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Note that being moderated Funny doesn't help your karma. You have to be smart, not just a smart-ass.
Answered by: CmdrTaco
Last Modified: 6/03/03
I can see where Taco is coming from: (Score:5, Funny) comments are often unoriginal and unintelligent. But some of them are outstandingly funny, AND Insightful/Informative to boot, so I still think it sucks.
We moderators can, of course, mod up these hybrids as something other than Funny, if they are truly worthy of other positive descriptors and the resultant karma boost. Some of the shallower humor is still dang funny (to me anyway), and it still deserves attention, but a distinct way to reward clever humor would be cool. I doubt that we could convince the powers that be to institute any new descriptors, such as "Insightfully Funny" or "Informatively Funny." I don't know if any of us would want any schema that barbarous (my names are at least outright barbarous.;-)) Seriously, that plan doesn't sound very appealing to me, but it's the best attempt at a feeble try I can come up with at the moment. Any ideas, Slashdotters?
Of course, maybe I'm just miffed because I found out the day I got modded up as Funny (that particular comment was neither informative nor insightful, and not all that Funny anyway;-)).
[While we're at it, maybe we can add "Karma Whore" for all those 1337 masters of cut-and-paste;-) (which is not to say that I don't find them useful).]
I once encountered (in a MUD) a hobbit named "Biblo Baggins." Some random player kept anonymously chanting "Bilbo Baggins," and, naturally, it began to grate on "Biblo's" nerves after a little while...
Don't you mean Mithrandir? (You're probably thinking of the -(n)dil ending in Elendil, Valandil, &c., unless you're mixing Quenya and Sindarin (-(n)dil is Quenya, Mithrandir is Sindarin)). Does Tolkien ever use Mithrandir in The Hobbit? I can't remember myself.
>Nimrod (Nimrod is Biblical, check out Genesis - he was a great hunter in the site of the Lord) [Emphasis mine]
Hmmm, do you remember if Genesis mentions the URL for the Lord's site?
My younger brother named Link 'Zelda' when he played Ocarina of Time, just so that he could see the princess say "Zelda... that name sounds familiar..."
You'll fully appreciate this only if you're a Mormon, or if you know Mormon culture. According to The Sugar Beat ("LDS Satire, Honest"), a recent poll "a recent poll" of Mormon youth revealed that 32% of the participants thought the Matrix to be "at least partially inspired by God." "But that number may be low, because many kids wouldnâ(TM)t admit to having seen an R-rated movie.â But see also for a slightly different viewpoint, i.e. Neo is Satan. I've never personally heard of Mormons tallying profanities in movies, though. If your typical Mormon is offended by a film's content, chances are he or she will walk out. Certainly some other Christians (unfortunately) keep those kinds of detailed scores, and a few Mormons might, but it seems much less likely.
Netflix is obviously not the way to go for impulsive movie renting, unless your whims take about a week to dissipate. If you want to watch an entire TV series, though, it can work out nicely... sometimes. (I'm in the middle of watching Cowboy Bebop, and because some silly twit decided not to return disc 3 in a timely manner, Netflix sent me disc 4, the next item in my queue, instead. Grrrrr.)
I've decided a couple times that I didn't really feel like watching a film that I'd picked out a week or two before, and then it took a nearly a week for my next disc to arrive, of course.
But, Netflix is advantageous if you don't have a car.;-) My feelings are mixed, but I'd complain more if I could get to Blockbuster without calling a cab or walking.
Maybe I'll just grab the next few Cowboy Bebop sessions off the net... if I get lucky it should only take three or four weeks to download them all.
What's the point of karma whoring if you don't log in? If this post was meant to be a humble act of service, then you probably wouldn't call yourself a whore. But if you're calling yourself a whore anonymously, all we can assume is that you don't want people to know about the perverted double life you're leading.
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Note that being moderated Funny doesn't help your karma. You have to be smart, not just a smart-ass.
