeple, Stuff That Doesnt Matter.

  5. In breaking news... by OpenSourced · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Slahsdot to change name and become Slashitt!

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    1. Re:In breaking news... by Collective+0-0009 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Or maybe Slashcolon?

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    2. Re:In breaking news... by neomunk · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Diggslot?
      Tubedot?
      Growingincreasinglyirrelevant.org?

      I love slashdot, been here for years, and defend it often against the 'slashdot sucks' trolls, but this is ricackulous. Please oh please slashdot powers-that-be, reconsider your decision to put idle stories on the frontpage.

    3. Re:In breaking news... by DrStoooopid · · Score: 1

      word.... ....they really need to stop shitting up our internets.

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    4. Re:In breaking news... by thegnu · · Score: 1

      but this is ricackulous. Pardon me, sir, but you seem to have misspelled vagina
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    5. Re:In breaking news... by Anubis350 · · Score: 1

      I agree, but at the same time, this isnt CNN. It's Taco's site, and if he wants to post silly shit once in a while... ::shrugs::, whatever

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    6. Re:In breaking news... by Anubis350 · · Score: 1

      also, it's an amusing video, just relax and enjoy the silliness

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    7. Re:In breaking news... by neomunk · · Score: 1

      And this is the argument that keeps me from bitching about it as opposed to an impassioned plea. You're 100% correct, R.Malda can run his site any damn way he wishes, and I'm thankful to him for keeping it censorship free (I know of only 1 instance of censorship (under threat of lawsuit) and it was explained to the point of almost including the original information).

      I like the little nerdy stories that people seem to bitch about most often, I guess I just didn't see this one as staying in the nerdy direction, instead seeing it as a slide toward more fluff. Chalk it up to a bad judgment call of mine I guess, since the video seems popular with the (statistically) intelligent people here.

      Once again, you're right though, this IS Taco's site, and that's what the whole thing boils down to. I'd hate to see the site slowly melt to fluffy pink sunshiny unicorns though, so I guess the moral of my story is: Taco, when you're cruizin the youtube or the digg, please wear a mental condom, avoid bastard offsping of those beasts. Now this plea my be a one-off reply that actually shouldn't exist, but better safe than sorry.

  6. Please by QUILz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why can I still not turn off seeing this stupid section? It's pathetic.

    1. Re:Please by gomerbud · · Score: 3, Funny

      It is official. Netcraft now confirms: Slashdot is dying

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    2. Re:Please by darkpurpleblob · · Score: 1

      If you use Greasemonkey you can install my Slashdot Idle eliminator script to prevent these stories from appearing.

    3. Re:Please by Hockney+Twang · · Score: 1

      If you use the Greasmonkey Firefox extension, or Opera userscripts, you can. See my comment below.

  7. Re:Oh, dear.. by stoolpigeon · · Score: 1

    If they are on reddit or digg right now - then probably so.

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  8. Fuck you, Slashdot. by Spazntwich · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is a fucking travesty.

    1. Re:Fuck you, Slashdot. by r_jensen11 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Even worse:

      So far, we're still unable to automatically filter the Idle section out of our front pages. /.: Either let me blacklist the Idle section via my user preferences, or remove this shit, seriously

    2. Re:Fuck you, Slashdot. by DigiShaman · · Score: 1

      Every rose has its thorn...

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    3. Re:Fuck you, Slashdot. by ookabooka · · Score: 1

      Well, this is what happens when you let the proletariat control the media. No I'm not a communist, I'm trying to be ironic while using a form of satire to criticize the shortcomings of the firehose. Yes I used "ironic" "criticize" and "satire" in the same sentence.

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    4. Re:Fuck you, Slashdot. by Skuld-Chan · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I thought it was funny, mellow out.

    5. Re:Fuck you, Slashdot. by Basehart · · Score: 1

      It wouldn't be so bad if it ended with them fisting each other.

    6. Re:Fuck you, Slashdot. by John3 · · Score: 1

      Impressive, now release your anger.

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    7. Re:Fuck you, Slashdot. by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 1
      It wouldn't be so bad if it ended with them fisting each other.

      Putting the "slash" in slashdot, eh? ;-)

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    8. Re:Fuck you, Slashdot. by Photar · · Score: 1

      You couldn't filter the Politics section when it first came out either.

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    9. Re:Fuck you, Slashdot. by Photar · · Score: 1

      You couldn't block the Politics when they rolled that out before the elections in '04 I believe.

      I think its some secret policy to not allow new sections to be filtered at first.

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    10. Re:Fuck you, Slashdot. by FuegoFuerte · · Score: 1

      Please, oh PLEASE, use a DICTIONARY and look up the word "travesty!" The only travesty here is you making a travesty of the English language. Perhaps slashdot should have a section on proper grammar. It's a TRAGEDY that people like yourself seem to have forgotten what a dictionary or thesaurus is to be used for.

    11. Re:Fuck you, Slashdot. by popra · · Score: 1

      There's a growing trend of these funny / educative / viral videos Another example of these videos, on how to build a site: http://youtube.com/watch?v=a0qMe7Z3EYg

    12. Re:Fuck you, Slashdot. by Spazntwich · · Score: 1

      Dictionary.com lists three definitions of 'travesty' with it used as a noun. They are as follows:
      1. a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject, characterized by grotesque or ludicrous incongruity of style, treatment, or subject matter.
      2. a literary or artistic composition so inferior in quality as to be merely a grotesque imitation of its model.
      3. any grotesque or debased likeness or imitation: a travesty of justice.

