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Several folks have written in to comment that the Feb
issue of Wired (7.02) has the "Slashdot Effect" listed in
the jargon watch section. An anonymous reader noted that
news.com has an article about
domain disputes
that mentions Slashdot and the whole ajax.org mess
from ages back. And finally, Time Digital has an article
that refers to " Slashdot Longhairs" (along with
rapid apple partisan and java futurist) to describe how biased
MSs recent DOJ witness sounds. I don't have long hair. Do
you?
Thanks to Matthew Rose for
that one.
They seem to be thinking of the Lone Gunmen from the X-Files. Not all Linux users / slashdot readers look like Berkeley computer science graduate students! :) I'm working in the humanities and I'd love nothing more than to abandon MS and use Linux full-time -- I don't have long hair and I'm not a 'fanatic.' Of course, unlike many, I admit that the application base of Linux just isn't there yet, which is why it isn't /presently/ a real thread to Microsoft. When Linux can finally claim to support a word processor as useful as MS Word, (and maybe a few games like Half-Life) I'll never boot into Windows again. (And don't get me wrong, WP8 and Star Office are OK for business memos; they're just not worth the time to download if you are a serious or professional writer.)
...might make an ideal poll.
The only thing sadder than the stereotype of the pony-tailed, goateed, Floyd-o-philic compugeek is the fact that it still has an alarming degree of validity. Although I think that the style is finally (!) starting to wane, I'm still going to puke the next time I see another ponytail.... hehe
I don't suppose that reference is to luscious long
blond haired females that read slashdot?
No, I didnt think so.
-kojak
Hair, boots, motorcycle, goatee, Linux. It all goes quite nicely together.
And if it didn't do what you needed it to do, then it would be three wasted hours of bandwidth.
I'll toss ya a clue, buddie:
WP8 for Linux is great. I've been using WP forever and I've yet to find something I cannot do with it.
And as for MS Word... what idiot software designer put "Page Properties" (so I can change the damn margins) under the File menu... WHAT? I should toss MS a clue, too.
If you can give me some examples where WP8 blows compared to Word, I'll give you a cookie.
Short hair, Verdi's opera filling the room, no goatee, 21" screen
I must be a mac user...
Yes Sir!. There are balding /. readers! :-)
May be a minority but we are there!
here in sweden computer geeks dont look like hippies. that seems to be the rule in anglo-saxon countries though..
Balding if you look at me from overhead. Long hair from any other view. Kind of the Gallagher :)
look.
Thanks for the genes mom and dad.
Websters: long.hair n \'lonj-.ha(*)r, -.he(*)r\
[back-formation fr. longhaired] 1 : an impractical intellectual
2 : a person of artistic gifts or interests; esp : a lover of classical music
3 : a person with long hair; especially : HIPPIE
4 : a domestic cat having long outer fur
Date: 1920
You can be bald and a longhair (unless of course you're a cat).
-- [ajjfk, too lazy to login]
Depends on which part of my head you're talking about :) That and what part of the year. I just got my bi-annual-whether-I-need-it-or-not haircut (sponsored by my wife :)
Most of the year I look like Jon 'maddog' Hall's evil twin.
John Waalkes
Some of us have short hair too you know...
"[...] if you are a serious or professional writer" Actually, for many non-trivial documents I find TeX or LaTeX much more "serious" tools, capable of producing ready-to-publish texts. I've given up on word processors, which I'd used for years, for those kinds of tasks, as convenient and easy-to-use as they (often) can be admittedly.
If my long hair irks a few of my fellow /.ers,
imagine what it does to the PHB's of the world.
hehehe.......
Dammit I hate Hippies (well generally dislike them). I feel this insults all slashdot rednecks out there.
Slashdot Rednecks unite!
My that was pointless...
I have one stereotype that I cannot get out of my head.
I was wandering around in CL Bookstore when a mom and her son walked in. The kid looked to be about 14, was real skinny, pale skinned, and had thick glasses. Saying that he look liked a geek would not do justice to the term; he was way beyond that. Well, he ended up buying two books on Visual Basic. Sorry, but everytime I think about VB or VB programmers I think of that kid.
That was about two years ago. Perhaps by now the kid has discovered Linux, C/C++, etc...
Been reading Slashdot since it was "Chips & Dips".
:).
