Looks like some moderators are participating in the protests by modding on topic comments "offtopic".
As to quitting smoking, it depends on your genes and when you quit. My mother and her husband quit 30 years ago when he developed emphysema, he died from pretty much all his organs shutting down last year, Mom's only now starting to get COPD at age 85, but all but three of her twelve siblings are alive and in their nineties.
Generally, though, they say if you quit before you're 40, by the time you're 50 your lungs will be as healthy as a 50 year old who never smoked. And the more you smoke, the more damage there is to the lungs.
If I get COPD it will probably be from reefer, all smoke is bad for your lungs. But at least pot doesn't cause cancer.
Mod away, buddy. You're not going to stop the protest, or to stop the hemorrhaging of users when classic goes away. Nobody's too worried about karma right now, we're worried about Dice killing slashdot.
A UI is not a ladies' fashion trend, it is a tool.
It's a men's fasion trend instead?
Men (at least straight men) generally don't give a shit about fashion.
How much as the "UI" for hammers and chisels changed in the last few thousand years? The hammer quite a bit. The modern hammers with sprung steel heads, claws (and other attachments) and ergonomic handles especially those designed to mitigate RSI
That's not change for the sake of change, it's adding useability and functionality. Slashdot beta removes useability and functionality for the sake of change alone. Hammers didn't change for fashion.
Ten years ago they were thriving. I just checked their front page (first time in years for me as well). Only one or two stories per day posted on the front page, it sure doesn't look like it's thriving. Ten years ago there were as many front page stories per day as slashdot.
What K5 looks like today is what/. will look like in ten years if they don't come to their senses.
I've slowed down commenting, but did post a journal today, but unlike the last one wasn't a "fuck beta" journal (fifteen year old material from my old web site).
If slashdot wants to offer the "new version" fine. As long as I can stick to classic. When it's gone, so will I be.
The protest/alternate site is supposed to get slashcode Monday. I'm hopeful.
That puzzled me at first, too. The wiki is temporary, they say they should have the slashcode done Monday. Registering at the wiki registers you, registering at the forum doesn't, apparently.
It looks like they got slashdotted yesterday. I hope they succeed, I got username mcgrew with a UID of 123.
When you're not on your own computer you have little choice of browsers. I, for one, would be furious if someone installed anything on my computer without permission and I refuse to do it to anyone else.
Maybe I'll try it in IE on my own laptop, not going to risk trying it in Firefox and getting stuck in beta. IE wouldn't even be on the laptop if I could uninstall it (too lazy to put Linux on it, W7 is "good enough").
Try using bold or italics or posting a link. Try to find the URL of a comment. Log off and try to log back in, I couldn't log in at work (they use IE7).
No, they added nothing of value and removed much of value. Does Microsoft own Dice?
Beta will be gone when they put it in full Production.
It doesn't matter if Beta leaves or not, most of slashdot's posters will be gone when Classic is gone. I will be. If they keep Classic as an option it won't matter, we'll stay. The issue is their getting rid of Classic, not the existence of Beta.
Instead of being an ass, Clearly post your issues to the correct authority, instead of spamming the message boards over and over again.
It's a protest. Lets hope it's effective. I posted in the page about beta and several user journals decrying Beta, wrote a journal about it myself and wrote an email telling slashdot how much beta sucks. Answering positively to anti-beta comments may annoy you, but I think it's important and needs to be done.
Meanwhile, I'll be looking for an alternate site. In a year this place will be as empty as kuro5hin.
The fast majority of the F*ck Beta comments are coming from ACs.
One was mine, I don't log in or comment at work and was thrown into that mess with no way out (?&"nobeta=1" didn't work) and no way to log in.
But yeah, many of us feared this clusterfuck would happen when a corporation bought it and Malda left. Meanwhile, slashdot's replacement is being worked on now (I registered an account this morning, user name mcgrew UID 123).
My trash can is so full it's overflowing. Two weeks ago it was far from full, more full last week, and full today. If I mash it with my foot it can be more full, but it will never be a smith's tool.
However, language evolves. Expect "fuller" as an adjective in future dictionaries.
Indeed, there is everything wrong with it an nothing right. They're trying to replace the Shire with the Two Towers and they expect us hobbits to just go along?