Answered by: CmdrTaco
Last Modified: 6/03/03
I can see where Taco is coming from: (Score:5, Funny) comments are often unoriginal and unintelligent. But some of them are outstandingly funny, AND Insightful/Informative to boot, so I still think it sucks.
We moderators can, of course, mod up these hybrids as something other than Funny, if they are truly worthy of other positive descriptors and the resultant karma boost. Some of the shallower humor is still dang funny (to me anyway), and it still deserves attention, but a distinct way to reward clever humor would be cool. I doubt that we could convince the powers that be to institute any new descriptors, such as "Insightfully Funny" or "Informatively Funny." I don't know if any of us would want any schema that barbarous (my names are at least outright barbarous. ;-)) Seriously, that plan doesn't sound very appealing to me, but it's the best attempt at a feeble try I can come up with at the moment. Any ideas, Slashdotters?
Of course, maybe I'm just miffed because I found out the day I got modded up as Funny (that particular comment was neither informative nor insightful, and not all that Funny anyway ;-)).
[While we're at it, maybe we can add "Karma Whore" for all those 1337 masters of cut-and-paste ;-) (which is not to say that I don't find them useful).]
"Round" ain't just any old shape; the sphere is the height of geometric perfection. (But you don't have to take my word for it, go read the ancients.)
Yeah, that's right.
I once encountered (in a MUD) a hobbit named "Biblo Baggins." Some random player kept anonymously chanting "Bilbo Baggins," and, naturally, it began to grate on "Biblo's" nerves after a little while...
Don't you mean Mithran dir ? (You're probably thinking of the -(n)dil ending in Elendil, Valandil, &c., unless you're mixing Quenya and Sindarin (-(n)dil is Quenya, Mithrandir is Sindarin)). Does Tolkien ever use Mithrandir in The Hobbit? I can't remember myself.
>Nimrod (Nimrod is Biblical, check out Genesis - he was a great hunter in the site of the Lord) [Emphasis mine]
Hmmm, do you remember if Genesis mentions the URL for the Lord's site?
My younger brother named Link 'Zelda' when he played Ocarina of Time, just so that he could see the princess say "Zelda... that name sounds familiar..."
Anyone remember this positive Japanese perspective on the game, from a rather unlikely source? (Slashdot story here.
Woops. I hit "Submit" rather than "Preview". Heh heh. The review is here. And yes, I also caught the "a recent poll" redundancy.
You'll fully appreciate this only if you're a Mormon, or if you know Mormon culture. According to The Sugar Beat ("LDS Satire, Honest"), a recent poll "a recent poll" of Mormon youth revealed that 32% of the participants thought the Matrix to be "at least partially inspired by God." "But that number may be low, because many kids wouldnâ(TM)t admit to having seen an R-rated movie.â But see also for a slightly different viewpoint, i.e. Neo is Satan. I've never personally heard of Mormons tallying profanities in movies, though. If your typical Mormon is offended by a film's content, chances are he or she will walk out. Certainly some other Christians (unfortunately) keep those kinds of detailed scores, and a few Mormons might, but it seems much less likely.
Netflix is obviously not the way to go for impulsive movie renting, unless your whims take about a week to dissipate. If you want to watch an entire TV series, though, it can work out nicely... sometimes. (I'm in the middle of watching Cowboy Bebop, and because some silly twit decided not to return disc 3 in a timely manner, Netflix sent me disc 4, the next item in my queue, instead. Grrrrr.) I've decided a couple times that I didn't really feel like watching a film that I'd picked out a week or two before, and then it took a nearly a week for my next disc to arrive, of course. But, Netflix is advantageous if you don't have a car. ;-) My feelings are mixed, but I'd complain more if I could get to Blockbuster without calling a cab or walking.
Maybe I'll just grab the next few Cowboy Bebop sessions off the net... if I get lucky it should only take three or four weeks to download them all.
What's the point of karma whoring if you don't log in? If this post was meant to be a humble act of service, then you probably wouldn't call yourself a whore. But if you're calling yourself a whore anonymously, all we can assume is that you don't want people to know about the perverted double life you're leading.