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It seems to me that the simple fix for this guy is to make a new account and get the guts to tell his wife to stop calling work.
On Wed June 25, 2008 ********* wrote:
"Is it possible to take all of my account information and insert it into a new account? I ask because my wife has started to check on me through Slashdot while I'm at work. She doesn't think I am working if I post during the day. It has reached the point where she will call work if she sees that I have posted. My boss doesn't like it and I can't get her to stop. I'd hate to have to get my karma back up to where it is now or have my posts (which are very good mostly) not associated with a new account. I know I could just start posting anonymous coward but I have a problem with having what I write linked to the word coward. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you in advance."
On Sat July 7, 2007 ******** wrote:
"If I become someone's friend can I see everything they post even if they post anonymously? I think my wife is having an affair with one of your users. I have no direct proof but she doesn't talk to me when I get home like she used to, she doesn't seem interested in what I have to say or planning trips. Worst of all she gets upset at me when I try to touch her. I know she is very attracted to geek types (I can be a bit of a nerd) and she shuts off the screen when I come in. I thought at first she was talking to someone on a singles site or was looking at something inappropriate but when I made her show me one night it was Slashdot. I asked why she didn't want me to know she was looking at Slashdot and her excuse was ridiculous. I assume she's been talking to someone on your site and It would be a great help if you could let me know how to find out what she has been doing. I would be willing to get a subscription if you could help."
I think the obvious solution is that he should leave his wife and marry the first guy. That way there wouldn't be any question as to why anyone was reading Slashdot. They could live the rest of their lives commenting together. It's kind of romantic. Finally, we have a guy who should shut off his machine and play with his damn kids before they come home wearing black mascara and sporting a new face tattoo. His wife is right. They are a lot more fun when they are not telling you how you ruined their lives.
On Sun Jan 20, 2008 ****** wrote:
"I have 2 young kids and it would be great if you made a Slashdot kids section. Your readers are getting older and most are going to have kids soon if they don't already. I'm not sure if you have children but in case you don't let me tell you how hard it is to get anything done in your free-time that doesn't involve yelling at them and putting them in timeout. My wife is always complaining that the kids just want to play with me and that I should be grateful, when they get older they may want nothing to do with us. It would be awesome if I could plop them down in front of a computer next to me and look at kids stuff on Slashdot. That way we would be doing something together. Just a thought. I love the site but would really love it if I could use it to spend time with the kids."
Yeah, I loathed moving accounts without being able to take my karma with me, but it's really not that bad. If you behave yourself, you should get that +1 bonus back pretty quickly.
Since this thread will soon be filled with the tortured whining of socially stunted geeks who can't figure out how to set up their preferences to not display "idle" submissions, let me be the first to celebrate this week's episode of the best thing about /.
Bring it, haters: I have karma to burn.
You catch enchiladas by picking them up behind the head and holding them underwater until they don't kick anymore -VeGas
I am sleeping with that guys wife.
Christ. Tell her to stop calling and get back in the goddamn kitchen and make you a sandwich.
Um, I don't think this thread is about what you think it's about.
Hey - hitting your kids is fine. Heck, I didn't turn out to bad!
Shoot - gotta go - the prison guard says my weekly computer time is up.
-- I really need to bleed off some of this
With the high divorce rate, I have given up on my wife and instead have cats. It would be great if you could add a section for cats. Sometimes my cat wants to play, but I want to read /., so she sits on my keyboard and meows at me. It would be awesome if I could plop her down in front of a computer, so we could be doing something together.
Also, when I am at work she monitors me on slashdot. This is why I have to post AC. Sometimes she even responds. You know all the comments that seem like the poster couldn't type at all? That's her.
"On Sun Jan 20, 2008 ****** wrote: "I have 2 young kids and it would be great if you made a Slashdot kids section."
"Slashdot Announces Idle Section"
- CmdrTaco, Aug 14, 2008
Ask, and you shall receive. Took a while, though. His wife probably took the kids and left already. Way to put family first, Slashdot.
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Those complaining about having to see Idle stories in the RSS feed, use Yahoo Pipes (or write your own script, this is a geek site after all) and filter out any RSS item that contains "<slash:section>idle</slash:section>". Processing XML isn't exactly rocket science. Doing it using Yahoo Pipes is probably best, they'll host a synthesized feed for you that other Idle-haters can mooch off.
Go somewhere random
Shotgun marriages from knocking up governors' daughters is at least one thing that drives those divorce rates up.
"I prefer to protect my 8 year old from some of the crap that goes on in public forums."
Yeah, those libertarians here creep me out on occasions.
Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power lost.
While kids will get exposed to a lot of stuff, I prefer to protect my 8 year old from some of the crap that goes on in public forums.
"Daddy, why doesn't my butt stretch out like that?"
80% of my class acts like freshmen high school students in a study hall.
As the only mature student a while ago (doing an RPL course) I totally agree. It was so difficult to concentrate on coursework with a bunch of high-school rejects. Also it seems that even the older gals (especially) who found themselves 'back at school' after an absence of 20 years suddenly start acting like 15yr olds is not only funny and embarrassing, but I had to protect my 'virginity' for the 2nd time in my life! I've never met a bunch of hornier, desperate women! It's really difficult to concentrate on some kind of knotty problem with these women continually passing me, brushing against me, touching me inappropriately, making secretive lewd suggestions, passing me notes and hanging around my car at the end of the day! And they weren't 'bombshells' either! They seemed to have forgotten what they really looked like (some thin, some fat, some voluptuous - all around the 35 to 45 yr old), and by the end of the course they were wearing revealing clothes, lots of heavy makeup, younger style hairdos and so much perfume that the air was toxic around me! Then there came the jealousy and bitch-fighting. This was particularly bad. Can you imagine a reasonably attractive 40 year old wearing a see-through pink chiffon top with a black push-up bra, an almost mini-skirt and visible red frilly panties having a slanging and pushing match with 2 others in the cafeteria? She slipped and fell and me being chivalrous went and helped her up. That was a mistake.
By the end of the course I was a total wreck. The high school rejects all failed - maybe one or 2 just passed, most of the women passed but it was 18 weeks of hell.
Don't be apathetic. Procrastinate!