      By the first definition, well, it's a parody so it sort of automatically fits the first definition, though that was obviously not my intended usage.

      By the second, well, there's no accounting for taste, but the people who genuinely enjoyed this movie are in a slim minority, and while I hate to make an appeal to popularity, that's about all one can do with something so subjective.

      The third definition fits like a glove with regard to other slashdot stories. No, they're not held to high editorial standards of any sort, but the subject matter is interesting more often than not. It's not funny. It's not informative. It failed to incite meaningful discussion. It was a generic viral video that had no business making it to the front page. It was a travesty of a slashdot story.

      The worst you could get onto me for would be the lack of an object in my original post, but then I suppose I assumed too much when I figured people would grasp my intent, especially that travesty fit my message much better than a word as generic as 'tragedy.'

      Thank you for playing diction nazi. Better luck next time!

  9. TODAY - slashdot jumped the shark. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nice knowing you slashdot

    So many years of wonderful service.

    d~y

    Fitting captcha: crested

    1. Re:TODAY - slashdot jumped the shark. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      holy shit, anonymous coward is quitting?!?

      wait, i'm anonymous coward!

      oh god... is someone else posting as me? or is this... another personality??? OH GOD I'M SO SCARED /. WHAT IS HAPPENING

  10. Re:Excuse me while I gouge my eyes out with a spoo by trolltalk.com · · Score: 1

    Hey guys, it's the weekend, lighten up!

    Mind you, what I want to see is "I Wii Survive" - they're STILL out of stock on a regular basis.

  11. Totally agree. by deesine · · Score: 1

    There's fluff and then there's demise.

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  12. Re:Oh, dear.. by stoolpigeon · · Score: 1

    very nice. your mother would be proud.

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  13. What has it come to... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    5/7 remember the day...

  14. Is it me by Joe+Tie. · · Score: 1

    Or did the singer sound a lot like David Wayne from Stella?

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    1. Re:Is it me by irby0 · · Score: 1

      If only it sounded like David Wayne from Metal Church.

  15. Jumped the shark? by quarrel · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How bad is this? /. idle? /. has jumped the shark..

    (no dispespect to the video makers, but we can all browse youtube randomly if we want...)

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    1. Re:Jumped the shark? by Ash+Vince · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I know I could browse utube and all the other similar sites for interesting videos if I wanted, but I don't have time to look for stuff I may find amusing amongst all the other crap.

      This is not that different from news. I could read all the news sites that are feature on slashdot, but I don't have time to so I quite like someone else picking stuff thats vaguely geek related and putting it in one place.

      I always see some stuff on slashdot I am not interested in. My solution is simple: I don't click on the read more link and skip to the next article. Its not like there are so many stories on slashdot that you cant see all the previews easily yet and there is no need to read every single thing thats gets posted to the front page even if the summary indicates you won't like it.

      In this case what were you all expecting when you clicked on a summary which told you that it linked to a utube video featuring maths and crap dancing?

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    2. Re:Jumped the shark? by thegnu · · Score: 1

      Right. If you want to post a youtube video to slashdot, be respectful and threadjack like the rest of us.

      Geez...

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  16. I get to say vitriol...and probably spell it wrong by OMNIpotusCOM · · Score: 1

    Wow... where the hell was this vitriol when I was one of the few who were crying out against the slashvertisements about Iron Man, Speed Racer, and whatever the fuck peripheral they tried to say roXzoR'd.

    It's the same shit, so why does mindless news incite anger and "sheeple" references when being sold to doesn't?

  17. boggles the mind by ImTheDarkcyde · · Score: 1

    what just happened, why is this in my rss, where am I?

    1. Re:boggles the mind by D4MO · · Score: 1

      same, and I'm wtf'ing right now too.

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  18. Re:Excuse me while I gouge my eyes out with a spoo by ImTheDarkcyde · · Score: 1

    Sheeple? So let me get this right.. 9/11 was an INSIDE JOB?

  19. Re:Excuse me while I gouge my eyes out with a spoo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Some guy welds together a device that shoots floppies (not very far or very rapidly) and makes a video involving a gun toting girl scout and everyone thinks it's sooo neat.

    Some guy makes a fake military tank out of wood for frat parties and everyone on slashdot is in awe.

    But some guys make a video about calculus and everyone thinks it's lame. Back in my day nerds were in awe of abstract math but now they seem to be in awe of the engineering of war. Times change.

  20. never heard of? by Speare · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Uh, just from the title alone I knew it would be a filk of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive." It's not exactly an obscure song... even for those who aren't going gray. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Will_Survive

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    1. Re:never heard of? by a4r6 · · Score: 1

      You're exactly right. and...

      "singing about subjects you know nothing about" (derivatives/calculus)
      on a site that's "news for nerds" seems a little backwards too, yeah?

      I think considering the audience those statements were meant as sarcasm.

    2. Re:never heard of? by T-Kir · · Score: 1

      even for those who aren't going gay.


      Fixed that for you :-)


      P.S. To SlashDot: if I want to Idle my time away I'll browse Fark thankyouverymuch, please for the love of his noodly appendage, keep the idle.slashdot posts off the front page.

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  21. Please Don't Become Another Digg by WiiVault · · Score: 5, Insightful

    n/t

  22. My FF3.0b5 on F9 doesn't have sound on youtube??? by mikelieman · · Score: 1

    WTF?

    It works when I fire off mplayer against a flv pulled down from youtube... But not from the browser?

