Get Your 15 Years of Slashdot Shirt (For free, Depending)

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Get Your 15 Years of Slashdot Shirt (For free, Depending)

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday September 21, 2012 @04:36AM from the test-of-free-will-and-determinism dept.

We'll be sending a passel of shirts to the crowd-sourced parties that we hope you'll get to, and to any artists whose Slashdot logo suggestions we end up selecting. (There are nearly 30 parties planned so far, in places as far-flung as Latvia and Nigeria!) But starting today the limited edition Slashdot anniversary shirt is also available from our brethren and sistren at ThinkGeek (still, for now, serving the same corporate overlord as Slashdot). So if you can't land one of the swag ones (sorry!), you can still swathe yourself in the Slashdot livery, which isn't so different from the colors of the Vogon constructor fleet. We'll only turn 15 once, but a clever T-shirt is forever. Update: 09/21 17:12 GMT by T : If you want to come hang out with the folks who post the stories to Slashdot day-to-day, note that Unknown Lamer is hosting a party in Raleigh, NC, Soulskill and Samzenpus will both be in Ann Arbor, and timothy will be at parties (coffee shops are awesome!) in Houston and Austin.

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Slashdot party in Nigeria? by PieDode · 2012-09-21 04:37 · Score: 1

Really? Can we get some pics from there? Who on Slashdot is from Nigeria?
1. Re:Slashdot party in Nigeria? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 04:59 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  A shitload of reputation managers, judging by the recent standard of comments here.
2. Re:Slashdot party in Nigeria? by PieLala · 2012-09-21 05:16 · Score: 1
  
  Why are you so angry all the time?
3. Re:Slashdot party in Nigeria? by satanclause · 2012-09-21 05:25 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Who on Slashdot is from Nigeria?
  Is it that nice Prince who keeps sending me checks to cash for him?
4. Re:Slashdot party in Nigeria? by hawguy · 2012-09-21 05:34 · Score: 1
  
  Really? Can we get some pics from there? Who on Slashdot is from Nigeria?
  I'm amazed that there's a Slashdot party anywhere.
5. Re:Slashdot party in Nigeria? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 06:46 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Subject: Dear Respected One,
  
  Dear Respected One,
  
  GREETINGS,
  
  Permit me to inform you of my desire of go to the slashdot party with you. I got your contact from the International web site directory. I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to it's esteeming nature and the recommendations given to me as a reputable and trust worthy person I can party and do business with and by the recommendations I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business.
  
  I am Wumi Abdul; the only Daughter of late Mr and Mrs George Abdul. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan,the economic capital of Ivory Coast before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outing to discus on a business deal. When my mother died on the 21st October 1984, my father took me and my younger brother HASSAN special because we are motherless. Before the death of my father on 30th June 2002 in a private hospital here in Abidjan. He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of $12.500.000 (Twelve Million, five hundred thousand dollars) left in a suspense account in a local Bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name as his first Daughter for the next of kin in deposit of the fund.
  
  He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth and some huge amount of money his business associates supposed to balance his from the deal they had that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose, (such as real estate management). Sir, we are honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways.
  
  1) To hang out at the slashdot party.
  
  2) To provide a Bank account where this money would be transferred to.
  
  3) To serve as the guardian of this since I am a girl of 26 years.
  
  Moreover Sir, we are willing to offer you 15% of the sum as compensation for effort input after the successful transfer of this fund to your designate account overseas. please feel free to contact ,me via this email address
  wumi1000abdul@yahoo.com
  Anticipating to hear from you soon
  . Thanks and God Bless.
  Best regards.
  Miss Wumi Abdul
  
  PLEASE FOR PRIVATE AND SECURITY REASONS,REPLY ME VIA EMAIL:
  wumi1000abdul@yahoo.com
6. Re:Slashdot party in Nigeria? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 13:21 · Score: 1
  
  And some pictures from the redneck and backwater places like "Raleigh", "Ann Arbor" and "Texas". Those of us who live in progressive and civilized parts of the country would like to see how the hicks, farmers and bible belt nobodies live.
7. Re:Slashdot party in Nigeria? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-22 07:55 · Score: 0
  
  You beat me to this. Better though that this tragedy had taken place in Lagos, Nigeria, for verisimilitude. ;-)
8. Re:Slashdot party in Nigeria? by DirtyLiar · 2012-09-22 12:51 · Score: 1
  
  Ohh! Where can I send you my bank account and tracking numbers?
  I see you use a Yahoo! email account and believe that only strengthens you credibility, as I have seen many honest and admired businessmen use such accounts.
  I am leery of sending this information via email because I understand that it is an insecure and unreliable communications method. Perhaps I could post it here, since I have never heard of a slashdot user never getting notified of a post for him.
  I await your response.
  P.S. Are you pretty?
  
