CmdrTaco can do whatever he wants because he has the powers of SYSADMIN. He has no serial number.
Excellent timing
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 3, Insightful
Having just spent 17 hours bringing a server back online after a third party team blew up a data center move I am greatly amused. Note to data center migration teams teams when moving large production databases, copy, don't cut!!!!!
Re:Excellent timing
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auntieNeo
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Having just spent 17 hours bringing a server back online after a third party team blew up a data center move I am greatly amused.
Did you crawl through ventilation ducts or kill anyone in the process? CmdrTaco must have, unless I misunderstood the phrase "hit the nail on the head."
Re:Excellent timing
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bsDaemon
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· Score: 5, Funny
no, but i climb through an SSH tunnel and kill -9 zombie procs on the regular. that's the same thing, right?
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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keithpreston
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I agree XKCD shouldn't make the front page of slashdot, but the last 2 XKCD's have been some of their best (top 5%) and the ones before that not too shabby. Either way, with the principle of explosion, I'm going to call your mom and report that you have a dirty mouth among other things to discuss with her over box wine.
Re:Seriously...
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rjolley
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· Score: 2, Informative
It baffles me that anybody thinks it worth the time to write a blog like this. OK, you don't like xkcd? Don't visit it. There is a whole web out there, people. There are probably more webcomics alone than any one person can read. Move along, leave this one behind. For me, it is funny enough often enough to justify the energy spent in clicking on the link to it. Which is not the highest of praise.
-- Consciousness is an illusion caused by an excess of self consciousness.
Re:Seriously...
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Razalhague
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So you prefer a blog which complains about such atrocities as "Something happens in fiction that would not happen in real life"?
Re:Seriously...
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twidarkling
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It baffles me that anybody thinks it worth the time to write a blog like this. OK, you don't like xkcd? Don't visit it. There is a whole web out there, people.
Except for those of use who don't like it, we keep getting shit like slashdot today. The fawning fanboys shove it down our throats. The worst of it is every time something's mentioned in a strip, there's immediately some dumbass trying to put an "in popular culture" reference on its wikipedia page saying "OMG XKCD MENTIONED THIS!" So, no, it's not as simple as "not visiting it." Unless you're prepared for a blanket moratorium on people mentioning XKCD on the rest of the Internet. Somehow, I doubt that, so in the meantime, I'll continue to visit that blog.
-- Canada: The US's more awesome sibling.
Re:Seriously...
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Opportunist
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So you're not a fan. Ok. I'm not a fan of Apple. I'm not a fan of... whoever won the latest American Idiot contest. I'm not a fan of a million other things that other people think are just too cool.
But why bother starting a website about something you don't want to deal with? Is people's life so empty, so devoid of anything that they really have the time to devote to things they do not like?
It's not like xkcd (or whatever else you don't like) has any impact on your life. I don't like some of the laws out there, and I'm certain to stand up and speak out against them because they can and sometimes do affect me. But a webpage? A computer brand? Hell, even a singer I can't stand would have more impact on me if I ever forgot to load my MP3 player and had to tune in to a radio station while driving!
Yet I manage to just ignore them.
-- We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
I hate broccoli. You know what I do when someone who loves broccoli starts fawning over some dish they recently ate which had broccoli in it? Nothing really, I just enjoy the conversation and talk about something I like in response. I don't even have to mention I don't like broccoli.
It's not like you need to burst a vein every time you see XKCD mentioned somewhere. If you do you can't really call it dislike anymore.
Although maybe I'm doing it wrong. The next time I'm in a restaurant and I see someone at another table with broccoli, I'm going to turn beat red and throw a hissy fit about how horrible broccoli is and how terrible it is that I have to see the stuff in public because of those damned broccoli lovers who think it's some miracle cancer curing vegetable or something. Yeah, that "Don't sweat the small stuff" crap won't be for me anymore. I'm going to make a big deal out of absolutely nothing.
Starting with your comment. How am I doing?
-- Thunderclone: ONE MAN ENTERS! TWO MEN LEAVE! ONE MAN ENTERS! TWO MEN LEAVE!
Re:Seriously...
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Anonymous Coward
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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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You misunderstand, xkcdsucks is for those of us who loved xkcd when it was still good.
I'll have you know I suffered intense emotional distress when I saw the mention of broccoli.