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  23. Re:Excuse me while I gouge my eyes out with a spoo by stoolpigeon · · Score: 1

    and now the circle is complete.

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  24. There is 3 minutes... by Q-Hack! · · Score: 1

    of my life that I won't get back!

    Please keep these kind of videos to the sites that specialize in them... easier to ignore that way.

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  25. Wow, you read Reddit by Ruben+Gonzales · · Score: 1

    I read Reddit once in a while to see some funny stuff and usually come to Slashdot for Tech-News. Looks like there is no need at all for either a subscription for Slashdot or a trip to Reddit, as the latter had this video on its front page hours ago. What's next? A front page link to "The most irrelevant front page news on Slashdot" at Cracked.com?

  26. Derive? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The verb meaning "to take a derivative" is differentiate, not derive.

    1. Re:Derive? by neumayr · · Score: 1

      -1 smartass.
      Given the context, I don't think there are many people who don't know what was meant. Among this crowd, probably none at all.

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    2. Re:Derive? by therpham · · Score: 2, Informative

      In every calculus class I've taken, saying "derive" instead of "differentiate" has not been met kindly by any sort of mathematician, so it bothers me too.

  27. Re:News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters. by stoolpigeon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think the problem is that due to the way slashdot operates - and I think it is a good choice - stuff like this will already have been old news on at least 3 extremely high traffic sites before it shows up here. People don't want to come here and get the exact same stuff they've already seen at fark, reddit, digg, etc. An exception might be those topics that have some intrinsic value. Because I think one way slashdot sets itself apart (and I'll get torn up over this but I still think it is true.) is in the quality of the comments.
     
    Or at the very least, as has already been mentioned a few times, they should make it possible to filter idle, like everything else.
     
    The reaction does seem a bit strong, but I think it is a cumulative thing - and this post just produced a watershed of responses.

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  28. We can all post video now? by cjthompson · · Score: 1
  29. Slopes and curves by TropicalCoder · · Score: 1, Informative

    I loved the video! What a coincidence - just spent the last couple of days with similar problems, trying to develop a curve for an audio compression algorithm. I began with logarithmic curves, but in the end, chose quadratic curves in place of the logarithmic curves because they provide a very smooth transition from linear slope to curved. Though the logarithmic curves did as well provide a nice smooth curve, they had an abrupt transition at the point where that curve joined the linear slope. In the end, after algebraically factoring my Quadratic Bezier, I ended up with an incredibly simple formula: y = (x - (x*x)/coefficient). The problem is that the term (x*x)/coefficient can never be allowed to grow larger than x, and in fact, is limited to coefficient = 0.5. On the other side, as you approach a large value for 'coefficient', you essentially end up with y = x.

    Only one problem - in the end, to get any compression beyond a few dBs I needed to employ recursion - not the best solution...


    void Recurve(double *pX, int recursionLevel, int *pCount)

    {

    if((*pCount)++ == recursionLevel)return;

    *pX = *pX - (*pX * *pX)/2.0;

    Recurve(pX, recursionLevel, pCount);

    }


    Anybody got any experience with this?

    1. Re:Slopes and curves by TropicalCoder · · Score: 1

      Just threw a graph up on my web site of the family of curves the code generates

  30. Sarcasm much by SuperKendall · · Score: 1

    It's pretty obvious what the song is to the poster as well...

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  31. Mod parent insightful! by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 1

    The video is entitled "Funzie jumps the shark". Yes, it's the video that originated the expression.

    Please, Taco... no more idle videos in the frontpage! :(

    1. Re:Mod parent insightful! by gustgr · · Score: 1

      Please, Taco... no more idle videos in the frontpage! :(

      Second that.

      It was very disappointing to see such content in the frontpage. If I wanted to watch stupid videos I'd have gone to Youtube's Most Viewed. Here in /. I would expect to find something a bit less stupid. Quoting the nn newsreader motto: "No news is good news."

  32. Awesomer dorky dancing by ThanatosMinor · · Score: 1

    I have to say that one of my favorite videos involving dorky dancing is A Million Ways by OK Go

  33. 3 is in the air by murmel90 · · Score: 1

    BEST EVER!! I really love it.! :))

  34. This is really depressing. by piGeek31415 · · Score: 1

    Now that ./ has officially died, where can we go for "News for nerds. Stuff that matters?" Anyone have any non-youtube-reporting, nerdy news sites I can peruse?

  35. The last Straw by badinsults · · Score: 1
    Ok, I have witnessed the downfall of slashdot for some time, and this is the last straw. The only serious discussions are related to non-nerdy things like Jack Thompson or the RIAA. Whenever there is a science related post, it is full of modded up "jokes". And now this.

    Bookmark to this site deleted.

  36. For Pete's Sake! by Phoenix666 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yes it was obvious and we've all seen a lot of stuff like it before, but it was still funny. Don't be a killjoy. It's Memorial Day weekend.

    Go outside and play or something!

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    1. Re:For Pete's Sake! by Killjoy_NL · · Score: 1

      I'm Killjoy and I liked it :)

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  37. Re:Excuse me while I gouge my eyes out with a spoo by Vectronic · · Score: 1

    Of course 9/11 was an inside job... you had to be inside the little circle of people who did it!

  38. idle comment section - rendering by Memroid · · Score: 1

    The 'reply to this' button doesn't render properly on Vista/IE for the idle pages (I didn't have a sound card on my Ubuntu box).

    Also, this comment text box that I am typing in now appears to be about 30 characters wide.

