your faithful readers are now super concerned about the future without any founders direction!
It's okay, now we can have endless discussions about whether such-and-such story submission or minor alteration in site design is in keeping with the founders' vision.
Almost like we planned it that way. Too bad we didn't!
I left Geeknet aka all the other names Rob has typed already nearly exactly a year ago now, and had stopped really posting on Slashdot prior to that but the work, creation and launching of Slashdot remains one of the best things that has ever happened to me. Rob and I went to the same middle school, high school, college and had the joy of working together for well over a decade; I've been very lucky to have worked with him and the other friends we started with.
Rob and I became friends not actually because of being in the same school, though we knew each other that way. We because friends when we both had modems and got on the BBSes, and that desire to have a place to share news and stuff with friends was what I think Slashdot has done well with. Bringing together the people who have the love of technology in their blood. Rob is really really good at that, and working with him and the rest of the folks has been on honor and privilege.
We've had some good wedding times and some burnination times (Chris, I forgot about the cell phone. That makes me giggle.) And while I could go on and on, then I'll turn maudlin and no one wants that.
I started at Google just over a week ago now, and love what I'm doing -- and I think that's the most important lesson I learned from Slashdot. You won't always like what you are doing but if you working on something you love and with good people around you, that's worth a lot.
If you care to see me poke fun of Rob, you can find me on Twitter as (the imaginatively named) @hemos, or find me on Google Plus as Jeffrey Bates
we've gotten a few reports of this and one screen shot. if anyone does see an ad for a mail order bride, please send me a screen shot if ya can, but also paste me the click-thru URL.
thanks - address to send it to is hemos @ well, the website you're on.org
this is a resource issue ultimately; at this point, IE represents less then 20% of the total traffic that comes to Slashdot, and if you measure how many IE users actually go into the discussion systems, it's even less. So, yeah, it will happen - but it's not super high.
Hah. My thoughts exactly. I almost added a droll comment about the sheer amount of submissions on SOMETHING THAT MATTERS NOT AT ALL, while meanwhile, Mars has confirmed methane which means most probably microbial life.
Because Robin Miller, on NF, just got the scoop from IBM. It's called reporting. It's happened before - what will happen now is that the other news organizations will see this, and rush out to get stories.
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So, installing malicious software means your information can be accessed? SHOCKING.
Man, here I was hoping helm's deep would reinvigorate LOTRO. And yes, I had even pre-ordered it.
Spot on analogy, Tackhead. +1, you.
Hahaha. I had forgotten about the LBs. Hope you are doing well soon.
Thanks man. Advogato 4 lyfe.
Hahahaha -- ah, the ball gag. That brings back memories.
your faithful readers are now super concerned about the future without any founders direction!
It's okay, now we can have endless discussions about whether such-and-such story submission or minor alteration in site design is in keeping with the founders' vision.
Almost like we planned it that way. Too bad we didn't!
I SEE YOU PUDGE
Nope, CBN left a few years ago. Samzenpus and Timothy are still around tho'!
You can refer to me as "Norman" if that makes it more palatable.
The worst part is that I did miss first post. But it was chrisd who beat me so that makes it slightly more bearable.
Thanks -- it was always the personal part that made me happiest.
Thanks. And you all should know that it has been the readers that kept Rob and I going for as long as we did.
And also why I get some very odd spam sometimes. Although nothing tops: "Hemos, pink flicks! Merhabalar! Super Viagra is here!"
I left Geeknet aka all the other names Rob has typed already nearly exactly a year ago now, and had stopped really posting on Slashdot prior to that but the work, creation and launching of Slashdot remains one of the best things that has ever happened to me. Rob and I went to the same middle school, high school, college and had the joy of working together for well over a decade; I've been very lucky to have worked with him and the other friends we started with.
Rob and I became friends not actually because of being in the same school, though we knew each other that way. We because friends when we both had modems and got on the BBSes, and that desire to have a place to share news and stuff with friends was what I think Slashdot has done well with. Bringing together the people who have the love of technology in their blood. Rob is really really good at that, and working with him and the rest of the folks has been on honor and privilege.
We've had some good wedding times and some burnination times (Chris, I forgot about the cell phone. That makes me giggle.) And while I could go on and on, then I'll turn maudlin and no one wants that.
I started at Google just over a week ago now, and love what I'm doing -- and I think that's the most important lesson I learned from Slashdot. You won't always like what you are doing but if you working on something you love and with good people around you, that's worth a lot.
If you care to see me poke fun of Rob, you can find me on Twitter as (the imaginatively named) @hemos, or find me on Google Plus as Jeffrey Bates
Thanks for the fun, Rob. We done good.
I suspect you to be an agent of the Psychic Friends network.
hey,
we've gotten a few reports of this and one screen shot. if anyone does see an ad for a mail order bride, please send me a screen shot if ya can, but also paste me the click-thru URL.
thanks - address to send it to is hemos @ well, the website you're on.org
this is a resource issue ultimately; at this point, IE represents less then 20% of the total traffic that comes to Slashdot, and if you measure how many IE users actually go into the discussion systems, it's even less. So, yeah, it will happen - but it's not super high.
YOu should read more carefully - the comment was sarcasm.
Hah. I love the notion that of X many pages to CLient Y ads. It's too bad that that doesn't exist.
The reason Roland's stories get posted is that because he writes good submissions. Nothing more, nothing less.
If they had simply requested something that says "Java is a registered TM of Sun" or some such, I think it would have been fine.
But moreover, it's the irony of them now plastering it everywhere, but destroying any grass roots usage of it.
Hah. My thoughts exactly. I almost added a droll comment about the sheer amount of submissions on SOMETHING THAT MATTERS NOT AT ALL, while meanwhile, Mars has confirmed methane which means most probably microbial life.
Because the rocket systems that NASA used to get to the Moon in the first place were discontinued, basically.
23 bottles of wine on the wall...23 bottles of wine...
Because Robin Miller, on NF, just got the scoop from IBM. It's called reporting. It's happened before - what will happen now is that the other news organizations will see this, and rush out to get stories.