As I'm ex-Army (US) I guess you can say I have long hair... but I bet most wouldn't
My hair is best described as:
() no hair and no facial hair
() no hair and a beard or goatee
() short hair and no facial hair
() short hair and a beard or goatee
() long hair and no facial hair
() long hair and a beard or goatee
I thank the hacker gods that I do not have to use *ANY* Microsoft product or any product that requires a Microsoft product. Yet I'm more productive then the clueless Microsoft mouse weenies who bow down at the feet of Bill Gates, gleefully giving their hard earned dollars to Microsoft for that next wortless/bloated upgrade to that god awful Office 97. Winbloz people seem to be really easy to please. I find it extremely annoying that people refuse to try out something different like Word Perfect etc. Instead these clueless lemmings entrust their hard work to insecure dumbfuckoid products like Word, only to have Word macro virii completely destroy their dumbfuckware mickeysoft boxes beyond repair. Ultimately, I don't think it's their fault. Just like Jeremy Spencer of the Fleetwood Mac era who was brainwashed by the Children of God, spending the past 30 some odd years wasting away in silence, these people will never see the light of day because they have been brainwashed in their early years by our educational system,which teaches them Microsoft is 'GOOD' and everything else is bad. These pathetic creatures of habit help no one but Microsoft, who is running to the bank with all your money, laughing like the evil Dr. Frankenstein.
nothin wrong with likin rock music. not _all_ dorks listen to techno.
Full column here.
"Can't we all just get along?" ;^)
I was in a chat room on Prodigy a few years ago (when *P still had people using it), and had the following IM exchange (I'm male, BTW):
Them: "Wanna do cyber?"
Me: "Are you M or F?"
Them: "M, but I can play F if you want."
Before you ask, I turned him down.
Give the bitch TeX!
Apparently, none of you who replied noticed that I mentioned that I work in the humanities, and that I use, and really like, Linux! And, yes, TeX might work well for math and computer science majors, but that's a narrow subset of the people who write for a living. (We're also talking about people who don't spend much time /thinking/ about language, or, judging by their composition, editing for clarity or sense!)
/efficient/ is insane. As for Word Perfect, it is, as I said, perfectly appropriate for business memos. I know plenty of people writing dissertations in the humanities and liberal arts -- 95% use Microsoft Word, and most of them distrust Microsoft very much. I'd love to see an alternative that would be truly useful.
This is, incidentally, why I mentioned that Linux isn't currently a threat to Microsoft. This narrow minded belief that hacking out some bracketed code in emacs every time you want to write something in bold is
http://www.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/wp.html
Anyone notice how much RMS looks like him? Perhaps
I'm just being paranoid.
I wrote my Masters Thesis in Word. That must have been the choice I have most regretted in my life. At that time at least Word couldn't handle 50+ documents very good. I think it was WinWord 2.0, and in the end Word 6.0.
So don't keep talking me into that Word is good for people who want to use more features than different fonts, tab indenting and nice looking table of contents.
/Jonas U
Let's show these socialists what capitalism is about.
Now what's wrong with that?
Just curious, which other "Unix tools" have you tried for these tasks other than TeX and LaTeX? Does your list include the commercial document creation and management tools? Which ones?
No "point". It was a question. You mentioned that you were familiar with "other Unix tools" and I was interested in hearing about them. That's all.
I do have long hair see pictures
Eric
--
Be who you are...and be it in style!
Here's a scan of the Wired reference for everyone out there that's smart enough to not buy Wired. ;>
until I realized my hair is long, I have a goatee, and I cause the proxy cache at work to fill with Linux-related sites. In fact, I have often driven slashdot.org to the top of the most-requested site list. Hmm...I need some boots.
Posted by Charles Bronson:
I must be the only Slashdotter with a pompadour, button-up collared shirts and not a single pair of blue jeans.
That's odd, I've never seen a physics or math grad student typeset their thesis in MS Word. Maybe they should reformat those equations so they can use a professional word processor instead of that wacky longhair TeX crap.
Rrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiight.
You're full of it.
Remember that what's inside of you doesn't matter because nobody can see it.
I think we should "Slashdot Effect" the person's mailbox who came up with "Slashdot Longhair". I guess it's better than "Linux Hippie" but not by much. :)
Lets see:
1) I have a high and tight hair cut (no long hair here).