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9. Re:Slashdot party in Nigeria? by nobodie · 2012-09-23 10:14 · Score: 1
  
  Yeah, from an AC no less. Reminder: Raleigh is one of the sides of research triangle park, where are you from? London? New york? San Fran? Oh yeah those are real tech centers, oh yeah.
  I don't even live in those places, but anyone who knows tech knows Raleigh and Austin.
  
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I'd rather have a first post T-shirt. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 04:38 · Score: 3, Funny

I'd rather have a first post T-shirt.
1. Re:I'd rather have a first post T-shirt. by dasacc22 · 2012-09-21 04:54 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I'd rather have a first post T-shirt.
  There's only one of those and someone already got it.
2. Re:I'd rather have a first post T-shirt. by mcrbids · 2012-09-21 05:28 · Score: 2
  
  It would be awesome to make shirts like that but only for accounts that have actually managed to successfully negotiate a frist post.... sort of like a true geek badge of honor!
  I'd happily pay $25 for mine, if it listed the first date of frist post and my slashdot ID.
  
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3. Re:I'd rather have a first post T-shirt. by omnichad · 2012-09-21 07:50 · Score: 2
  
  But only +5 first posts, not trolls.
4. Re:I'd rather have a first post T-shirt. by rednip · 2012-09-21 07:59 · Score: 1
  
  It's fairly easy to get a first post, the hard part is to get a +5 comment that's also a first post. I'm pretty sure that I've done it, but not in a while (didn't want to look to confirm)
  
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5. Re:I'd rather have a first post T-shirt. by Midnight+Thunder · 2012-09-21 10:15 · Score: 1
  
  I'd rather have a first post T-shirt.
  There's only one of those and someone already got it.
  Maybe: "I screamed first post and then got modded into oblivion" ;)
  
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  Jumpstart the tartan drive.
6. Re:I'd rather have a first post T-shirt. by isorox · 2012-09-21 10:40 · Score: 2
  
  I've had mine for 10 years - http://www.geekculture.com/geekculturestore/webstore/firstpost.html
7. Re:I'd rather have a first post T-shirt. by Rick+Zeman · 2012-09-21 12:03 · Score: 1
  
  I'd rather have a "you have a low slashdot ID" discount.
8. Re:I'd rather have a first post T-shirt. by McKing · 2012-09-21 14:07 · Score: 1
  
  Me, too. Perhaps we should get more of a discount the lower our ID is. ;-)
  
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  If only "common" sense was actually that common...
9. Re:I'd rather have a first post T-shirt. by alfredos · 2012-09-22 22:43 · Score: 1
  
  I might as well, if Thinkgeek finally got their act together and shipped to Spain.
Parties? What? by Andrio · 2012-09-21 04:40 · Score: 1

Any way I can get one for free without having to be social?

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1. Re:Parties? What? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 04:53 · Score: 1
  
  Depending on what side of the IP fence /. is sitting these days, they should post high-res versions of the designs under a Creative Commons license so anybody can print them on clothing of their own choosing (or anything else for that matter).
2. Re:Parties? What? by lgw · 2012-09-21 06:59 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Hmmm, the shirt seem to come in "XXXL" and "Extra-Virgin", and the store asks for the address of the buyer's mother, in case no one answers the basement door. Talk about targeted marketing! You'd think they'd also sell the shirts in-game in WoW, though ...
  
