As mentioned several times I would suggest actually sponsoring the US FIRST ( usfirst.org ) robotics competition. You could also sponsor chess competitions held by the USCH, I know I'm trying to get my school to finally start a chess club although the proposition has been rejected several times which truly is a shame.
Of course, to really win the support of high-schoolers rather than just let them know about it (that is, my fellow nerds), I suggest that you "dumb down" some of the open-source language. It's wonderful to have an ask slashdot sect but if people ask questions that seem like rtfm gtfo newb wtf oh then they won't get posted and in the unlikely event that they do the internet will make their email explode into small fractals all over this half of the internet/universe-as-we-know-it. If Slashdot had a glossary I think it'd be much easier for people to get around. FAQ sections and "More Info" usually seems misleading to me. Perhaps it could just be maintained by good-doers of/. that would keep it up-to-date for younger or even less-experienced readers to be able to follow things that are actually significant. Histories of OS's and processors, etc.
Or I could be the only one that just doesn't get some stuff and in that case you should feel free to make my intarweb go anal via email.
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illegal? no unethical? well if he's asking you to not do it I would say so.
hey maybe my TV can lag now too :D
As mentioned several times I would suggest actually sponsoring the US FIRST ( usfirst.org ) robotics competition. You could also sponsor chess competitions held by the USCH, I know I'm trying to get my school to finally start a chess club although the proposition has been rejected several times which truly is a shame. Of course, to really win the support of high-schoolers rather than just let them know about it (that is, my fellow nerds), I suggest that you "dumb down" some of the open-source language. It's wonderful to have an ask slashdot sect but if people ask questions that seem like rtfm gtfo newb wtf oh then they won't get posted and in the unlikely event that they do the internet will make their email explode into small fractals all over this half of the internet/universe-as-we-know-it. If Slashdot had a glossary I think it'd be much easier for people to get around. FAQ sections and "More Info" usually seems misleading to me. Perhaps it could just be maintained by good-doers of /. that would keep it up-to-date for younger or even less-experienced readers to be able to follow things that are actually significant. Histories of OS's and processors, etc.
Or I could be the only one that just doesn't get some stuff and in that case you should feel free to make my intarweb go anal via email.
Just buy two of everything.