2) Wear T-shirts, Blue Jeans and boots (to work no less!)
3) Ride a new Harley (99 Fat Boy... oh yeah! I wish it would freaking warm up outside so I can ride.)
4) Run Linux because I have no tolerance for machines that crash. I have work to do, and rebooting is not what I consider an efficient use of my valuable time.
5) Oh yeah... and I'm not a hippie. Since I spent 10 years in the Infantry... I think that rules out the tree hugging hippie label.
So.. I guess the Berkeley grad, pony tail wearing, goatee sporting, berkenstock wearing hippie Sterotype doesn't fit here either. (I hate stereotypes.) Even though I've been hacking since I was eight (which was a VERY long time ago, lets just say that 50 baud was FAST back then.)
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"People will pay big bucks for the luxury of ignorance."
I don't own a pair of jeans, but I tend to wear long pants all the time. My hair is cut short, back and sides. My beard is usually clean shaven, but often I forget so it grows a bit of stubble.
I am a Linux zelot, but I know there are other OSs out there, do I fit?
The computer world slavishly follows Microsoft, which tells the users what they really want in their software. But we are just ourselves, we use and code what we want.
In the same way, shouldn't we be free from caring about stereotypes that say geeks MUST/MUST NOT have long hair/worn T-shirts/glasses/pocket protectors. Just be yourself.
And I DO have long hair.
A lot of truly proffesional writers wouldn't dream of using Word (or Word Perfect, or StarOffice) - they are too display oriented. I'm a new proffesional writer (first book in production now) and I'm using Nedit on Linux because all the text is written in XML, so a WP isn't much use.
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Matt. Want XML + Apache + Stylesheets? Get AxKit.
I think "slashdot longhair" is about the best non-derogatory description of a Linux fanatic I've ever seen. :-)
--Martin
I AM the Duke of Chichester!
long-hair, boot clad, linux freak
That's me.
www.microsoft.com is like 96 NT severs (Quad Pentium Pro 200 Mhz Compaq's with 512 mb ram) giving them triple redundancy. Actually, that wasn't fair, 24 of those servers are SQL boxes, (It's all super leet ASP you know) most of the rest run IIS. A true sign of a efficient OS.
This is not FUD... There is an enlighting article somewhere on www.microsft.com that describes the "technology" behind the site. (I read the URL in col.advocacy, do a dejanews search if you want to be amused) Quite embarrsing if you ask me.
(ok so maybe it was "only" 76 NT servers, still a ton of them tough)
g0 (Their firewall is a single Unix box)
"I'm a new proffesional writer" who could use a new professional spell checker. But at least you misspelled it consistently.
I see even classic Slashdot is now pretty much unusable on dial up anymore.
So much for the output of mindless news droids
Running with Linux for over 20 years!
Reasons to have long hair:
1) It's pretty.
2) It's sexy. It attracts MOTAS. (Members of the appropriate sex.)
3) It feels nice to brush it.
4) It gives your SO something fun to play with while you're sitting at the computer ignoring them.
If you get it trimmed a few times a year, and use conditioner when you wash it, it's not even a pain to take care of, and it looks MUCH better.
I've seen very few geekboys who didn't look better with long hair. Some geekgirls are better off with it short, but not many.
() short hair and haven't shaved in a week or more
() long hair and haven't shaved in a week or more
There's a difference between having a beard or goatee, and being a lazy slob.
I used to be a long-haired slob, but then I up and went corporate, so I became a short-haired clean-cut type. Then I left corporate america for a small business as the reclusive sysadmin, so now I'm a scraggly-haired-haven't-shaved-in-a-week guy wearing dockers and sneakers. With white socks, even. Yechh.
/me thinks it's time for my annual clothes shopping expedition.
A host is a host from coast to coast...
Unless it's down, or slow, or fails to POST!
--Bitscape
Paradise: gcc, a 12 pack of Josta, a pile of cds, and a long weekend.
Got long hair, a beard, T-shirt and jeans, and drive a motorcycle... Guess I'm not an optimal spokesperson from Linux towards the corporate world :)
Trust the Computer. The Computer is your friend.
The poll should NOT lump beards and goatees together. A beard is a mature, well developed statement to the world, while a goatee is a sorry excuse for not shaving properly :) (no offense intended)
Trust the Computer. The Computer is your friend.