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To help out... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 04:41 · Score: 5, Funny

Please send your name, address, SSN and a donation of at least $75 to the Nigerian Party Committee (NPC). Don't worry, your information will be safe, the committee is headed by a princess who has a pile of her own money...
It makes me feel inferior by Lumpio- · 2012-09-21 04:45 · Score: 0

When people categorize me under "Other" as the last item of a drop-down menu. Ah well .__.
1. Re:It makes me feel inferior by timothy · 2012-09-21 05:15 · Score: 1
  
  Where is your "other"? :)
  Always a dilemma in creating finite lists of options ... ;
  
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  jrnl: http://tinyurl.com/c2l8yr / foes: http://tinyurl.com/ckjno5
Wow, someone has talent by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 04:49 · Score: 1

The text at the bottom is lame, though.
How about something like what the sysadmin typed on "Tron":
cat | egrep -v "F(IR|RI)ST POST" | more
Why 15? by Chemisor · 2012-09-21 04:51 · Score: 5, Funny

What kind of a geek celebrates the 15th of anything? If you had just waited until next year, we'd have a nice round number to be excited about. But 15? Meh...
1. Re:Why 15? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 05:01 · Score: 0
  
  What kind of geek starts counting at 1?
2. Re:Why 15? by MyLongNickName · 2012-09-21 05:03 · Score: 1
  
  Yeah, they should wait until next year for the nice round number.
  
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  See my journal for slashdot ID's by year. Mine created in 2005. http://slashdot.org/journal/289875/slashdot-ids-by-year
3. Re:Why 15? by MyLongNickName · 2012-09-21 05:04 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Oooh, another thought. Next year they could re-do the 'Amazing Grace' song.
  When we've been here 10000 years...
  
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  See my journal for slashdot ID's by year. Mine created in 2005. http://slashdot.org/journal/289875/slashdot-ids-by-year
4. Re:Why 15? by joe170 · 2012-09-21 05:08 · Score: 2
  
  Slashdot's Fth birthday?
5. Re:Why 15? by Chemisor · 2012-09-21 05:14 · Score: 2
  
  Nice try, but no cookie. A 15th birthday is celebrated 15 years after the birth day. The 0th birthday is usually called celebrating birth, which is an entirely different affair. The former celebrates survival over a period of time, the latter celebrates a beginning of existence. So my point still holds.
6. Re:Why 15? by Chris+Mattern · 2012-09-21 05:16 · Score: 1
  
  And now they have to expand the storage from a nybble to a whole byte!
7. Re:Why 15? by Hartree · 2012-09-21 05:21 · Score: 1
  
  Birthdays are for living things. For a computer system like slashdot, think of it as filling up the first nibble.
8. Re:Why 15? by postbigbang · 2012-09-21 05:31 · Score: 1
  
  A hex on you.
  
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9. Re:Why 15? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 05:35 · Score: 0
  
  And now they have to expand the storage from a nybble to a whole byte!
  Nonsense, 1 nybble is enough for anybody.
10. Re:Why 15? by hawguy · 2012-09-21 05:39 · Score: 1
  
  Nice try, but no cookie. A 15th birthday is celebrated 15 years after the birth day. The 0th birthday is usually called celebrating birth, which is an entirely different affair. The former celebrates survival over a period of time, the latter celebrates a beginning of existence. So my point still holds.
  Exactly, celebrating the 0th birthday would be like having an array index start at 0 instead of 1. No real language does that. The first element in any array always starts at 1.
11. Re:Why 15? by Chemisor · 2012-09-21 05:52 · Score: 1
  
  The kind who understands the difference between cardinal and ordinal numbers, of course.
12. Re:Why 15? by mcgrew · 2012-09-21 06:41 · Score: 1
  
  That's next year. This year it's its Eth birthday. Or its 1111th birthday if you like binary.
  
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  Free Martian Whores!
13. Re:Why 15? by Spiridios · 2012-09-21 06:57 · Score: 1
  
  That's next year. This year it's its Eth birthday. Or its 1111th birthday if you like binary.
  http://lmgtfy.com/?q=15+in+hex
14. Re:Why 15? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 07:36 · Score: 0
  
  Oh McGrew, you've done it again. That's what happens as you age. You can't even do simple hex numbering.
15. Re:Why 15? by thunderbee · 2012-09-21 07:45 · Score: 1
  
  Yup, I'm right there with you.
  