    1. Re:idle comment section - rendering by TropicalCoder · · Score: 1

      I have exactly the same problem with Firefox 2.0.0.14 (current version) running on WinXP Pro

    2. Re:idle comment section - rendering by GaryOlson · · Score: 1

      I already reported this as a bug of the beta for the Chicago site.

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  39. It's not a bad concept... by Jane+Q.+Public · · Score: 1

    but it was DONE very badly! Gimme a fucking break!

  40. Arg! by hedronist · · Score: 1

    I've been RickRolled!

  41. Re:Excuse me while I gouge my eyes out with a spoo by Vectronic · · Score: 4, Informative

    Im not against little comedic stuff like this, or the Idle section itself, it was actually a good idea. But I think that the front page (or any of the main 'news' sections) should be for tech/science/economy/etc "stuff that matters"

    This is rightly in the Idle section, and if you were just looking for something to pass a few minutes and maybe a giggle or two... "choose" to go to the Idle section... just like you would choose to wander around YouTube by itself without having Slashdot.

    Weekend or not, I think most people expect Slashdot to provide informative "nerdy" things with a certain amount of dignity.

  42. Holy eff uck! by McNihil · · Score: 1

    Where is my barf bag!

  43. YouTube Happens by _aa_ · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You can't hide from it, and that's OK. It's not so bad guys. You may be disgusted now, but if the past decade has taught us anything it's that people can tolerate a lot of shit before it actually motivates them to action.

    In St. Louis, it took a 100% increase in gas prices to motivate people actually start carpooling, up ~30% recently. Every dime increase instigated vocal outrage, but little to no action. But when it starts eating into our beer budgets, then we call Ride-Finders.

    Slashdot has jumped the shark about 30 times now, and we still read it, we still participate. Heck, this is the first post I've been motivated to comment on in quite some time.

    All you youtube player haters best just chill. If you hate it so bad, it's a relatively free internet for the time being (legislation pending). Go start your own slashcode site with zero youtubes. We'll be right behind you in the other car. No seriously. We're not going to ditch you, honest.

  44. Re:Oh, dear.. by OMNIpotusCOM · · Score: 1

    ...she likes seeing... little dipshits like you... get put in her place.

    mmm... AC slams... delicious. As if the interwebs wasn't anonymous enough to give teenie boppers balls enough to try out the big boy voice, this guy wants to be sure that his karma doesn't get burned. Either that or he's smarter than all of us and doesn't even have an account here... he just proliferates it.

    *searches in his pocket for a moment, apparently finds what he is looking for and pulls it out to blow the dust off it*

    Fucktard. There ya go. Been a while since I've had to use that one.

  45. "What you know about that? I know all about that." by KefabiMe · · Score: 1

    For those of you that listen to hiphop & rap: What you know about math?

    The featured vid isn't that great. I agree it shouldn't have gotten it's own front page story. The vid I linked isn't that great, but I got more laughs out of it than "I will derive"

  46. The goggles by conureman · · Score: 1

    They do nothing.

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  47. DIGG by kipman725 · · Score: 1

    Ah so this is the april fools! one moment I thought I was on DIGG.

  48. Re:Excuse me while I gouge my eyes out with a spoo by X0563511 · · Score: 1

    Wow, there was a point to that. You sure showed us, Mr. Anonymous Prick.

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  49. A Texas Instrument Calculator? by RalphHightower · · Score: 1

    Really? A TI-84 Plus? Real math nerds and engineering students use HP Calculators, an HP-35, HP-45, HP-67, or HP-41! These younger kids need to learn Reverse Polish Notation instead of twittering their lives away. RPN ROCKS!

    1. Re:A Texas Instrument Calculator? by JaxWeb · · Score: 1

      Real maths nerds don't use calculators because there is no need for them.

      Engineering students might well need one though.

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    2. Re:A Texas Instrument Calculator? by RalphHightower · · Score: 1

      Yea, I packed a slide rule until the HP came out

  50. renders like crap, too by 6350' · · Score: 1

    And to add insult to injury, the page renders poorly on my box, further enhancing the pain:

    http://i27.tinypic.com/b47tbc.jpg

  51. Re:Excuse me while I gouge my eyes out with a spoo by Pazy · · Score: 1

    As long as the 'idle' stuff dosent appear too often, just providing a little bit of levity every now and then im perfectly happy with it appearing on the front page.

  52. Right Idea, wrong website by an.echte.trilingue · · Score: 3, Informative

    Netcraft doesn't track site popularity AFAIK, but Alexa does. And alexa does in fact confirm: slashdot is dying.

    I mean, what the fuck guys? This is such an awesome website. I know that stupid videos get a lot of click throughs in the short term, but you're driving away your regulars with that silly shit. News, fellas, post news.

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    1. Re:Right Idea, wrong website by Cow+Jones · · Score: 1

      [...] that doesn't mean Alexa's statistics are worth anything. They probably don't count XMLHttpRequests. The more people use the new AJAXified design, the fewer page views Alexa will count.
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  53. News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters by Wise+Dragon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, Slashdot, I am ok with seeing this on the front page, because it is so nerdy that it makes up for being irrelevant. I mean, Ask Slashdot isn't news, but its ok to have occasionally on the main page. As a regular reader of Fark, I know that most of what passes for "news" isn't. So to the haters: Relax. Simmer down a bit. Some of us enjoy a little nerdy goofiness.

    1. Re:News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters by John3 · · Score: 1

      And it's not exactly a busy news and discussion weekend. Here in the states it's a long holiday weekend so this post is the equivalent of hot dogs on the grill. Not very good for you, but it's a holiday so chill out and enjoy the days off.