-- Thunderclone: ONE MAN ENTERS! TWO MEN LEAVE! ONE MAN ENTERS! TWO MEN LEAVE!
Seriously...
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auntieNeo
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· Score: 4, Insightful
Who reads Slashdot without checking xkcd? Anyone?
I just happened to check Slashdot first today.
Don't anger the sysadmin
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buruonbrails
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· Score: 5, Funny
Or he'll kill you with his bearded chin
Are we Digg Now?
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nefus
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· Score: 5, Insightful
Honestly....
Re:Are we Digg Now?
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Eil
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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.)
Yeah, yeah, it IS funny
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Vintermann
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... but it's also blatant flattery of his core audience!
-- xkcd is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
Re:Yeah, yeah, it IS funny
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maxwell+demon
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... but it's also blatant flattery of his core audience!
Only if you think being so fixated on your job to dismiss more important things (the hostages, in this case) is a good thing.
-- The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
Re:Jesus fucking christ
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Imaria
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You seem angry about something. I can't put my finger on it...
Re:Someone disagrees ...
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Fozzyuw
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This is comment about comments and I realize I might be doing the same thing I'm complaining that other's are. Actually I'm pretty sure I am.
Overall I dont like when comments like 'what's this doing on slashdot?'. Give attention to topics that are interesting to you personally. If a comment is not interesting, why do even bother giving it time? That's a waste of time. Reading an a boring article and then complaining about it.
Re:I don't come to slashdot for the stories
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Drantin
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Did you know that they have a forum to discuss individual comics?
-- Actio personalis moritur cum persona. (Dead men don't sue)
Don't Forget To Invoke Fanboism
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weston
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Although maybe I'm doing it wrong. The next time I'm in a restaurant and I see someone at another table with broccoli, I'm going to turn beat red and throw a hissy fit about how horrible broccoli is and how terrible it is that I have to see the stuff in public because of those damned broccoli lovers who think it's some miracle cancer curing vegetable or something.
Don't forget to rail against the groupthink of "Broccoli Fanbois" and talk about how the CVM (Cruciferous Vegetable Megacorp) has blinded everybody with their PR, marketing, and lobbying. All while better vegetables like onions and collard greens end up playing second fiddle. I mean, you might be modded/shouted down but somebody has to say it.
Slashdot Mirror
I know it's idle, but where is the news..? I don't come to slashdot for comics, that's what RSS feeds are for.
Having just spent 17 hours bringing a server back online after a third party team blew up a data center move I am greatly amused. Note to data center migration teams teams when moving large production databases, copy, don't cut!!!!!
Myself and another admin at my company remarked that hostage situations were unlikely in our data rooms, but not an impossibility.
What. The. Fuck?
Who reads Slashdot without checking xkcd? Anyone? I just happened to check Slashdot first today.
Or he'll kill you with his bearded chin
Honestly....
... but it's also blatant flattery of his core audience!
xkcd is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
You seem angry about something. I can't put my finger on it...
Someone seems to frequently disagree...
"The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth." ~1984 George Orwell
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.
Best xkcd comic ever (Well, if you're lucky.)
Actually, I suppose someone should've made an 'Obligatory article' reply...
**TODO** [X] Steal someone elses sig.
This is comment about comments and I realize I might be doing the same thing I'm complaining that other's are. Actually I'm pretty sure I am. Overall I dont like when comments like 'what's this doing on slashdot?'. Give attention to topics that are interesting to you personally. If a comment is not interesting, why do even bother giving it time? That's a waste of time. Reading an a boring article and then complaining about it.
Did you know that they have a forum to discuss individual comics?
Actio personalis moritur cum persona. (Dead men don't sue)
Although maybe I'm doing it wrong. The next time I'm in a restaurant and I see someone at another table with broccoli, I'm going to turn beat red and throw a hissy fit about how horrible broccoli is and how terrible it is that I have to see the stuff in public because of those damned broccoli lovers who think it's some miracle cancer curing vegetable or something.
Don't forget to rail against the groupthink of "Broccoli Fanbois" and talk about how the CVM (Cruciferous Vegetable Megacorp) has blinded everybody with their PR, marketing, and lobbying. All while better vegetables like onions and collard greens end up playing second fiddle. I mean, you might be modded/shouted down but somebody has to say it.
Tweet, tweet.