The rot is pretty clear.

I selectively apply updates only after careful research. Askwoody is a good resource for that.

I was actually looking forward to Windows 10 when it was under development. I decided to stick with Windows 7 after learning about Microsoft's "telemetery" that could not be switched off.

I have the same position headed into January. If I can't turn telemetery off completely, then I will not install Windows 10. They can spy on all the sheep they can find, but I won't be one of them.

Where's me gold?

That is all.

Next week, Monday 10 February to Monday 17 February. BOYCOTT Slashdot week. Don't come here, not even anonymously. Let them see the drop in page hit traffic. It's likely the ONLY thing that will wake them up to reality. They've been listening to asshole MBA types and image consultants way too much lately.

Help US teach THEM a lesson about BETA.

Block slashdot.org at your router if you think you may be tempted, out of habit, to have a look at /. during the week.

Just like slash BETA the world wouldn't really be affected one way or the other if the Olympics just up and went away. The worst effects would be felt by the corporate sponsors who would be deprived of a way to market their garbage to teh sheeple consumers.

Let the Olympics die. The International Olympic Committee and a large percentage of the national committees are some of the most corrupt organizations in the world. Fuck 'em.

And if someone who doesn't subscribe to cable television can't see online video of the games then I consider that a GOOD thing. It leaves more bandwidth for the rest of us.

I used to hate FaceBook and Twitter, but I don't anymore. Now don't get me wrong, I still don't use either one but now I perceive them to have great value. As online "destinations" they serve as flypaper for all the AOL-types who pollute the internet. By giving the functionally retarded a place they can call home, it leaves the rest of the 'net to be used for better purposes: intelligent commentary being one such use.

Now they want to throw the doors open to every drooling shortbus rider because they can make Mo Money off it that way. The number of eyeballs attracts advertisers, not the quality of discourse.

BETA is clearly about monetization. The kids today - the next generation of consumers - expect a trendy style that slashdot doesn't exhibit. Dice is clearly interested in attracting a larger "audience" and they can't afford to have these new consumers visit the site, decide that it's not hip enough or it looks "old", and move on never to return. That has to be the thinking behind BETA.

And the reason they want to increase their "audience share" is simple: The more people visit the site the more they can charge for advertising space. It really is that simple. They want to turn slashdot into a profit generator and the community be damned. They will happily throw all of us under the bus if it means they can acquire hordes of retards whose idea of insightful commentary consists of nothing more than "+1", or "Like" or (as we used to loathe in the days of AOHeLl: "Me too!"

Like broadcast television and several other advertising models, they want to turn US into the PRODUCT that they sell to ADVERTISERS.

Greedy sleazebags. I eagerly await Boycott Week from Feb 10th through the 17th. My only use of slashdot that week will be using the name on other sites to see how much the traffic drops off. More widespread dissemination of the BOYCOTT week needs to happen this weekend before it's scheduled to start on Monday. The only way to get through to marketeers and corporatist assholes is to hit 'em where it hurts: in their wallet. A boycott has the potential to show them just how low their "brand" can sink when they piss off their loyal userbase.

There has been a distinct trend in the last few days towards much more interesting articles. Less Bieber, more Mars. That type of thing. I thought I was imagining it.

"What is the linux equivalent of this "go to your windows" step?"

The linux equivalent is, "... get out your shinebox, open it and stick your head in and yell - 'I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!'"

Yes, the linux equivalent of "window" is now "shinebox".

Tried posting, "Fuck Beta"

Received error: "This exact comment has already been posted. Try to be more original..."

Okey Dokey then..... Fuck Beta Sideways

Is there a way to see in your acct info how long you've been registered here? I looked for a bit and didn't see anything obvious that would tell me. The only info I have locally is the dates and times I've changed my password. The earliest date I have is early 2008 but I'm sure I was here for at least a few years before that.

It's not a matter of management becoming brain dead, it's a matter of them "selling out". FFS I saw an ad for Dodge the other day that had a Bob Dylan song playing in it.

If Bob Dylan is selling out you know anyone can (and will) sell out. Time to move on.

Count me in. I regularly get 15 mod points at least twice a week. If this new 'beta" goes live, I'm outta here. I've had excellent karma since I don't know when, years. More and more the stories are fluff and I find myself thinking that I can read about these shitty stories literally anywhere else on the web.

News For Nerds. Stuff That Matters. RIP if beta goes live without a ton of changes. I will use all my mod points until further notice to ONLY mod comments that discuss Beta.

And .... fuck it, I almost checked "No Karma Bonus" before submitting this comment. I have an unsettling feeling that it won't matter soon, so karma bonus away!