Someone is already building an alternate, I've signed up for an account... we'll see. It will be really hard to make it suck worse than slashdot beta.
Change for the sake of change is stupid. Unless they change their minds, slashdot will be the new k5.
Some folks are working on a new slashdot. It looks like they're using wikipedia code right now, the page says they're converting to slashcode. No content there yet. I opened an account this morning.
No, what he said echoes my sentiments. Going from a 19th century mansion to a Habitat for Humanity house is NOT "moving up." It's a shame Dice wants slashdot dead. I'll miss it.
I did before I came here, every single one of the "beta sucks" stories, just posted a "beta sucks"/. journal, and sent them an email informing them that when classic is gone, so will I be.
I suspect all that will be left after classic is gone is APK, ethanol-fueled, the goatse guy, the GNAA guy, and that guy who wants you to clean his PC, Oh, and don't forget Bert, and the other two trolls Bilbo met.
I guess the definition of "nerd" changed, you can't use any HTML in that gawdoffal clusterfuck. They HAVE to have some underhanded reason to want to kill slashdot, because once they remove classic this place will be empty and the cleanmypc guy and the goatse guy and APK and ethanol-fueled will be all that's left.
So, if nerds don't code or do science or engineering or repurposing stuff, what are we called now? And is it a pejorative, like "nerd" was when I was in high school?
If I'd seen Outlook as an improvement rather than a productivity drainer I'd welcome it. Nostalgia? Yeah, when something good is replaced by something awful (have you been subjected to slashdot beta yet?), yeah, I get nostalgic. Do I miss vacuum tubes and automotive carburetors? Hell no. I'm going to miss slashdot when they get rid of classic.
I don't miss Novell, I just hate its replacement and will be glad I'm rid of it this month (I'm retiring).
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Nimoy smoking a joint
Looks like some moderators are participating in the protests by modding on topic comments "offtopic".
As to quitting smoking, it depends on your genes and when you quit. My mother and her husband quit 30 years ago when he developed emphysema, he died from pretty much all his organs shutting down last year, Mom's only now starting to get COPD at age 85, but all but three of her twelve siblings are alive and in their nineties.
Generally, though, they say if you quit before you're 40, by the time you're 50 your lungs will be as healthy as a 50 year old who never smoked. And the more you smoke, the more damage there is to the lungs.
If I get COPD it will probably be from reefer, all smoke is bad for your lungs. But at least pot doesn't cause cancer.
Mod away, buddy. You're not going to stop the protest, or to stop the hemorrhaging of users when classic goes away. Nobody's too worried about karma right now, we're worried about Dice killing slashdot.
Men (at least straight men) generally don't give a shit about fashion.
How much as the "UI" for hammers and chisels changed in the last few thousand years? The hammer quite a bit. The modern hammers with sprung steel heads, claws (and other attachments) and ergonomic handles especially those designed to mitigate RSI
That's not change for the sake of change, it's adding useability and functionality. Slashdot beta removes useability and functionality for the sake of change alone. Hammers didn't change for fashion.
Ten years ago they were thriving. I just checked their front page (first time in years for me as well). Only one or two stories per day posted on the front page, it sure doesn't look like it's thriving. Ten years ago there were as many front page stories per day as slashdot.
What K5 looks like today is what /. will look like in ten years if they don't come to their senses.
I've slowed down commenting, but did post a journal today, but unlike the last one wasn't a "fuck beta" journal (fifteen year old material from my old web site).
If slashdot wants to offer the "new version" fine. As long as I can stick to classic. When it's gone, so will I be.
The protest/alternate site is supposed to get slashcode Monday. I'm hopeful.
Mine's 123! And I'm still mcgrew, like I am everywhere (except for a while on slashdot when I couldn't log in).
That puzzled me at first, too. The wiki is temporary, they say they should have the slashcode done Monday. Registering at the wiki registers you, registering at the forum doesn't, apparently.
It looks like they got slashdotted yesterday. I hope they succeed, I got username mcgrew with a UID of 123.
Looks like they got slashdotted. I logged on today and they mentioned getting new hosting.
It must have been the shitty old browser, then, because it didn't work for me. I'll try it on this notebook (but not my main browser).
