JestersGrind - Slashdot User

Submission + - Slashdot after beta - Paywall? 2

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 06, 2014 @03:48PM

An anonymous reader writes: Is the beta hinting at other changes in the near future?

Submission + - Things that suck less than the Slashdot BETA (slashdot.org) 2

Submitted by Bob the Super Hamste on Thursday February 06, 2014 @03:27PM

Bob the Super Hamste writes: A black hole with daddy issues
Star Wars Episode I
JJ Abrams style lens flair
Snookie in a bar's mens room
The Denver Bronco's Superbowl performance
The GNAA and mycleanpc trolling
Soviet Russia

Submission + - Slashdot moderators raped by horses (goat.cx)

Submitted by slashdot is sht on Thursday February 06, 2014 @03:23PM

slashdot is sht writes: fff

Submission + - Slashdot is dead 3

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 06, 2014 @02:56PM

An anonymous reader writes: I saw it with my own eyes

Submission + - BOOOO

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 06, 2014 @02:42PM

An anonymous reader writes: BETA BOOOOOOOO

Submission + - Dice Holding Slashdot Beta Yields Withering Reviews 1

Submitted by LordFlower on Thursday February 06, 2014 @02:35PM

LordFlower writes: Fuck Beta and the hole it came from

Submission + - How to fix Slashdot Beta? 17

Submitted by Forbo on Thursday February 06, 2014 @01:58PM

Forbo writes: Since the migration to Slashdot Beta was announced, it seems all meaningful discussion has been completely disrupted with calls to boycott and protest. Rather than pull an Occupy, what can be done to focus and organize the action? What is the end goal: To revert entirely to the previous site, or to address the problems with the new site?

Submission + - AltSlashdot is coming (altslashdot.org) 3

Submitted by Okian Warrior on Thursday February 06, 2014 @01:54PM

Okian Warrior writes: I've registered "AltSlashdot.org". I intend to run a site much like Slashdot used to be — better articles, less decoration and less "in your face" functionality. I'm reviewing and getting comfortable with slashcode right now. I'm looking for volunteers to help with setup and running the site. If the site becomes profitable, I intend to hire from the pool of volunteers. If you've ever wanted to participate in a site like Slashdot, here's your chance! I'm particularly in need of people who can:

Set up and manage a high-traffic site (servers, load-balancers, data sites, &c)
Edit story submissions
HTML, CSS, and script creation/bugfix/repair

Contact me if interested John (at) AltSlashdot (dot) org

Submission + - Unofficial front page discussion of why /. BETA is bad (slashdot.org) 2

Submitted by Bob the Super Hamste on Thursday February 06, 2014 @01:49PM

Bob the Super Hamste writes: As many of us have had a chance to experience the new and unimproved /. BETA here is an unofficial hopefully front page worthy discussion thread. If you have been lucky to not have experienced it you can always see it at beta.slashdot.org

Submission + - Why is Slashdot ignoring the advice of so many developer articles. 2

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 06, 2014 @01:33PM

An anonymous reader writes: Over the years, Slashdot has recycled plenty of articles about lousy UX, lousy design, lousy graceful degradation, lousy development practices, lousy community management, even lousy JavaScript implementations creating security problems. Did Slashdot read any of those articles?

Submission + - Long time users of slashdot disgusted with BETA (slashdot.org) 1

Submitted by schneidafunk on Thursday February 06, 2014 @01:07PM

schneidafunk writes: Long time users of slashdot disgusted with BETA version being forced on users and are overflowing the comments with anger.

Submission + - Boycott Beta 2

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 06, 2014 @11:42AM

An anonymous reader writes: 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] [slashdot.org] — Vote up the Fuck Beta stories

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

Captcha: fuckbeta

http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4757125&cid=46169357
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4757125&cid=46169451
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4757045&cid=46168351
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4756947&cid=46167453

Submission + - Nadella named new Microsoft CEO; Gates out as chairman (nbcnews.com)

Submitted by Pigskin-Referee on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @10:57AM

Pigskin-Referee writes: Microsoft named its top cloud computing executive, Satya Nadella, as chief executive on Tuesday.

The company also said Bill Gates would step aside as chairman of the board but would remain a technology advisor to the company. John Thompson, who has been the lead independent director, will become chairman.

Nadella's appointment ends a longer-than-expected search for a new leader after Steve Ballmer announced his intention to retire in August.

Nadella is only the third CEO in Microsoft's 39-year history, following co-founder Bill Gates and Ballmer.

The company took to Twitter to introduce its choice as CEO to the world.

Comment Golf (Score 1) 64

by JestersGrind on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @11:54AM (#46091029) Attached to: Smart Racquets Could Transform Tennis

Seems like golf would be a much more appropriate application of this. Golfers are always analyzing and trying to improve their swing.

Submission + - Blizzard announces the next World of Warcraft expansion!

Submitted by JestersGrind on Friday November 08, 2013 @05:15PM

JestersGrind writes: Blizzard has announced that Warlords of Draenor (http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/warlords-of-draenor/) will be the fifth World of Warcraft expansion. It includes new race models, level cap at 100 and player garrisons.

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