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Places Where the World's Tech Pools, Despite the Internet

Posted by timothy on from the pretty-people-pool-in-airports dept.

Slatterz writes "A decade ago people were talking about the death of distance, and how the internet would make physical geography irrelevant. This has not come to pass; there are still places around the world that are hubs of technology just as there are for air travel, product manufacturing or natural resource exploitation. This list of the ten best IT centres of excellence includes some interesting trivia about Station X during the Second World War, why Romania is teeming with software developers, Silicon Valley, Fort Meade Maryland, and Zhongguancun in China, where Microsoft is building its Chinese headquarters."

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  1. Make physical geography irrelevant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But people still need to live in buildings.

    I say follow the buildings.

  2. Fix the "comments" system by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Seriously Slashdot, can you please replace the fscking ridiculous comment "slider" on the left side of the screen? It totally sucks. Hire a proper UI designer.

    1. Re:Fix the "comments" system by techno-vampire · · Score: 1, Offtopic
      This removes the slider functionality.

      You mean it's supposed to have some sort of functionality? I thought it was just intended to uglify the page like the rest of the "improvements" and turned them off as quickly as I could.

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    2. Re:Fix the "comments" system by saiha · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I can't imagine it would be that difficult to write your own filter to customize your slashdot experience. So either do that and stop whining or propose a solution. "X SUCKS" isn't a solution.

    3. Re:Fix the "comments" system by techno-vampire · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Why tell me this? I thought I'd made it clear that I'd turned them off, along with all the other crud. I'm using Slashdot classic, so I don't see all those stupid ideas.

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    4. Re:Fix the "comments" system by coaxial · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      The thing with the new /. ui is that it's so confusing and awkward. Checkboxes that don't toggle when you put the point of the mouse on them, but only when you put the shaft of the mouse on it. (It's a standard UI element people! You don't have to do anything to it!)

      I can't figure out what the colors on articles mean. It's something about scoring, but only the cylon god only knows for sure. Red and green, sure. Even yellow. Purple? What is that? And scoring articles? Isn't that what editors are for? Voting just leads to digg levels of crap and group think.

      The sliders layout the page with tons of collapsed comments, regardless to how you slide them.

      Modal "dialogs" that have too much text in them you have to scroll. WTF? (Can that lameass web2.0 ui fad please go die in a gutter?)

      Switching from the main page to a user's page is completely different in layout. The preferences all have snarky names like "daddypants" I have no idea what any of this means. (FYI: don't do a public beta with codenames on your main site)

      I wouldn't feel so bad about it if it wasn't just so damn confusing. I have no idea what any of this means, nor how it works, and I've been on this site for 10 years.

    5. Re:Fix the "comments" system by techno-vampire · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      The thing with the new /. ui is that it's so confusing and awkward.

      So turn it off, like I did. I'd love to see a Slashdot poll about what people think of the new design. I bet that "I hate it" would win by a landslide, which is why we'll never see it.

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    6. Re:Fix the "comments" system by coaxial · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      It was off. I turned it back on just for that comment. ;)

      "Hate it" would probably win even if the UI was perfect, but don't underestimate the "They provide this for FREE!!!!! You should be GREATFUL!!!! You can't criticize!" crowd.