Re:Seriously...
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pootypeople
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· Score: 4, Informative
A good point, but today's xkcd was a real winner. Perhaps there are a few unenlightened souls that visit/. but not xkcd who needed a push in the right direction.
Re:Seriously...
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rjolley
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· Score: 2, Informative
Re:Someone disagrees ...
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ticklemeozmo
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· Score: 2, Informative
See, xkcd is clearly getting better. Not a shitty comic for over a year!
-- When modding "Informative", please make sure it both has a source and IS actually informative.
Re:Are we Digg Now?
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Eil
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· Score: 4, Informative
Uh oh, another confused commenter. To the Slashdot FAQ!
Why did you post story X?
Slashdot is many things to many people. Some people think it's a Linux site. To others, it's a geek hangout. I've always worked very hard to make sure that Slashdot matches up with my interests and the interests of my authors. We think we're pretty typical Slashdot readers... but that does mean that occasionally one of us might post something that you think is inappropriate. You might be interested in my Omelette rant.
Personally, I have a pet peeve when people post comments saying things like "That's not News For Nerds!" and "That's not Stuff that Matters!" Slashdot has been running for almost 5 years, and over that time, I have always been the final decision maker on what ends up on the homepage. It turns out that a lot of people agree with me: Linux, Legos, Penguins, Sci (both real and fiction). If you've been reading Slashdot, you know what the subjects commonly are, but we might deviate occasionally. It's just more fun that way. Variety Is The Spice Of Life and all that, right? We've been running Slashdot for a long time, and if we occasionally want to post something that someone doesn't think is right for Slashdot, well, we're the ones who get to make the call. It's the mix of stories that makes Slashdot the fun place that it is.
(Emphasis mine.)
Re:Seriously...
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 2, Informative
It's not like you need to burst a vein every time you see XKCD mentioned somewhere.
Have you ever heard of "getting sick of" something? xkcd has been going around for ages, and we're constantly coming across it in anything that's marginally related to computers or science. Besides, the maliciousness of your post omitted one of the most important points: the vandalism on Wikipedia. There is already a page on Wikipedia creates SPECIFICALLY because of the xkcd vandalism. Clearly it's not just one person who's "bursting a vein" because of that webcomic; this thing has gotten out of hand.
There's nothing absurd with maintaining a blog like that. It doesn't take much time, it's a good way for relieving stress, and, quite simply, it's fun. Besides, it's worth to point out that pretty much all active participants of that blog were once fans of xkcd (me included). So, people are not just vomiting random rage, but putting out honest opinions and pondering why it was once seen as good, and seems so awful today. The overall conclusion is that Randall Munroe has clever ideas sometimes, but is an incredibly bad writer. Maybe he had several ideas for inspiration in the early days, but the well's run dry, and now all we get is bad writing, lazy humour without obvious targets, and much, much pandering towards the people who want to be science/computer geeks and feel better than everyone. There are grounds for disagreement, but I think that argument of "don't like it, don't read it" is weak and lazy, just like xkcd. It's like complaining about negative reviews on IMDb; the Internet's a free place, people.
- Fernie Canto, Anonymous Coward
Re:Seriously...
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Gulthek
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· Score: 2, Informative
You misunderstand, xkcdsucks is for those of us who loved xkcd when it was still good.
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A good point, but today's xkcd was a real winner. Perhaps there are a few unenlightened souls that visit /. but not xkcd who needed a push in the right direction.
I much prefer http://xkcdsucks.blogspot.com/ Not everyone is a fan.
See, xkcd is clearly getting better. Not a shitty comic for over a year!
When modding "Informative", please make sure it both has a source and IS actually informative.
Uh oh, another confused commenter. To the Slashdot FAQ!
(Emphasis mine.)
It's not like you need to burst a vein every time you see XKCD mentioned somewhere.
Have you ever heard of "getting sick of" something? xkcd has been going around for ages, and we're constantly coming across it in anything that's marginally related to computers or science. Besides, the maliciousness of your post omitted one of the most important points: the vandalism on Wikipedia. There is already a page on Wikipedia creates SPECIFICALLY because of the xkcd vandalism. Clearly it's not just one person who's "bursting a vein" because of that webcomic; this thing has gotten out of hand.
There's nothing absurd with maintaining a blog like that. It doesn't take much time, it's a good way for relieving stress, and, quite simply, it's fun. Besides, it's worth to point out that pretty much all active participants of that blog were once fans of xkcd (me included). So, people are not just vomiting random rage, but putting out honest opinions and pondering why it was once seen as good, and seems so awful today. The overall conclusion is that Randall Munroe has clever ideas sometimes, but is an incredibly bad writer. Maybe he had several ideas for inspiration in the early days, but the well's run dry, and now all we get is bad writing, lazy humour without obvious targets, and much, much pandering towards the people who want to be science/computer geeks and feel better than everyone. There are grounds for disagreement, but I think that argument of "don't like it, don't read it" is weak and lazy, just like xkcd. It's like complaining about negative reviews on IMDb; the Internet's a free place, people.
- Fernie Canto, Anonymous Coward
You misunderstand, xkcdsucks is for those of us who loved xkcd when it was still good.
http://xkcdsucks.blogspot.com/2008/10/frequently-asked-irritating-self.html
Regardless, XKCD Explained is much better and more insightful heckling of the comic.
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