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    2. Re:News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters by fyoder · · Score: 1

      Well, Slashdot, I am ok with seeing this on the front page, because it is so nerdy that it makes up for being irrelevant.

      Agreed. I found it painfully amusing as well. But if a larf is worthy of the front page then karma should be awarded for comments modded funny. At least be consistent.

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  54. i lol'd by thc4k · · Score: 1

    i loved this. Stop crying, you don't have to click everything that comes up on slashdot. At least if you are a sane person, not a complete slashdot addict.

  55. Re:Excuse me while I gouge my eyes out with a spoo by Lord+Ender · · Score: 1

    I love the word "sheeple." It's just one simple word that immediately lets me know the speaker is a douche bag, so I can ignore him.

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  56. Re:So what do you guys disklike about this? by Qzukk · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I thought the idea was awesome, myself. Everyone is just flipping out because an idle story made it to the front page.

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  57. I do not like this section by Omnifarious · · Score: 1

    I do not want to see posts from it. I notice that it doesn't appear in the sections list so I can turn it off. I want to turn it off.

  58. This is what makes /. great by Al+Al+Cool+J · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I know it has been said many times, but this is what makes slashdot great - the moderation system! When I first saw this video, I laughed. I enjoyed it. I thought it was funny and was glad that Slashdot had linked to it.

    Then I read the comments and realized that the video wasn't funny or appropriate, and was in fact a harbinger of the Apocalypse. I shouldn't be smiling and happy - I should be ranting and outraged. I should be writing my elected officials and forming citizens action committees.

    How dare slashdot trick people into a watching a silly youtube video buy disguising it as a story about a silly youtube video. Don't the slashdot editors realize that there is only a limited amount of webspace space on the internet, and they shouldn't be wasting it on stuff like this?

    I am so glad I have seen the error of my ways. Now I just need to know where I can get one of these giant sticks to ram up my pigu, so I too can be a diligent defender of Slashdot integrity.

    1. Re:This is what makes /. great by conureman · · Score: 1

      This is what makes slashdot great. Someone posts a link to a mildly interesting/amusing page, and slashdot readers fly off on all sorts of tangents, recursive/off-topic spazzing, &c. All you upset people- don't feed the trolls. Everyone else, enjoy.

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  59. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 1

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  60. Shut up you lousy sports by jtpjc · · Score: 1

    Oh please. Cut all the negative crap, you wannabe intellectuals. This video is funny as hell and totally Slashdottish. I have been reading slashdot for ages, and this submit was for me the reason to finally subscribe to this site and put up a comment. Yeah, finally I have something to say! And I say: screw you, for being sour and posting all these lousy comments.

    1. Re:Shut up you lousy sports by jtpjc · · Score: 1

      And I would like to add: have you ever had fun? And, did you like it?

  61. Slow news day? by conureman · · Score: 1

    I, for one, don't have enough time to surf the net in a TOTALLY random manner, so the occasional link to a good math joke is quite welcome here. YMMV. Is this really such a problem? There are lots of articles that I never even click on, I think you had fair warning on this one.

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  62. WTF? by hack++slash · · Score: 1

    What's with the HTML on this "story"? it's totally fucked up!

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  63. A lot of non-nerds must be reading /. these days by jejones · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...because all true nerds are laughing their heads off at this video. It's a hoot.

  64. Don't get angry, get even by Halo1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thanks to you and the GP for the inspiration :) And this is just to get rid of the "too few characters per line" complaint from the filter.

    First I thought "Oh fuck,
    this is travesty".
    The Slashlords fin'ly lost their touch,
    this really cannot be.
    But the idle section stayed,
    and while I cried out "This is wrong",
    the trolls grew strong.
    And even Taco plays along!
    Yes, they are back
    from all the chans.
    They took the training for the flaming
    and are here to grab their chance.
    Oh, do you think you have seen bad,
    well then you're in for a surprise.
    Cause on the one hand there is fluff
    but now get ready for demise!

    Go Taco go, give junk the floor.
    Ignore your readers.
    Nerds don't matter anymore.
    This idle style is hot, we are taking over Fark.
    Yet still I wonder...
    Did Slashdot really jump the shark?
    Don't link YouTube,
    just post a dupe!
    About cold fusion with hot grits
    greased by Piquepaille's lube.
    Even Katz stories are fine
    Even goatse seems divine
    when idle's stage
    is the frontpage.

    While this may sound like I'm new,
    my ID confides
    that while I could not pay
    for lower ones I've seen the tides.
    It seems the terrorists have won.
    Breakouts of common sense are gone.
    I used to mod.
    Now I'm just one more old sod.
    And I say now,
    get off my lawn!
    I hope that in Korea's shelters
    I can still respawn.
    And you can stick your idle site,
    its sorry style like soylent green.
    I'd rather pony up for pink
    and I bet so does your Kathleen...

    Go Taco go, give junk the floor. ...


    (alternate part for "Yes, they are back...":

    Slashdot cries out,
    The movie blares.
    Oh yes, on weekends they'll submit
    it till the firehose declares
    that the frontpage is their scene,
    the idle section is their heir,
    and if you don't vote for those films
    we've still got Jamie over there...
    )

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  65. Video is *poor* by sneakyimp · · Score: 1

    So somebody forgot that some of us are *music nerds*. That video gets a D-.

  66. Re:My FF3.0b5 on F9 doesn't have sound on youtube? by J.+J.+Ramsey · · Score: 1

    Just install libflashsupport. That will fix the problem.