When you're not on your own computer you have little choice of browsers. I, for one, would be furious if someone installed anything on my computer without permission and I refuse to do it to anyone else.
Maybe I'll try it in IE on my own laptop, not going to risk trying it in Firefox and getting stuck in beta. IE wouldn't even be on the laptop if I could uninstall it (too lazy to put Linux on it, W7 is "good enough").
altslashdot.org, someone started it a day or two ago. Not much there yet.
Try using bold or italics or posting a link. Try to find the URL of a comment. Log off and try to log back in, I couldn't log in at work (they use IE7).
No, they added nothing of value and removed much of value. Does Microsoft own Dice?
Beta will be gone when they put it in full Production.
It doesn't matter if Beta leaves or not, most of slashdot's posters will be gone when Classic is gone. I will be. If they keep Classic as an option it won't matter, we'll stay. The issue is their getting rid of Classic, not the existence of Beta.
Instead of being an ass, Clearly post your issues to the correct authority, instead of spamming the message boards over and over again.
It's a protest. Lets hope it's effective. I posted in the page about beta and several user journals decrying Beta, wrote a journal about it myself and wrote an email telling slashdot how much beta sucks. Answering positively to anti-beta comments may annoy you, but I think it's important and needs to be done.
Meanwhile, I'll be looking for an alternate site. In a year this place will be as empty as kuro5hin.
Someone else has started new slashdot. I registered an account this morning, even though there's no real content there yet.
The fast majority of the F*ck Beta comments are coming from ACs.
One was mine, I don't log in or comment at work and was thrown into that mess with no way out (?&"nobeta=1" didn't work) and no way to log in.
But yeah, many of us feared this clusterfuck would happen when a corporation bought it and Malda left. Meanwhile, slashdot's replacement is being worked on now (I registered an account this morning, user name mcgrew UID 123).
It is if you're moving data, but not for delivery of power (faster wires won't make your stereo sound better or toast your bread any faster).
I doubt it's faster than fiber, though.
My trash can is so full it's overflowing. Two weeks ago it was far from full, more full last week, and full today. If I mash it with my foot it can be more full, but it will never be a smith's tool.
However, language evolves. Expect "fuller" as an adjective in future dictionaries.
Indeed, there is everything wrong with it an nothing right. They're trying to replace the Shire with the Two Towers and they expect us hobbits to just go along?
Someone is already building an alternate, I've signed up for an account... we'll see. It will be really hard to make it suck worse than slashdot beta.
Change for the sake of change is stupid. Unless they change their minds, slashdot will be the new k5.
Some folks are working on a new slashdot. It looks like they're using wikipedia code right now, the page says they're converting to slashcode. No content there yet. I opened an account this morning.
No, what he said echoes my sentiments. Going from a 19th century mansion to a Habitat for Humanity house is NOT "moving up." It's a shame Dice wants slashdot dead. I'll miss it.
I did before I came here, every single one of the "beta sucks" stories, just posted a "beta sucks" /. journal, and sent them an email informing them that when classic is gone, so will I be.
I suspect all that will be left after classic is gone is APK, ethanol-fueled, the goatse guy, the GNAA guy, and that guy who wants you to clean his PC, Oh, and don't forget Bert, and the other two trolls Bilbo met.
The Beta motto is ``News for Nerds''.
I guess the definition of "nerd" changed, you can't use any HTML in that gawdoffal clusterfuck. They HAVE to have some underhanded reason to want to kill slashdot, because once they remove classic this place will be empty and the cleanmypc guy and the goatse guy and APK and ethanol-fueled will be all that's left.
So, if nerds don't code or do science or engineering or repurposing stuff, what are we called now? And is it a pejorative, like "nerd" was when I was in high school?
I'll miss slashdot.
No, just the awful, poorly designed tools they've been buying for the last decade.
If I'd seen Outlook as an improvement rather than a productivity drainer I'd welcome it. Nostalgia? Yeah, when something good is replaced by something awful (have you been subjected to slashdot beta yet?), yeah, I get nostalgic. Do I miss vacuum tubes and automotive carburetors? Hell no. I'm going to miss slashdot when they get rid of classic.
I don't miss Novell, I just hate its replacement and will be glad I'm rid of it this month (I'm retiring).