Comment: Not exactly free (Score 1) 2
Slashdot ofers subscriptions, so they can't just go dark and deprive paying users.
Comment: Oh no, it's Hugh... (Score 1) 52
I'm sick of this Hugh Pickens spammer being constantly posted on Slashdot with the lamest of lame stories. How much is he paying them for all this air time? Or is it a straight up blackmail operation? No wonder CmdrTaco left.
10 Retro Game Consoles Which Were Also Useful PCs
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adeelarshad82 writes "In the 1970s when computers were an expensive and a scarce commodity it seemed a monumental waste to own one and not be able to use it to its full potential. Especially when in an attempt to appeal to the educational side of computing, the major game console makers of time offered hardware modification packages for the devices which could give them the ability to perform tasks like programming, word processing, databases, and the like. A recently published article rounds-up ten game consoles, from Atari 2600 to Nintendo Family Computer, that could be turned into fully programmable general-purpose PCs using commercial add-on hardware."
Blockstackers Seeks New Ownership for Everything2.
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An anonymous reader writes "Blockstackers announced that they are seeking new ownership for Everything2.
E2 was created right after Slashdot andstarted life as everything.slashdot.org. The original founders all have moved on to new careers: especially Nathan Oostendorp who is busy with his own startup, an open source machine vision company Ingenuitas. E2 gets 750k visits and 1.3M pages per month."
E2 was created right after Slashdot andstarted life as everything.slashdot.org. The original founders all have moved on to new careers: especially Nathan Oostendorp who is busy with his own startup, an open source machine vision company Ingenuitas. E2 gets 750k visits and 1.3M pages per month."
Windows IQ Test->
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snydeq writes "Valid Windows NTFS folder names, rogue antivirus products, dual-boot Windows 7/Windows XP systems — find out how much you really know about everyone's favorite whipping post OS by taking the Windows IQ Test."
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Fix the front page!
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g051051 writes "Will you people please clean up the front page? what is this retarded "sourceforge downloads" section about? If I say No slashboxes, I'd really like all that to disappear and NOT LEAVE A BIG WHITE GUTTER."
SPAM: Carpet Cleaning Auckland Steam n Dry Cleaners
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steamndry writes "Carpet cleaning Auckland wide steam clean stain carpet cleaning west south Auckland truck mount carpet cleaning north shore carpet cleaning Auckland"
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Comment: Thank you! (Score 1) 1
I agree totally. This has been bugging me ever since CmdrTaco left. What the heck are these people thinking?
please stop with the "with his first accepted subm-> 1
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An anonymous reader writes "Please stop with the "with his first accepted submission" and "first time submitter" stuff a tthe fron toeach post.
It's a declaration of "self importance", very annoying and an unwelcome development.
It's reads like the submitter "got tenure" and you are congratulating him.
If i need to find out how many articles a user submitted, I should be able to click or hover on his username.
best regards
billmil"
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It's a declaration of "self importance", very annoying and an unwelcome development.
It's reads like the submitter "got tenure" and you are congratulating him.
If i need to find out how many articles a user submitted, I should be able to click or hover on his username.
best regards
billmil"
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US Marshals Ordered To Seize Righthaven Property 120
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from the you-have-the-right-to-be-beaten-mercilessly dept.
from the you-have-the-right-to-be-beaten-mercilessly dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Troubled times ahead for Righthaven, as Ars Technica reports that the U.S. Marshals have been instructed 'to use "reasonable force" to seize $63,720.80 in cash and/or assets from the Las Vegas copyright troll after Righthaven failed to pay a court judgment from August 15.'"