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New CGI Script Shows Random Slashdot Stories (destinyland.net)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the thunderous-applause dept.

An anonymous reader writes: I wrote a CGI script that displays a random Slashdot story! Every time you refresh the page, it displays a different story from the year 2016. And you can also just load stories from a specific editor -- whipslash, BeauHD, msmash, and EditorDavid.

24 comments

  1. I 'member. by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 1

    You 'member when da mango in chief was just cheif mango back in 2016? I 'member. ;)

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    1. Re: I 'member. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      How about a script that allows you to select those editors, then just display nifty CowboyNealisms. Far more useful.

  2. nice color scheme by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    i guess the people who bought slashdot now realize all the smart people left for 'that' site a long time ago and now it's just a few basement dwelling gnu/freetards and some pc technicians left here. sad!

    1. Re:nice color scheme by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      now it's just a few basement dwelling gnu/freetards and some pc technicians left here. sad!

      Which one are you? I'm guessing pc technician.

    2. Re:nice color scheme by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Best Buy: Geek Squad!

    3. Re: nice color scheme by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      There seems to be something wrong with the program I keep getting only uber google and musk stories.

    4. Re:nice color scheme by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I mean this place may lack the content and smart people now, but the stick up its ass is much smaller.

    5. Re:nice color scheme by Caesar+Tjalbo · · Score: 1

      Which site?

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    6. Re:nice color scheme by lcall · · Score: 1

      Maybe referring to the one mentioned in this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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    7. Re:nice color scheme by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Sooooooooo.......... not a computer technician?

    8. Re:nice color scheme by Oligonicella · · Score: 1

      Nice color scheme

      Gods I hope that was droll sarcasm. My eyes threw up today when I pulled up the page. It's a horrid color choice. The same color innumerable insects use to broadcast "I taste like shit, don't eat me!"

  3. Hmmm great by Penmyemotions+ · · Score: 0

    Hope it doesn't contain any malmare where scammers can leach through www.penmyemotions.com

  4. huge congratulations are in order by qwertphobia · · Score: 1

    Atta boy :) go get 'em.

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  5. Source? by secretsquirel · · Score: 1

    sourceforge link?

  6. I still like the BBSpot Slashdot story generator by Kargan · · Score: 2

    http://www.bbspot.com/toys/sla...

    (Shout out to anyone else who remembers BBSpot!)

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  7. Got 'em by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    For more up votes, make sure it is using the Javascript Framework of the Day or, maybe better, Go or Rust.

  8. Bravo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    First I was confused, then I smiled and hugged my custom-built hackernews filter. :-)

    I love you, Slashdot.

  9. Just wait by CanadianMacFan · · Score: 1

    It'll be submitted as news in a couple of days.

  10. Re:I still like the BBSpot Slashdot story generato by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    1st one I got

    KDE Wants To Send Darl McBride To Mars
    Posted by brian on Sat April 01, 05:18 PM
    from the have fun hitting reload page dept.

    Hethrir writes "Apparently KDE is tired of waiting for NASA to send a manned mission to Mars. They announced plans to use their expertise in throwing raves to get Darl McBride on Mars by late 2005." I'm all for space exploration, but don't you think we should send a caribou up there first? The announcement is here.

  11. Re:I still like the BBSpot Slashdot story generato by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Totally nostalgic for old slash now.

  12. Yeah well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...I pulled a train with 3 chicks from Twin Peaks last night. In the pooper with 2 of them. I'd call that ratio epic.

  13. Old Editors maybe? by Highdude702 · · Score: 1

    Is there any way we can get you to exclude " BeauHD, msmash, and EditorDavid." And maybe only get articles from the GOOD editors from the past? That would be great. kthx!

  14. Given that Slashdot stories are already random, by rickb928 · · Score: 1

    Is this redundancy or recursion?

    And is it truly random, given the finite set of Slashdot stories?

    Or, alternatively, wait, no, whatever.

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