5 Jan
2003
5 Jan
'03
7:36 p.m.
Actually, SlashDot is populated by a humongous number
of people,
many whom
are intelligent, educated, and erudite. These, however, are not the typical
*posters*. SlashDot attracts an active troll population because of the
exposure. I typically read at +5, maybe dropping down to +4 if there aren't
many replys, or +3 if I have moderator points (which I rarely use).
Judging SlashDot purely by the posts is like judging all of
humanity by the
Jerry Springer audience.
--jcwren
Excellent point, I look at the front page to find interesting articles. I
quit reading the posts ages ago, it just got to depressing. /. does a good
job of giving the impression that Linux people are a bunch of raving
lunatics.
I read the Reuter's article earlier today (well actually Sunday :^) What
really got me was the comment about the IBM PC having basically no value
from a collectors standpoint. I don't know who the
person was the wrote
the article, but I don't think they get it. There is
nothing at all
interesting about an IBM PC. If you've seen one, you've seen them all. It
doesn't really matter to me if it was made 20+ years ago, or today. Of
course from the standpoint of actually using it, I'd obviously prefer
something modern and not the 20+ year old one :^) Me, I like both
interesting hardware and interesting OS's, but I'm mainly in it for the
OS's.
Zane
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