Comments on: True meaning of Slashdot http://www.jurecuhalev.com/blog/2008/11/28/true-meaning-of-slashdot/ In pursuit of The Idea Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:07:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alex http://www.jurecuhalev.com/blog/2008/11/28/true-meaning-of-slashdot/comment-page-1/#comment-17497 Alex Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:47:29 +0000 http://www.jurecuhalev.com/blog/?p=583#comment-17497 <i>To casual observer it might seem that it’s just pieces of random stories that are badly written, often with extreme pro-linux bias and no serious editorial policy. To which long time users would reply: that’s all true, but that’s not the point of /.</i><br><br>But yes, that is exactly the point of slashdot! <br><br>Where else can I blast like-minded anti-social geeks because they don't conform to my ideal standard of geekdom (namely myself) due to them not agreeing that the tool I use to enter arbitrary text is a manna-giving gift from God that angels sing for every time I hit a key and the tool they use isn't worth the magnetic fluctuations on their oldest harddrive platter?<br><br>I'm naturally talking about GNU Emacs vs Xemacs. Now get off my lawn! To casual observer it might seem that it’s just pieces of random stories that are badly written, often with extreme pro-linux bias and no serious editorial policy. To which long time users would reply: that’s all true, but that’s not the point of /.

But yes, that is exactly the point of slashdot!

Where else can I blast like-minded anti-social geeks because they don't conform to my ideal standard of geekdom (namely myself) due to them not agreeing that the tool I use to enter arbitrary text is a manna-giving gift from God that angels sing for every time I hit a key and the tool they use isn't worth the magnetic fluctuations on their oldest harddrive platter?

I'm naturally talking about GNU Emacs vs Xemacs. Now get off my lawn!

]]> By: Swizec http://www.jurecuhalev.com/blog/2008/11/28/true-meaning-of-slashdot/comment-page-1/#comment-17463 Swizec Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:05:01 +0000 http://www.jurecuhalev.com/blog/?p=583#comment-17463 Ah, the good old slashdot paradox. Sites get slashdotted even though no slashdotter will ever read more than half the summary. Ah, the good old slashdot paradox. Sites get slashdotted even though no slashdotter will ever read more than half the summary.

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