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Comment Re:BeOS? (Score 1) 392

- Requires large amounts of money to spent to stay within the faith
>> My last OS X upgrade was free....the one before that was $29....as was the one before that. Hardware prices are pretty comparable, too. Yes, you can get a cheap non-Mac notebook...but that's exactly what it is: cheap.

- Founder, now dead, revered by followers
>> This is true of basically every religion.

- People rarely encounter this as their first religion, but when they switch to it, they can't shut up about it.
>> Mac was my first. And current....with some others sprinkled in between.

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Journal Journal: Troll Slaying Roundup 3

I apologize for the time between entries, but as many of you know, CmdrTaco has now all but eliminated trolling on Slashdot - and deserves our thanks for all his hard work! However a recent upsurge in trolling over the last four months has created some changes in the Master Troll Blacklist, and I'll document some of these changes for you now.
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Journal Journal: Answering the Mailbag 9


miagfmu writes:

To: TrollBlacklist HinduHome.com
Subject: Non-troll request

Hi,

I was looking at your list and am about to sign up. But, I saw a friend-of-a-friend
on the list, and thought it might not be such a great idea.

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Journal Journal: Curbing Slashdot Abuse 1

Like many web based discussion boards, Slashdot has a small vocal minority of abusive and disruptive users. Many of these users spend hours online attempting to harass and provoke normal Slashdot users. CmdrTaco et al have devised a trust referral system which allows users to mark bad accounts and assign them a penalty. This account in particular has a running list of ALL of Slashdot's worst abusive users. You can leverage this account to 'block out' this i

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