I sort of agree with that. But I don't remember it being all that great. Most of the arguments I remember (and I'll admit I'm guilty of what I'm about to accuse others of) were never-ending piss-fests intended to save face. If somebody defeated you with logic or facts or whatever, your best bet was to find some inaccuracy somewhere in their post, even if off-topic, and point that out Then you could 'win' on that debate. You could defeat a pro-Microsoft post with grammar nazi'ism. I know I've made an ass of myself a few times, I cannot imagine others not remembering it being like that.

I don't really understand why my original post was modded down. If I really did miss some great era of Slashdot history I really would like to know about it. When I think back to 1999-2000, I remember lots of comments about how the Editors were useless, the news was twisted to grab eyeballs, dupe or old stories, and Slashdot was going down-hill. The only real difference I've seen in the last decade was we seem to have way more commentors who are... for lack of a better term... more 'mass-market' than the crowd Slashdot used to attract. I think this corroborates your comment about accusations of people watching Fox news.

Wait, when was this? I've been here since 99. From day one it was sensationalist stories about Microsoft, verbal fellatio for Linux and Mozilla, and people falling into a big dog-pile to make the first "this is not news!!!" comment.

Either I missed a very very brief period in Slashdot's history or somebody's looking back with rose-colored glasses.

Heh. Well that's a bit optimistic. I mean there are no guarantees that there's enough matter out there to make someone like him. The best you can do is get them on a play-date!

This is why I don't like Star Wars anymore.

Oh yeah? How are you getting the cars in behind to drive themselves?

That 'signal' would have to be a substantial bribe. The lead truck is driven by a human.

Right, that's because you haven't come up with a good face-saving reply yet.

Interesting that you mention units of time... Ha.

I seriously doubt I'm the only person in here that read this headline and thought it was another complaint about how shitty their iOS app is. Heh.

I take it from your silence you re-read my post and see the mistake you made.

Welp, as long as we agree. Have a nice week!

Read my post again. (You really should have done that before calling me dumb.)