Complaining about dupes accomplishes only one thing: it generates far more duplicate traffic in the form of repetetive dupe complaints than the dupe articles themselves.
For real. How many times has TMM posted a first post with the same sentence: "Story is a DUPE. Original article can be found here. $SLASHDOT_EDITOR you suck. ^_^" ?
He just does it for karma points. After all, why would anyone who knew it was a dupe have any interest in commenting on it again?
Yes, of course, because slashdot is supposed to be all original content. Oh, wait. They link to articles from other media sources... Hmmm... So, then, yeah, they have to be the first to link it, and Slashdot editors should spend most of their time reading digg and boingboing and the like to make sure that nobody else linked an article first. Oh, wait, but then how would readers that don't read those other sites ever see that material? For that matter, how would the editors find time to review submissions if they spent all their time reading other sites? I'm almost stumped here.
I've got an idea. Why don't we let slashdot be slashdot, digg be digg, boingboing be boingboing, and stop worrying about the fucking dupes!
That's why I didn't find [his] commentary terribly insightful.
He wasn't trying to be insightful, he was just trying to get first post with enough links or quotes from the article to get modded up by people completely lacking the ability to think critically. This guy does this all the time. The problem is that mods don't RTFA before modding up the first post that sounds like the author might have RTFA, whether or not it actually offers any insight in to the subject. In this particular case, the three links to the various magnetic products might seem relavent and informative to someone who hasn't read the article, but I think they are more of a distraction, as they really have nothing to do with the kind of ion exchange dialysis that the article actually refers to. I'll agree that the article is short of scientific detail, so I, too, will suspend judgement, but I don't see how the original (the first, imagine that) post is insightful/informative.
A few years ago, when the Simpsons was still relevant and funny, they didn't need to do stupid articles like this to keep reminding people that the Simpsons were still on TV.
A few years ago, when Slashdot was still relevant and interesting, they didn't need to post stupid dumbass comments like yours to keep reminding people what a fucking retarded douchebag you are.
1. Get Mom to buy you subscription to Slashdot so you can get first post.
2. Google topic and link first three returns as "Article is short on details, more info can be found here, here and here. And Zonk sucks."
3. ^_^
4. KARMA!
"TripMaster Monkey writes "This just in from Smartoffice News: Windows is broken and Microsoft has admitted it. Jim Allichin, Vice President and co-head of the Platform Products and Services Division, reportedly has told Bill Gates that Vista is "not going to work". From the article: "[Longhorn] is so complex its writers will never be able to make it run properly." Allichin is spearheading a revolution within the company to change how the software giant works. The solution: a more 'Linux-esque' methodology, of course."
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Complaining about dupes accomplishes only one thing: it generates far more duplicate traffic in the form of repetetive dupe complaints than the dupe articles themselves.
For real. How many times has TMM posted a first post with the same sentence: "Story is a DUPE. Original article can be found here. $SLASHDOT_EDITOR you suck. ^_^" ?
He just does it for karma points. After all, why would anyone who knew it was a dupe have any interest in commenting on it again?
You said you have a girlfriend, right? So, uh, unless you are lying, why don't you ask her?
Does it count as a dupe if Digg did it first?
Yes, of course, because slashdot is supposed to be all original content. Oh, wait. They link to articles from other media sources... Hmmm... So, then, yeah, they have to be the first to link it, and Slashdot editors should spend most of their time reading digg and boingboing and the like to make sure that nobody else linked an article first. Oh, wait, but then how would readers that don't read those other sites ever see that material? For that matter, how would the editors find time to review submissions if they spent all their time reading other sites? I'm almost stumped here.
I've got an idea. Why don't we let slashdot be slashdot, digg be digg, boingboing be boingboing, and stop worrying about the fucking dupes!
That's why I didn't find [his] commentary terribly insightful.
He wasn't trying to be insightful, he was just trying to get first post with enough links or quotes from the article to get modded up by people completely lacking the ability to think critically. This guy does this all the time. The problem is that mods don't RTFA before modding up the first post that sounds like the author might have RTFA, whether or not it actually offers any insight in to the subject. In this particular case, the three links to the various magnetic products might seem relavent and informative to someone who hasn't read the article, but I think they are more of a distraction, as they really have nothing to do with the kind of ion exchange dialysis that the article actually refers to. I'll agree that the article is short of scientific detail, so I, too, will suspend judgement, but I don't see how the original (the first, imagine that) post is insightful/informative.
A few years ago, when Slashdot was still relevant and interesting, they didn't need to post stupid dumbass comments like yours to keep reminding people what a fucking retarded douchebag you are.
I'm going to wait until the porn industry figures this one out. They're always one step ahead in the technology game.
1. Get Mom to buy you subscription to Slashdot so you can get first post.
2. Google topic and link first three returns as "Article is short on details, more info can be found here, here and here. And Zonk sucks."
3. ^_^
4. KARMA!
The Monkey eats Tacos for LUNCH!
The Monkey came. The Monkey saw. Damn! What's that smell in here?
Can't touch the Monkey
Nobody can touch the Monkey!
Stop impostering me! Or at least get the sig right.
Right on, brutha!