* Extra protective layer under motorcycle helmet
* Great for storing pencils, twinkies
* Hides pallid complexion from sitting inside all day
* Contact with industrial machinery gives reason to sue manufacturer for large sum, allowing for purchase of new alpha-cluster
Trust the Computer. The Computer is your friend.
C'mon we need to settle this before the nickname sticks ... ;-)
CS and Maths majors' writing styles, in my experience, tend to be crystal-clear to the point of tedium. There is no choice when using an inexact medium (English) to convey precise meaning.
Secondly, for a touch typist, typing \emph takes less time than Control-B. I've generally found, however, that most Word users will use the mouse to format text - a far slower process. I'd say the LaTeX approach is pretty efficient, by comparison. Wouldn't you?
I've also noticed that most people who use Word for their theses/dissertations don't use it effectively. They will spend hours at a time propagating formatting changes that should have been encapsulated in a style. If they're not even using the tool they have in an efficient manner, how can they even evaluate whether the alternative would be better?
By the way, you might want to have a look at LyX - a tool that promises to combine the best of LaTeX and a WYSIWIG word processor.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo
--Andy Finkel (J. Klass?)
> computer science graduate students!
I'm working on it...
I'd pay cash money for a t-shirt with a tasteful slashdot logo on the back and "Slashdot Longhair"
lettered on the pocket.
6) no bed-hair, hat-hair, or for those lucky enough, "I just got some"-hair.
7) if completely shaved, MOTAS constantly want to rub your head.
8) Won't accidentally look like Sebastian Bach or other washed-up 80's rockstars.
ZOMG I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS ON MACINTOSH VERSUS WINDOWS, VI VERSUS EMACS, AND HOW YOU'RE NOT A DORK
I got very short hair (where is the "hair length poll"?), wear jeans and t-shirts (in summer) or leather and boots while riding any of my 2 motorcycles. ;-)
I am a Linux advocate but also work with Macs. I also HAVE to work with Win often because the customer always has to be pleased
Hoss
-- bmp System Support - Vienna, Austria
I guess I should bathe less regularly, then.
Got long hair, no beard, T-shirt and jeans, and drive a Beech Sundowner ... I'm probably not an optimal spokesperson for Linux in the corporate world either. But my company has mostly moved over to Linux, and will be completing the move before 2000 -- more and more managers are able to see the substance beyond the stereotypes. Those that can't lose financially .
:-)
Just to keep the stereotypes aive and annoy the Microsoft Suits even more: "Viva la revolucion!"
The Future of Human Evolution: Autonomy
ROTFL! A great idea! "Embrace and Extend" a negative and insulting stereotype into a good natured, humorous jab at oneself, removing all its teeth. Absolutely brilliant! :-)
The Future of Human Evolution: Autonomy
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Y'know, when I ponder the terrible might of the /. Effect, I'm really impressed by this site and its maintainers. Almost every day, another site or two goes down simply because Slashdot mentions it, but the avalanche that brings down those sites all come from here and this Slashdot bears it all every day without any great complaints. I think that's really amazing. Kudos to the guys running this site.
:)
Now if only we could pass Team Evangelista...
-- John Truong
It's better to have hair, than none at all. /. every other day and I have no problem with it.
I am female, I have long hair and I read
Looks at himself in a mirror: long brown hair, flannel shirt, t-shirt, cords that are way too big and purple, 2 year old "all-terain-sneaker" (i didn't know what it meant then and i don't now), and a really messy looking goatee(sp). Yah, I guess "Slashdot Longhair" adequatle describes me. I didn't earn the nickname dirty by being a clean cut preppy type. Slashdot Longhair: it's a generalization, but sometimes it fits.
-matt
hoo-yah!
...
Love it, endorse it & second the motion. Proceed to a vote
lake effect weblog
{Network engineer in Chicago--looking for work!}
Please give me your E-Address so I can send you a self-portrait.
-- SlashDotLongHair
http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=gender&aid=-1
Sorry to push this in your face, but I'm bitter. We just lost our hoops game to @#$#@ wisconson. I hate red. I really do...
I am also a slahdot longhair
"Never judge a man till you've walked a mile in his shoes. This way when you do you are a mile away and have his shoes."