  67. Re:Excuse me while I gouge my eyes out with a spoo by node+3 · · Score: 1

    Lighten up.

  68. Didn't RTFA by Pennidren · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can someone summarize it for me?

  69. Just don't by Mesa+MIke · · Score: 1

    ... drink and derive.

  70. Re:News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters. by joe+155 · · Score: 1

    "Because I think one way slashdot sets itself apart (and I'll get torn up over this but I still think it is true.) is in the quality of the comments."

    I really have to agree with you there... I don't seem to post anything like I used to (probably only do about 5 a month or so now, but I still keep coming back. Partly of course this is for the "news" element, but mainly it is because there is always at least one comment that is really worth reading written by someone who actually knows something about the subject. I'm just waiting until the topic comes round to academic political science so I can go for it in a highly insightful way; until then I guess I'll have to wait.

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  71. Tune is from Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" by DustCollector · · Score: 1

    Well, anyone who reads SlashDot over the Memorial Day weekend deserves this video. :-)

    Actually, I found this pretty funny. Is the average slashdot reader so young as to not recognize this is Gloria Gaynor's disco song "I Will Survive"?

  72. Note the trend by ichbineinneuben · · Score: 1

    First came the haters (to the discussion). Then came the nerdcore (more appreciative). Then came the hater haters. I just can't stop watching this discussion - it's textbook. Nerdcore FTW.

  73. Eagles had the original calculus song.. by AJWM · · Score: 1

    I always thought of The Eagles' "Take It To The Limit" (one more time) as The Calculus Song.

    My high school calculus teacher was always saying that.

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  74. Re:Excuse me while I gouge my eyes out with a spoo by nickos · · Score: 1

    Agreed. Is there a way to block this "idle" section? The "Configuring Slashdot's Homepage" page doesn't list it in the "Customize Stories on the Homepage" bit.

  75. If this video's placement on the main page by yerktoader · · Score: 1

    is really the last straw for you, well....

    SEE YA

    Seriously, wtf bothers you so much about this that you can't have a laugh? Last I checked a bunch of nerds are responsible for the majority of good comedy over the last 20 years, but somehow you lot made poopypants and are screaming for mommy to change your diapers...

  76. Hah! Try this on for size! by Torodung · · Score: 1

    Try integrating the school system! ;^)

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  77. In Defense of Idle by klenwell · · Score: 1

    I don't know, I could see a niche for this, especially now that FarkTV has bit the dust.

    It's always nice to have a place to go on the internet when I need to see something totally mediocre, get my daily dose of unadulterated contempt and loathing, or just want to be mean myself.

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    1. Re:In Defense of Idle by Vectronic · · Score: 1

      "I don't know, I could see a niche for this..."

      There is, and from a profit, business stand-point I can understand why Slashdot would want to tap into that market, there are hundreds of "Put your bullshit here" sites, however the demand continues to grow faster than the supply.

      If Slashdot wants to join in, go for it, thats their decision, but I dont think it should be merged into Slashdot, start another site, SlantDot or something...

  78. Re:I get to say vitriol...and probably spell it wr by macshit · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's the same shit, so why does mindless news incite anger and "sheeple" references when being sold to doesn't?

    Well if there's one thing that's been constant about slashdot over the years, it's that people love to whine about the stories. They still read them and comment of course.

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  79. Re:My FF3.0b5 on F9 doesn't have sound on youtube? by mikelieman · · Score: 1

    Thanks!

    That did it. FWIW, It wasn't a *clean* install of F9, so it's not unimaginable something got lost in the upgrade, but it still would have been nice if Anaconda had figured it out... ( or maybe it was the preupgrade-er-er...

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  80. Idle is important by unity100 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    im a web developer, also a sysadmin, one of the things you call as 'all in one'. i come to slashdot for serious stuff. i laugh at many comments that are sprinkled within, true, but for relaxation and fun, i have to go to a profession forum. a SINGLE section, the 'lounge' section meets my online watercooler needs. because i dont have it on slashdot.

    it would be good to have some place to chill out in slashdot. therefore i would be able to get everything related to internet and geekdom and tech and what goddamn culture we have going on the net, in one place.

    i see the exaggerated reactions against this idle thing as a bit overblown. that video may or may not have place on the main page, however idle definitely should be a an accessible part of slashdot. yes. i want to see funny geeky stuff in some insert, some box or whatever here, on slashdot.

    so then get a hold on yerselves and start acting sensible. propose ways in how idle thing can be made a part of slashdot and enrich whatever we have here, instead of ranting like an elitist.

  81. I don't mind Digg. by mecenday · · Score: 1

    Digg is alright... just not in my Slashdot. When I wish to read Digg, I will.

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  82. Your point is...? by OMNIpotusCOM · · Score: 1

    ...and the old hands who like to try to make points without having one first, allowing others to bandwagon with them to form some kind of Voltron bahamut of pointlessnessity, attempting to negate valid arguments with phrases like "whine", "tin-foil hat", and commenting on UINs (leave it to nerds to take pride in some small). It's a lot easier to cut someone else down than to have an original thought of your own, of course.

    You've been here long enough to know that it's user-generated stories and comments, so you should be happy that the process moves on, regardless of how insipid you pretend it is.

  83. Why has no one said this? by ichbineinneuben · · Score: 1

    Going thru the previous comments no one has mentioned the obvious - this is a CmdrTaco post, so whiners may STFU and start their own site, eh? There is and ought to be a different standard.

