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Comment Re:Does not compute (Score 1) 99

by runeghost (#46189879) Attached to: Spectacular New Martian Impact Crater Spotted From Orbit
Oh, but the guy whose friend owns the snazzy car assures you that he'll let his friend know all about the problems you've pointed out, and that they'll get those pesky little things like wheels, windshields, and doors fixed before they have the perfectly functional car towed away. Doesn't that make you feel better?

Submission + - Exelon May Shutter Some Reactors in 2014 (powermag.com)

Submitted by mdsolar
mdsolar writes: Some of Exelon Corp.’s 10 nuclear power plants are unprofitable and may need to close in 2014 if “a path to sustainable profits” cannot be found, company President and CEO Chris Crane said in a Feb. 6 conference call to discuss fourth quarter results.

Exelon runs the nation’s largest nuclear fleet, operating 17 reactors in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. While Crane did not name the plants at risk, analysts believe the Clinton and Quad Cities plants, both in Illinois, are most in danger of shutdown.

Submission + - CmdrTaco: Anti-Beta Movement a "Vocal Minority" (washingtonpost.com) 30

Submitted by Antipater
Antipater writes: The furor over Slashdot Beta is loud enough that even outside media has begun to notice. The Washington Post's tech blog The Switch has written a piece on the issue, and the anti-Beta protesters aren't going to be happy about it. The Post questioned Slashdot founder Rob Malda, who believes the protests are the work of only a vocal minority or readers: "It's easy to forget that the vocal population of a community driven site like Slashdot might be the most important group, but they are typically also the smallest class of users." The current caretakers of Slashdot need to balance the needs of all users with their limited engineering resources, Malda argues — noting wryly, "It ain't easy."

Submission + - Slashdot Beta: Because They Hate You 3

Submitted by boolithium
boolithium writes: People on here are missing the point of the Beta roll out. The elimination of the existing user base is not a side effect, it is a feature. Slashdot as a brand has value, but as a site has limited commercial appeal. The users are the kids at the lunch table, where not even the foreign exchange students want to sit. Nobody ever got laid from installing NetBSD.

Once they are finished with their nerd cleansing, they can build a new Slashdot. A sexier Slashdot. A Slashdot the kids can dance to.

They aren't ignoring you. They are exterminating you.

Comment Like Slashdot users getting snubbed by the Beta? (Score 1) 1

Perhaps the comparison isn't perfect, but the point remains. Saying, "We're going to redesign the whole site" is a terrible way to make changes to a mature & successful community like Slashdot. And responding to criticism of that decision with, "I'm sure we'll take your thoughts into account when we do it anyway" is an even worse way to double-down. Thus, the Slashcott.

Comment Re:I'll keep saying (Score 0) 175

by runeghost (#46188443) Attached to: How Adobe Got Rid of Traditional Stack-Ranking Performance Reviews
I don't think they've really heard the outcry. "Coming back with a new plan" feels an awful lot like "wait three months and give it a new coat of paint". The slashcott is a way of trying to make damn sure it's understood this isn't simply 'I don't like it' but the much stronger 'I cannot and will not participate in a version of Slashdot like that being proposed'. With a healthy addendum of, 'WTF were you thinking in the first place!' All IMNSHO, of course.

Comment Re:Bee Keepers and the Audience (Score 2, Insightful) 365

by runeghost (#46188227) Attached to: Do Hypersonic Missiles Make Defense Systems Obsolete?

When you stir up a colony of bees, they buzz around angrily and try to sting you. On the surface, they appear mad, but I think some of them secretly enjoy it. Otherwise, they'd probably go back to the business of making honey as soon as they could.

And then when you replace their hive with a plastic beach ball in a week, both they and you will be surprised and astonished when honey production drops to zero and stays there.

Comment Re:Slashdot Beta: Day Three (Score 1) 341

by runeghost (#46188199) Attached to: California Bill Proposes Mandatory Kill-Switch On Phones and Tablets

Please post this to new articles if it hasn't been posted yet.

On February 5, 2014, Slashdot announced through a javascript popup that they are starting to "move in to" the new Slashdot Beta design.

Slashdot Beta is a trend-following attempt to give Slashdot a fresh look, an approach that has led to less space for text and an abandonment of the traditional Slashdot look. Much worse than that, Slashdot Beta fundamentally breaks the classic Slashdot discussion and moderation system. If you haven't seen Slashdot Beta already, open this in a new tab. After seeing that, click here to return to classic Slashdot.

We should boycott stories and only discuss the abomination that is Slashdot Beta until Dice abandons the project.

We should boycott slashdot entirely during the week of Feb 10 to Feb 17 as part of the wider slashcott

Moderators - only spend mod points on comments that discuss Beta Commentors - only discuss Beta http://slashdot.org/recent [slashdot.org] - Vote up the Fuck Beta stories

Keep this up for a few days and we may finally get the PHBs attention. Links of note:

Discussion of Beta: http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&id=56395415 Discussion of where to go if Beta goes live: http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=submission&id=3321441 Alternative Slashdot: altslashdot.org IRC Discussion: freenode #slashdot-refugees IRC Discussion: slashnet.org #slashdot

Thanks for the good work!

Submission + - If we Buck Feta and leave, where should we go? 17

Submitted by Covalent
Covalent writes: I am a long-time slashdot reader (don't let the UID fool you), and I agree with most of you that the Beta is a disaster. Dice has promised a fix, but what if this garbage is the new reality? Is there a suitable alternative to slashdot that members would find equally (or more) fulfilling? Is someone going to fork slashdot and start it anew (Taco can you hear me?) Or is this just the end of an era?

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