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Coup in Arrakis Capitol Leaves Region in Flux
Rube_Goldberg_Mentat writes:
The power struggles between rival houses Atreides and Harkonnen have come to a T. It was reported earlier today that a coup led by Baron Vladimir Harkonnen was staged in the capitol of Arrakis. The House Atreides, which had only recently taken command of the planet and of the spice trade, is reported to have no survivors, though this is yet to be confirmed.Naysayers fear a collapse of the spice economy as a result of the violence. A r presentative from House Harkonnen has shared with the press that though times ahead may be rocky, "the spice will still flow."
would prefer if we could just bring back OMG Ponies and call it a day.
Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
It's dead already.
fuck whoever posted this story
I'm done. I'll come back tomorrow. Laters...
I knew this was going to happen. I've been telling my friends in the spice trade for years to get out before someone invades Arrakis. We have determine a new method of intersteller travel depending on a single planet for our primary source of fuel is a non sustainable solution which wil lead us to our doom.
Taking fictional events and promoting them as real events hardly qualifies as a good joke.
Son Brian Herbert and scifi hack Kevin Anderson wrote at least 10,000 pages filling in most of the gaps in the story, including the origins of the two families. Kind of takes the fun out of it when it is all explained to you.
The stories aren't funny. Notice how your traffic drops on April 1st?
April fools jumped the shark years ago and hasn't figured it out. It is really sad to watch.
Whoa, lets not get carried away now. ;) While this "joke" post is terrible, it probably won't make me consider never coming here again, which the Beta did.
I have always enjoyed April fools on Slashdot. Many have complained but in past years at least some of the gags were plausible or at least clever, like the evil bit drafted up as an RFC etc.
Today its basically bad fanfic, which does not really qualify as an April fool's prank. Its like watching a bunch of 3rd graders who think they have mastered stand up comedy tell fart jokes.
Repeal the 17th Amendment TODAY! Also Please Read http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
Assuming Slashdot sees its target audience as on average at least moderately intelligent, it would be nice to give us a way to opt in (or at least opt out) to the whole April Fools mess. Some of us come here to browse some hopefully interesting stuff. If the reaction of your online audience is mainly "oh [insert favoured deity here], not those 2-3 days on Slashdot again", maybe you are going about this the wrong way.
I mean, they are beating a dead horse at this point. We can imagine that the horse is pink.
Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
Seriously Slashdot. Give it up. You're not funny. If you want to keep this bullshit tradition going hire actual comedians or give us real news.
How will this affect the value of my 2.7 million SpiceCoins? Should I sell them? I'm really concerned.
Pffft, Any fool can tell that Harkonnen doesn't have the cunning to pull this off on their own.
Open your eyes, sheeple! This has the marks of those Bene Gesserit witches all over it!
If you could remove a day from the calendar, which would it be?
April 1st
April 15th
February 14th
October 31st
December 25th
The 1st Tuesday in November on a leap year
Your birthday
Cowboy Neal's birthday
The revered author Brian Herbert has been found dead in his home.
There are no plans for anybody to continue his writing projects.
Bitching about how April fools this year is the WORST ever, and that it has jumped the shark has become a /. staple.
Though, I don't think anything (not even OMG Ponies!) could top Beta as a joke.
Seriously though people, who shat on your lawn this morning?
It would be way funnier if they'd push the Beta into production use.
That I'd laugh at.
Imperial spokesman again denied that Sardaukar were involved in the upheaval on Arrakis. "This was a struggle between two competing Houses, we would never become involved in their internal disputes."
Well, it's all fun while the Bene Gesseriit are assigning concubines - where's MINE!
although I'd settle for a "SIX"
And by spice I don't mean the spice girls.
Schmai-gunug be willing, steak for dinner sometime soon.
Just got this letter from my Guild representative: "Greetings investors and customers The Spacing Guild would like to inform our customers that due to the recent events on Arrakis there will be a 25% surcharge on all spice shipments and travel arrangements until the political stability on Arrakis has improved. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and would like to assure you that your shipments of spice will be on time. Our navigators are hard at work making sure that your intergalactic travel and shipping needs are met. Office of the Director of House Relations The Spacing Guild"
Never trust a bunny
Is rolling over in a sand worms belly
Vladimir Harkonen is backed by Putin!
Didn't previous reports by the House Atreides indicate that Baron Vladimir Harkonnen was declared dead in absentia? I guess this is what happens when one leaves loose ends...
STOP POSTING! Every post we make just gives fuel to this shitstorm fire that is /. April fools! I didn't even see this one in the firehose to knock it down. If we don't give the views to the garbage stories, they won't even post the damned things...so stop posting NOW! If the joke is good, reward them...if it's shit like this DON'T EVEN SAY ONE WORD! They won't stop until we do!
They included a typo in the summary for extra authenticity. "A r presentative from..."
But yeah, thanks for the reminder that it's "don't bother to visit Slashdot" day.
Dear Slashdot: next time you want to mess with the site, add a rich-text editor for comments.
Don't you mean capital?
If you're going do a nerd joke on April 1st, know your material even a little bit better. I read Dune over 30 years ago in college, and I can remember that the capitol of Arrakis is Arrakeen. Even 54 comments later that little factiod hasn't made it anywhere onto the page.
The living have better things to do than to continue hating the dead.
I deny my Sardaukar legions had anything to do with this! This was an unsanctioned action by the Baron and I will personally visit Arrakis to take control!
With modern drone capabilities, you can remotely control units in the battle for save Arrakis. Here is a link to the drone controlling tools:
http://epicport.com/en/dune2/browser
Load the app NOW.
you illiterate dumbfuck.
Everyone with access to the internet thinks they're a comedian. Now it looks like it's "Post Something Based On A Science Fiction Novel Day". Great...
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Damm it. Where is the spoiler alert when you need one! I just started re-reading the DUNE books and now the plot is ruined for me.
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Now if someone would just upgrade our damn shields! These knife-wielding-terrorists are making it hard for us to spread peace, and harmony throughout the world *ahem* galaxy!
I art more snarky, and terse than thou. I art Slashdot!
We will fight until no Harkonnen breathes Arrakeen air!
Be who you are...and be it in style!
I just saw the movie again for the first time in decades.
Good god that movie was horrible. If you, as a director and/or screenwriter, cannot get across the character's thoughts through action and expression, but have to resort to voice overs instead, you've really failed your medium.
Look back up at my post, now look back down, you're on the Internet. Now look back up. I'm a signature.
There are a billion ways to opt out.
And you claim to be at least moderately intelligent?
Start with any of the scores of buttons, search bars, and links in your browser.
And just go away. It's one fucking day a year for fuck's sake.
ironic captcha: atonal, as in your whining.
So that is what trickle down economics is all about. I'll stand in my lawn and wait for a 200 ton worm to pass over dripping spice and i must capture that falling spice and sell it elsewhere. Only in such a world could Ronald Raygun be right.
Hey, Bene Gesserit witches are so HOT!!!
I only look human.
My mother is a halfling and my dad is an ogre, so that makes me an Ogreling
I'm not sure which is worse, stuff like this on Slashdot, or the fact that my workday is slow enough to drive me to Slashdot on the worst day of the year!
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.
This is my favorite post ever...
I am profoundly stirred!
The're still looking for the house atomics...
Meanwhile they'll take over spice production...
Here's a trailer for the upcoming remaster of the 80's Dune film, completely with a new soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B6jgkcANRE
In 3010, the potatoes triumphed
Is it some sort of meta april fools day joke where just saying the plot to readily identifiable scifi movies/series is passed off as april fools day stories?