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  In my opinion, Scientology is a cult you should avoid.
16. Re:Why 15? by Aaron+B+Lingwood · 2012-09-21 15:41 · Score: 3, Informative
  
  Don't tell the Koreans that.
  In Korea, you are age 1 the day you are born. To complicate things further (as with Japan and many other Asian countries) you report the age you are turning in that year (the year being Lunar in Korea and Solar and Japan). So if a child is born on the last day of the year, the very next day that child is already 2.
  So if you ever ask a Korean their age, you should ask them for their 'international age' which will be 1 to 2 years lower
  
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  [Rent This Space]
17. Re:Why 15? by mcgrew · 2012-09-21 23:54 · Score: 1
  
  Heh, that's what I get for not checking. It's been decades since I did any assembly programming. Th gp was correct, you were correct, I made a stupid math error.
  
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18. Re:Why 15? by DirtyLiar · 2012-09-22 12:53 · Score: 1
  
  What kind of a geek celebrates the 15th of anything?
  A 15 year old geek?
  
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  THINK! It's patriotic
19. Re:Why 15? by DirtyLiar · 2012-09-22 12:55 · Score: 1
  
  So if you ever ask a Korean their age, you should ask them for their 'international age' which will be 1 to 2 years lower
  Oh, THAT'S why the always look so young!
  
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  THINK! It's patriotic
20. Re:Why 15? by DirtyLiar · 2012-09-22 12:56 · Score: 1
  
  Booo!
  
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  THINK! It's patriotic
Set up a party? by aravenwood · 2012-09-21 04:54 · Score: 1

What's involved/required in hosting a party here? Do I have to pay food and drinks for a bunch of people I don't know if I want to get something going?
SlashDot should be renamed by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 04:55 · Score: 1

SlashDot is such an outdated name. They should rename themselves to AtHash.
1. Re:SlashDot should be renamed by KingPin27 · 2012-09-21 05:22 · Score: 1
  
  I would think that this day in age it would be more apropos to do iAtHash ... but that gives the allusion of iAssHat ... but still seemingly appropriate.
  
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  "i lost my dignity on a slippery wiener"
2. Re:SlashDot should be renamed by Jeng · 2012-09-21 05:43 · Score: 1
  
  Slashdot may be an outdated name, but" /. " is rather modern looking.
  
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  Don't know something? Look it up. Still don't know? Then ask.
Why 15? by Hartree · 2012-09-21 05:01 · Score: 3, Insightful

They started counting with 0, of course.
Cool shirt design, but... by kiehlster · 2012-09-21 05:01 · Score: 1

I like shirts that don't explain themselves up front. A shirt that explains the details of the design is rather self-deprecating. You can't have a conversation about the shirt if it already tells any proximal sapiens what it's all about. It's all cool if you get one every year from some charity race to say, "I participated in 1997," but you're generally only going to wear it a few times. If you're seen at the same places with that kind of shirt too often, you're not going to strike up any conversations about the charity race. However, if the shirt didn't fully explain itself, you could talk about it more frequently. Every time you wear the shirt around, people will see /. and you could talk about /. stuff for at least the next five years if not more.
Age of Slashdot Accounts by MyLongNickName · 2012-09-21 05:02 · Score: 4, Interesting

I've been around for about 8 years I think, probably 18 months to 2 years before I got my Slashdot account.
Does anyone have any chart showing age of slashdot account by account ID? Something like the highest slashdot ID on Dec 31, 2001 was xxxx, highest slahdot ID on Dec 31, 2002 was yyyy? I would find that interesting.

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1. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by ffejie · 2012-09-21 05:10 · Score: 0
  
  Protect your 6 digit id!
  
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  Disagreeing with me does not mean you get to mod me troll.
2. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by pridkett · 2012-09-21 05:18 · Score: 1
  
  I remember visiting Slashdot the day that accounts first went live in 1998. I think they went live around 8am CDT, but for some reason I didn't claim my account until around noon. Now I'm forever saddled with a shameful four digit uid. At least it contains the number of the beast. So, that first day there were at least 2665 accounts registered by about noon.
  
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  My Slashdot account is old enough to drink...
3. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by cide1 · 2012-09-21 05:19 · Score: 1
  
  Ok, will do......Every time I've seen this topic come up though, someone with 5 digits will show up, then 4, then 3. I had a 5 digit one in the 80,000s and when I couldn't remember the login way back when, I let it slide and re-registered. Now I wish I had tried a little harder.
  
