Comment Thanks (Score 1) 1521
Slashdot was huge influence on my life. I first heard about it as a freshman at the University of Oklahoma in the fall of 1997, when one of the core GIMP hackers told us about it. Thanks for all the education CmdrTaco.
"Necessity is the mother of invention" is a silly proverb. "Necessity is the mother of futile dodges" is much nearer the truth. -- Alfred North Whitehead