  84. Idle section? That's *news* to me. by Das+Auge · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm a casual Slashdot reader. I usually just check the front page on Slashdot. This is the first time that I've heard about the Idle section.

    If it has funny stuff like this, I'm there.

    I think that, once in a blue moon, putting something on the front page from other sections that don't normally make it there is a good thing.

  85. Oh that is BAD! by Liz99 · · Score: 1

    But you gotta love geeks dancing! It's so rare to see and they seem to get so much joy out of it. (post from a geekwatcher)

  86. Funny by StormReaver · · Score: 1

    The dancing was terrible, the singing was atrocious, and the song was totally butchered.

    In other words, it was great for its intent: a good laugh. And, having never taken Calculus in college, I finally learned which long vowel to use when pronouncing Leibniz's name. That's gotta be good for something.

  87. Bad? This is fscking awesome by xski · · Score: 1


    To the folks who had the spare time on their hands to do this, I thank you. Its just the sort of thing I'd like to do, if I had that sort of spare time on my hands.

    -x

  88. Drop Idle, Keep Comment bar by RyoShin · · Score: 3, Insightful

    For those who don't know, Idle has been around for a few months now, though I know of no official announcement. This tells me that Slashdot is trying to throw it in under the radar, for whatever reason.

    Please, Slashdot, drop this. This isn't Fark, this isn't Digg, this isn't StumbleUpon. While I don't hate those sites, this kind of stuff belongs there. Slashdot is about "hard" news (with an editorial bias) and science/tech industry, not "LOL THATS FUNNAYE". Not to say we can't have humor, but it should be the tongue-in-cheek or irony kind.

    One good thing Idle does have-- the comment bar. Compared to the comment bar on regular Slashdot entries, this is light years ahead. It's much smoother, it doesn't take up a large amount of space on the left side (making some comments look longer than they really are), and overall is just cleaner.

    Take that, go back o the old "Reply to This|Parent" stripe (instead of those unnecessarily large buttons), and you'll be doing Slashdot a great service.

    But drop Idle first. Seriously, it's completely worthless. I'm really glad I'm not paying for this shit.

    1. Re:Drop Idle, Keep Comment bar by catdevnull · · Score: 1

      I dunno--nerdy schlock like this seems to have a special place on slashdot.

      If this was a link to yet another Chocolate Rain spoof, I'd probably agree, but those two dorks in the video look like most of the slashdotters I know.

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      I might know what I'm talkin' about, but then again, this is Slashdot...
  89. I will survive - Gloria Gaynor by Aging_Newbie · · Score: 2, Informative
  90. Shame that the video... by yoris · · Score: 1

    ... is 2 seconds too long.

  91. This is insightful? I should use the f word more. by Kludge · · Score: 1

    What really amuses me is that this guy, rather than just taking two seconds to ignore the article, spent two minutes two type something stupider.

    By the way, people: If you didn't think that video was really funny, you're not really nerds. Anyone with a lower ID number is welcome to disagree with me.

    Slashdot has always been about fun nerdy stuff. Thanks, CmdrTaco, for not taking yourself too seriously.

  92. And because it was funny to you... by Animaether · · Score: 1

    ...the rest of us should not have the option to filter it out?

    How about the option to at least not see the thumbnail image that went with it; i.e. respecting my existing preferences NOT to see the stupid story images (borg Bill gets old quickly)

    btw, why am I typing this in a form that seems squeeeeeeeezed together horizontally? (Firefox, thankyouverymuch)

    1. Re:And because it was funny to you... by Killjoy_NL · · Score: 1

      You can always NOT click the article link?

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  93. goodbye by acm · · Score: 1

    It's official. After nearly 10 years, Slashdot is no longer my homepage. Goodbye Slashdot, hello reddit. The site hasn't been the same for me since the new comment system.

  94. Re:This is insightful? I should use the f word mor by Photar · · Score: 1

    I thought it was funny, but not really funny. I'm only posting this because I have a lower ID than you.

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  95. Re:Oh, dear.. by Photar · · Score: 1

    I'm thinking that the idle section will be like candy for trolls. It will raise the signal to noise ratio for the regular news.

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  96. Re:Excuse me while I gouge my eyes out with a spoo by MrNaz · · Score: 1

    Come, friend, let us lament the integration of nerd culture with that part of the bell curve where dy/dx is a small positive value.

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  97. Hopeful to find the ARML version? by AySz88 · · Score: 1

    Out of seriousness, it's very similar to another I Will Derive that was done for a long-ago ARML song contest. It had great snipplets that went something like "the expansion of sine alpha plus e to the pi... / But I am resolute / to Lagrange and substitute / ...carry the psi... / what's the square root of minus i!? / I will derive!".

    But this one was shorter (to fit within a time limit of a minute or half a minute). It was passed down to me through my county's math team coach for NYSML and ARML. Too bad, it's probably been lost to the ages...unless someone here happens to remember or it? *hopeful*

  98. Re:A lot of non-nerds must be reading /. these day by LS · · Score: 1

    This "nerd" moniker is just a lighthearted way to describe the site's content, and not a damn religion or species. I'm sick of everyone creating a specific "nerd" classification that every reader of Slashdot must be part of otherwise they have no right to an opinion. Humans are more complex and varied than that. There is no such think as a "true nerd", so go shove it.

    I have a computer science degree, been reading slashdot since the mid-90s, and run an internet company - I have several characteristics that you would probably call "nerdy", but I do not believe myself to be a "nerd". I also have a hot girlfriend, go out partying regularly, play sports, have lots of friends that know nothing of tech.