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4. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by kingrat · 2012-09-21 05:25 · Score: 1
  
  5!
5. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by jonnythan · 2012-09-21 05:25 · Score: 1
  
  I'd love to see that. I have no idea what year I signed up. Might have been 99 or 00 but I'm not sure.
6. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by Githaron · 2012-09-21 05:29 · Score: 2
  
  Does anyone in the single digits ever post anymore?
7. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by deroby · 2012-09-21 05:33 · Score: 1
  
  You can still try to get it 'back', it probably never was erased.
  
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  If there is one thing to be learned on slashdot, it has to be sarcasm.
8. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 05:35 · Score: 0
  
  Youngster! When I first came to /., it was running on an old mule-powered printing press. And somedays the mule wouldn't work!
9. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by Necroman · 2012-09-21 05:46 · Score: 1
  
  5-cheers for 5-digit IDs!
  
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  Its not what it is, its something else.
10. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by pr0t0 · 2012-09-21 05:56 · Score: 1
  
  Yeah same thing for me. I had a 4-digit WAY back in the day, but it was probably a one-off thing when I first signed up. I couldn't remember the login when I became a regular reader later and had to register another. I'm sure the account is still there, but I have no idea what the username even was back then. The email address I used is long gone too; probably a dial-up Earthlink account or something like that.
  
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11. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by cHiphead · 2012-09-21 05:57 · Score: 1
  
  Get off my lawn, you young whipper snappers, with your over 20k IDs.
  *shakes cane in the air until legs being to wobble*
  
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12. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by Vairon · 2012-09-21 06:11 · Score: 1
  
  If I had to guess it would be 1998 but I'm not sure.
13. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by TubeSteak · 2012-09-21 06:13 · Score: 2
  
  We of the Order of the Primary UID only wake the elders for their annual blood feast during the summer Equinox.
  During this time they are given 10 mod points and 20 minutes to make an Insightful post
  Then they are placed back into suspension.
  Now let us pray
  01100001 01101100 01101100 00100000
  01101000 01100001 01101001 01101100
  00100000 01100011 01101111 01110111
  01100010 01101111 01111001 00100000
  01101110 01100101 01100001 01101100
  
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  o0t!
14. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by Habberhead · 2012-09-21 06:37 · Score: 1
  
  I would too...
  Is there any way to even look at our own account and see when we registered?
15. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by fliptout · 2012-09-21 06:41 · Score: 1
  
  I'm pretty sure accounts opened in '99 or '00, in the fallout from the Postel flamefest or something. I thought the whole account thing was going to be a fad, thus my high user id.
  
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16. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by Teun · 2012-09-21 06:52 · Score: 2
  
  Oops, sorry about your lawn...
  
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  "The likes of Facebook and WhatsApp are free to those whose privacy is of zero value."
17. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by antdude · 2012-09-21 07:14 · Score: 1
  
  I am older than you. I think I started going to /. in summer of 1998, but I don't remember when I signed up though. I cannot find any information on when I signed up. :(
  
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18. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by mcgrew · 2012-09-21 07:20 · Score: 1
  
  I think I first visited /. in 1997. That was the year I started my Springfield Fragfest Quake site. But when servers melted, nobody say they were fragfested. But it was pretty popular just the same, I'll never forget 1999 when my then-12 year old daughter came home from school and said "Dad, did you know you were famous?" It seems all her friends were fans of my site, and didn't believe I was her dad! She was really happy when one of the artists at EA who'd worked on her favorite game, Jazz Jackrabbit, emailed a drawing of herself as a rabbit.
  Thankfully, taco didn't get bored of his site until this year, unlike me. I think I let my old domain lapse in 2004.
  I guess I'll have to buy a tshirt. I think they should give the first 99999 to those of us with five or lower digit IDs!
  
