Here's the deal:
Just change your "HighLight Color" to 0 102 102 (hex: 006666) & you'll think of Slashdot everytime you select something. (depending on your GUI, even desktop icons get that "Slashdot Tinge(tm)" to them)

In Windows, using regedit, go to HKCU\Control Panel\Colors\ and change "Hilight" to "0 102 102"

In MacOSX, go to Control Panel -> Colors and change "Highlight" to "0 102 102" or "006666" *

In Linux... heh, depends on your GUI.
Sawfish 2: change bg[SELECTED] to 006666 **

* Untested
** Good luck!

If you're using Windows, an easy way to make this change (without a way to easily undo it) is open notepad, cut & paste:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors]
"Hilight"="0 102 102"
"HilightText"="235 235 255"


Then go File -> Save as... -> select 'All File Types' -> Call it foo.reg & save on your desktop. Double-click to add to your registry.
To undo, go to your Control Panel -> Display -> Appearance & change to a different color theme (WinXP - Change your theme)
The HilightText of 235 235 235 is a little grayer than the font color on Slashdot, but on my desktop, it looks better.

Enjoy & don't sue me if the RIAA comes after you for changing colors on your desktop :-)

There are a LOT of Slashdot readers that seem to be obsessed with their karma. Just look at the FAQ & how many A's are devoted to karma Q's! Browse through a recent article & you'll likely find someone who claims they were the original karma-in-signature poster. Bah.

HOWEVER, despite people being obsessed with something as pointless as karma on a tech website, it does seem to do it's job... very well. I generally read /. comments at +1 & I rarely run into trolls or offensive posters. That's the point, right? Keep the average Joe reader from having to sort through garbage. In 5 minutes or less I can generally skim through all the 'gems' in the comment section & gain a lot of insight on the posted article.

Of course, the whole reason I decided to post this is that my karma just became excellent ;-) This means that my comments are generally informative to people - so now I get a +2 bonus & my comments will be noticed by more people. I hope others gain some insight when I make useful posts - And while I don't attempt to openly evangelize in my comments, I do try to post with the character that Jesus has given me by His sacrifice. I believe that being myself (a person who has been transformed not by himself, but 100% by the grace of Jesus) WILL make a difference, even on Slashdot!

Karma & Moderation (Score:5, Informative)
by Slashdot (1) on Wednesday, April 12, 2000, @1:30PM

nt=no text (Ahh, the good old Blizzard discussion forum days...)

Curious...

Theorem 1: HP (or some other company) will continually design & manufacture new, faster, more efficient & 'cooler' PDA's

Theorem 2: PocketPC > PalmOS; While consumers are the intended beneficiary of T1 & PocketPC is less than 10% of the principal cost of a new HP 'iPAQ,' ultimately, it is inevitable that Microsoft will end up profiting from T1 the most.

But what can one man do? I really have only one choice! Replace my 'outdated' h5455 with an h5555 iPAQ...

-Caleb