    By the way this video is stupid as hell.

    LS

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  99. Re:A lot of non-nerds must be reading /. these day by InvisblePinkUnicorn · · Score: 1

    Where was the funny part? There were no brilliant math jokes that only math nerds would get. If you were forced to take pre-calc in high school, you would get the jokes.

  100. OMG, not even one funny mod? by Mathinker · · Score: 1

    OK, your comment wasn't orders of magnitude more funny than the video, but I just can't believe no one modded you Funny rather than Insightful (although I admit that your post is funny because of the contrast between the sarcastic insight vs. the sudden switchover to vulgarity at the end).

    Anyway, personally I found your post funnier than the video (which itself wasn't bad, well, at least not unintentionally bad) --- thanks!

  101. Whoosh! by Mathinker · · Score: 1

    And you think it would have been funnier if it had been made with standard MTV production values?

    Sometime being bad is the point. It's called camp.

    But perhaps you have to be someone who watched Batman on television as a child and later saw it as an adult in order to understand...

  102. Friendly adivce to CmdrTaco by a.ameri · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Listen CmdrTaco

    I love slashdot. I was a teen when I found it, and to this day I've told countless number of people that I've learned more from slashdot and its community than from all my 6 years and 2 so-called prestigious academic degrees combined.

    I am hugely in debt to you for creating slashdot.

    I understand the motivation behind this post, but thinking of the longer term, I'm sure you realise that this really will put a dent in ./'s readership. We are not here to watch youtube videos. Slashdot is not, and should not bring itself down to the level of any jackass blog out there. After all, you existed long before the word 'blog' was conceived.

    PLEASE do not ruin slashdot. Keep idle out of front page, and make it an opt-in option for anyone who wants to view it on their front page.

    I trust you will act according to your instincts and convince your overlords to heed this advice.

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    1. Re:Friendly adivce to CmdrTaco by Hockney+Twang · · Score: 1

      Check out my comment below. If Taco won't fix it, this script will.

  103. Please by dreamchaser · · Score: 1

    Can I have 3 minutes and 16 seconds of my life back? Please?

    And PLEASE STOP POSTING THIS KIND OF CRAP. At least give us a 'no video' filter.

    Kthx bye.

  104. Problem Solving by PingPongBoy · · Score: 1

    Well, the lyrics "But I am resolute / to Lagrange and substitute / ...carry the psi... / what's the square root of minus i!? / I will derive!" show a good deal of knowledge about math, but the song in the video this article is based on seems to be aimed more at pre-university students. Each syllable is enunciated, and the concepts are totally elementary. It may be quite the mnemonic for morons.

    I'm the kind that hates to memorize lists, and life is full of them. One thing I liked to do in solving problems, particularly on exams, is to remember the reasoning involved to obtain lists or formulas. Doing so was more interesting. If I used a list or methodology for a number of instances, I wouldn't forget, but that sometimes is more time consuming than can be done when I had to learn a number of new details in a few short hours.

    So, fellow slashdotters, what do you do to help yourself remember or approach a problem?

    BTW, the slashdot page for this article is really messed up. There are no REPLY buttons, and when I click on the article number to reply, the buttons are still not intuitive. Finally this comment has to be entered in a little box that is narrower than its height.

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  105. Beta testing? by antoniolifer · · Score: 1

    So is this the new way to beta-test the new Chicago cluster?

    I'd derive... load to the old site instead...

  106. Remove Idle Section from Front Page by Hockney+Twang · · Score: 1

    http://parksideninjas.com/greasemonkey/noidle.user.js

    If you have the Greasemonkey Firefox extension installed, or use Opera userscripts, you can install this script to remove Idle stories from the /. front page.

    1. Re:Remove Idle Section from Front Page by vrmlguy · · Score: 1

      Hey! Any chance you could write a script to open /. links in a new window/tab? Thanks!

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    2. Re:Remove Idle Section from Front Page by Hockney+Twang · · Score: 1

      Sure. Check out http://parksideninjas.com/greasemonkey/slashdotlinkopener.user.js
      Note that this forces every single link on slashdot to open in a new window/tab. Even internal navigation. Not sure if that's what you meant, but it is what you asked for!

    3. Re:Remove Idle Section from Front Page by vrmlguy · · Score: 1

      I'm impressed. That's pretty simple, and it does exactly what I want. Opening every link that way is fine with me; I can always disable GM if I really need to. Or now that I see how easy it is, I may fix it to zap just the links in <div id="articles">.

      I like to read /. and open every interesting link in a new tab. Then, while the pages are loading in the background, I go through and read them in chronological order.

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  107. So much vitriol... by __aailob1448 · · Score: 1

    I thought the video was funny and I laughed several times.

    I'm sure it's just a matter of time before idle stories can be filtered out by those who wish to.

  108. My eyes! by ztcamper · · Score: 1

    The goggles!!! They do noooothing!

  109. Re:Oh, dear.. by OMNIpotusCOM · · Score: 1

    Faggot. Bet that isn't the first time you've been called that today

    Well... no... you just did it an hour before, in your other anonymous post that was strangely similar to this one. A way of hedging your bet, I would guess.

    Oh, and if you really want to insult someone twice anonymously, at least try to be creative in one of them instead of just letting the same tripe dribble off your lower lip. If it wasn't impressive enough the first time, why do you think it will be more cool the second? It will impress your high school friends more if you can use a thesaurus when you babble the same thing incoherently twice..