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  Free Martian Whores!
19. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by aok · 2012-09-21 07:29 · Score: 1
  
  Yeah there was a lot of debate about loss of privacy when it happened. It wasn't until I realized I wasn't able to read EVERY comment on stories (those were the days) that I signed up for an account.
20. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by Paradise+Pete · 2012-09-21 07:41 · Score: 1
  
  Definitely before 2000. I'm 100% sure I signed up no later than '99. Maybe even late '98. But when 2000 rolled over I was living in a different country from the one where I signed up.
21. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by lxadu99 · 2012-09-21 08:05 · Score: 1
  
  Keep it down, those of us with under 10k IDs are trying sleep. Now, where am I again?
22. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 08:09 · Score: 0
  
  You forgot us 2 digit users.
  Now get off my lawn.
23. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by velkro · 2012-09-21 08:10 · Score: 2
  
  Did somebody make a sound?
24. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by velkro · 2012-09-21 08:11 · Score: 3, Informative
  
  Doubtful - the single digit users were the original cast of editors... who I haven't seen post a comment (unless it was a meta-slashdot story) for years.
25. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by Lord+Lemur · 2012-09-21 08:23 · Score: 1
  
  /golf clap
26. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 08:51 · Score: 0
  
  I believe the British government has a block of a thousand Slashdot it it has just discovered.
27. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by Maniacal · 2012-09-21 09:26 · Score: 1
  
  There's a guy lower in this tread who just trumped with an 11 so this seems stupid, but I'm here to trump you anyway.
  
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28. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by McKing · 2012-09-21 14:09 · Score: 1
  
  I like being in the "less than 2^10 club". ;-)
  
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  If only "common" sense was actually that common...
29. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by RockDoctor · 2012-09-22 07:43 · Score: 1
  
  And how many times have you told young whippersnappers to "back up early ; backup often, and be back up soon?"
  Is this your own petard you are hoisting yourself upon?
  
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30. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by DirtyLiar · 2012-09-22 13:04 · Score: 1
  
  I've been around for about 8 years I think, probably 18 months to 2 years before I got my Slashdot account.
  Wow! You must have been a precocious toddler. 18 months and already had a slashdot account!
  Your parents should try harder to keep you away from bad influences!
  
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  THINK! It's patriotic
31. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by MyLongNickName · 2012-09-22 13:36 · Score: 1
  
  Have you read any of the posts here on Slashdot? I think 18 months is the median age :)
  
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32. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts by DirtyLiar · 2012-09-23 11:53 · Score: 1
  
  Have you read any of the posts here on Slashdot?
  
  Of course, that's why I suggest that your parents should keep you away from bad influences! ;)
  
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  THINK! It's patriotic
Quinceañera? by seandiggity · 2012-09-21 05:06 · Score: 1

I must be new here.

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1. Re:Quinceañera? by angelbar · 2012-09-21 06:13 · Score: 1
  
  this is not a 8yr celebration... piñata partys are long gone!!
  
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I'm one of those crazy guys... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 05:08 · Score: 0

That thinks $18 for a tee shirt is crack-rock expensive
1. Re:I'm one of those crazy guys... by Githaron · 2012-09-21 05:31 · Score: 1
  
  That is probably before shipping.
the shirt is wrong! by rbrausse · 2012-09-21 05:08 · Score: 1

the anniversary shirt is boring and doesn't catch the _essence_ of slashdot.
I would prefer a design like this one (based on Z34107's comment)
1. Re:the shirt is wrong! by Z34107 · 2012-09-21 11:28 · Score: 1
  
  This comment made my day.
  
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GIS reunion? by randomErr · 2012-09-21 05:09 · Score: 2

Will there be a Geeks In Space reunion?

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What kind of nerd says "decade and a a half"? by mfarah · 2012-09-21 05:10 · Score: 1

Sesquidecade is more like it. There.

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Well, there's one obvious candidate. by Medievalist · 2012-09-21 05:11 · Score: 4, Funny

Who on Slashdot is from Nigeria?
I'm assuming it's user number 419 until proven otherwise.
1. Re:Well, there's one obvious candidate. by RatBastard · 2012-09-21 05:36 · Score: 2
  
  419? And I thought I was an oldie!
  
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2. Re:Well, there's one obvious candidate. by Svartalf · 2012-09-21 06:55 · Score: 1
  
  You are...and I thought I was one... >:-D
  
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3. Re:Well, there's one obvious candidate. by thend · 2012-09-21 07:41 · Score: 1
  
  So much for my # being old!
4. Re:Well, there's one obvious candidate. by istartedi · 2012-09-21 08:33 · Score: 2
  
  Yeah, what really gripes my cookies is that I'm in the 90th percentile; but nobody cares about that. They just care about how many digits are involved. Lousy 1%ers, just like in real life. Occupy Slashdot! Randomize UIDs! Anarchy Now. LOL.
  
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5. Re:Well, there's one obvious candidate. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 10:34 · Score: 0
  
  Yeah, what really gripes my cookies is that I'm in the 90th percentile; but nobody cares about that. They just care about how many digits are involved. Lousy 1%ers, just like in real life. Occupy Slashdot! Randomize UIDs! Anarchy Now. LOL.
  My other uid's 7 digits
6. Re:Well, there's one obvious candidate. by haruchai · 2012-09-22 05:44 · Score: 1
  
  I waited too long before registering; probably would have been well under 10k if I'd signed up as I was a regular visitor starting in early '98
  
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People with 4 digit id should get them free... by kdekorte · 2012-09-21 05:11 · Score: 4, Funny

Just sayin...
1. Re:People with 4 digit id should get them free... by ch-chuck · 2012-09-21 05:33 · Score: 1
  
  I'm with you on that.
  
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2. Re:People with 4 digit id should get them free... by Matt_Bennett · 2012-09-21 05:38 · Score: 1
  
  Start at free and increase the price by a $0.01 for every troll or offtopic comment in their history.
3. Re:People with 4 digit id should get them free... by cHiphead · 2012-09-21 05:58 · Score: 1
  
  What about us 5k'ers that lost our original login for our 4 digit accounts! ;)
  
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4. Re:People with 4 digit id should get them free... by AuSerpent · 2012-09-21 06:54 · Score: 1
  
  I'm on board with this idea.
5. Re:People with 4 digit id should get them free... by blindax · 2012-09-21 08:40 · Score: 1
  
  You guys ruined my day. I feel such a loser...
6. Re:People with 4 digit id should get them free... by mincus · 2012-09-21 09:31 · Score: 1
  
  I only leave google reader and come to /. to post on stories related to UID length.
7. Re:People with 4 digit id should get them free... by GaryOlson · 2012-09-21 15:20 · Score: 1
  
  You can claim you lost your virginity as many times as you like; but you gotta provide proof.
  
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8. Re:People with 4 digit id should get them free... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-03 08:33 · Score: 0
  
  I, for one, can't afford that!
Parties by 0123456 · 2012-09-21 05:34 · Score: 1

Where's Anonymous Coward holding a party?
1. Re:Parties by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 05:59 · Score: 0
  
  Pirate Bay, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Where else. Join me for a Palm WIne or three!
2. Re:Parties by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 07:14 · Score: 0
  
  At undisclosed location(s) of course.
/. remembered my password! by AndyKron · 2012-09-21 05:35 · Score: 2

Whoo hoo /. remembered my password after so many years, and I'm getting a t-shirt!
Aww none for me by GameboyRMH · 2012-09-21 05:36 · Score: 1

I missed the 10 year one and I'll be missing the 15-year one too. No parties in my country. There are only 2 other slashdotters from here anyways and I know one of them is no fun at parties :-P

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Raleigh Party by KeithBarrett · 2012-09-21 05:50 · Score: 1

Sure I moved out of Raleigh 8 years ago and now you throw a party :-(
1. Re:Raleigh Party by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 07:48 · Score: 0
  
  Sure I moved out of Raleigh 8 years ago and now you throw a party :-(
  We had to wait to make sure you weren't coming back.
happy birthday by Frontier+Owner · 2012-09-21 06:08 · Score: 1

the shirts should atleast mention the anonymous coward... oh well..
Good news, everyone by Eil · 2012-09-21 06:15 · Score: 3, Funny

If you ever wanted a punch a Slashdot editor in the face, here's your chance!
1. Re:Good news, everyone by timothy · 2012-09-21 07:30 · Score: 2
  
  Hey, I've only been punched in the face a few times, and none of them was while editing Slashdot!
  Alternatively, why stop there, when there's the possibility of a full-on hubbub, or even a fracas?
  (We would love to hear complaints, though, esp. if delivered with good ideas on resolving them.)
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15 year parties... by damn_registrars · 2012-09-21 06:32 · Score: 1, Troll

There are none listed in my current state of residence. There are, however, some 10 year parties listed that aren't too far away. Maybe I'll crash one of those and reminisce about back when slashdot was a little less of a dysfunctional disaster (and had a bit less of a conservative slant on the front page).

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Obvious logo choice on the shirt by damn_registrars · 2012-09-21 06:34 · Score: 3, Funny

You could have just written "slashdot", but instead to reflect the editorial standpoint of this site, you use a logo including a right-leaning slash.

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1. Re:Obvious logo choice on the shirt by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 07:26 · Score: 0
  
  Well it's not "backslashdot". Does it infuriate anyone else when advertisements on the radio claim their URL contains "backslash"?
2. Re:Obvious logo choice on the shirt by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 07:39 · Score: 0
  
  It's left leaning from the point of view of the person wearing the shirt. So clearly timothy's behind it.
Know your audience. by Kaenneth · 2012-09-21 07:00 · Score: 1

Only up to XXXL?
1. Re:Know your audience. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 07:11 · Score: 0
  
  Yes, but thankfully, "babydoll" only goes up to 2XL...
Free shirts? by mattack2 · 2012-09-21 07:24 · Score: 1

My reading comprehension must have gone down today. Who gets the free T-shirts? Besides the title, I see 'swag' mentioned once. So _some_ parties have free T-shirts?
(I was originally suspecting that those who host the parties get the free T-shirts, but I see no mention on the party pages' links.)
free(dom) by Barbarian · 2012-09-21 07:31 · Score: 1

Free as in beer, or free as in gnu?
What? No parties near silicon valley? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 07:34 · Score: 0

Lame.
What about the back? by GoodNewsJimDotCom · 2012-09-21 08:35 · Score: 1

Does my Tshirt come with a moderation check box list on the back? Then people can check mark if I'm funny, insightful or a troll.

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1. Re:What about the back? by Soulskill · 2012-09-21 09:19 · Score: 1
  
  No, you see, we'll be handing out what we call "moderation pies" and...
  Actually, let me double check our cleanup budget.
XXXX by mincus · 2012-09-21 09:29 · Score: 1

I think I was in 97/98? Maybe earlier, holy crap that's a long time ago.
who would be stupid to come? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-21 11:03 · Score: 0

like? cone hats will come to see who has bigger?
OMG!!! Ponies!!! by Psicopatico · 2012-09-21 11:35 · Score: 1

I'd really love a t-shirt with the OMG Ponies logo.

Meh, I think I'll do it by myself, just for the fun of it.
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1. Re:OMG!!! Ponies!!! by DirtyLiar · 2012-09-22 13:11 · Score: 1
  
  Meh, I think I'll do it by myself, just for the fun of it.
  Which? The 15 year old party or the ponies?
  And why do they both sound dirty?
  
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2. Re:OMG!!! Ponies!!! by jgarry · 2012-09-28 10:41 · Score: 1
  
  Takes a Real Manly-Man Programmer to wear one of those.
  
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free shirt? by Nova · 2012-09-21 12:39 · Score: 1

How about a free tshirt for the folks that have been with the site since day 1 (e.g. userID 1000) and are still daily readers? :p
1. Re:free shirt? by McKing · 2012-09-21 14:11 · Score: 1
  
  Hear, hear!! How about anyone under 2^10 since we're all geeks here??
  
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The usual treatment by GaryOlson · 2012-09-21 15:30 · Score: 1

I went to a Slashdot party and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt . And what's with the F on the back?

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Phoenix? by AlienIntelligence · 2012-09-21 21:00 · Score: 1

No party in Phoenix yet?
Grishnakh? Time to meet up bud.
-AI

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Do I Get A Shirt??? by moongarden1971 · 2012-09-22 06:19 · Score: 1

Well I remembered my login.... Do I get a shirt????
Want logo from t-shirt for banner by Dr.Who · 2012-09-28 10:15 · Score: 1

Is it possible to get the logo with a transparent background sized to fit a 11" * 17" paper? I would like to print a few as banners/signs for the Slashdot party.