Who reads Slashdot?
 

There was a time (about 10 weeks ago) when i check http://slashdot.org daily. Then FIRST came along and CD took over all my free web time. I'm sure plenty of FIRSTers are Slashdoters so i decided to search slashdot only to find that there hasn't been a post about FIRST since the beginning of the 2003 season. Has anyone tried submitting anything recently? Im kinda surprised that there isnt anything more recent.

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

i use mozilla firefox with tabbed browsing and 2 of my tabs are CD and slashdot

btw did you see that robot made from mini coopers a few weeks ago?

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

I read Slashdot every couple hours. I have moderator access there :D

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

$@#$@#$@#$@# you got me beat....

The first time i went on Slashdot in probably 5 weeks was just now to do that search.

If only CD had moderation and FP didnt mean Fisher Price.....

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

ooo man, your number is probably soo low, you are soooo cool :P

I'm just kidding. How'd you get to be a mod?

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

CD does have moderators and they do a great job...but you hardly see them because the FIRST community is for the most part respectful of one another

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

Well I'm not exactly a moderator. I don't think there are true moderators. I just receive mod access a couple days a week. Which gives me the ability to rate posts. I've been reading slashdot daily for almost 4 years now. So it takes about 2 or 3 years to get mod access.
FYI: My user id is 529,104 and my karma is excellent.

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

448,595. I average about 5 posts a year on slashdot ;)

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

It's my homepage...I love it.
Moderator? Like, with 5 mod points?? Or...what? 'Cause you just need positive karma and to check slashdot at a reeasonable rate for that.

I'm 670317 but I lurk ((like i do here :-P)) and I read for about 4 months before I got an account.
Slashdot....is fun :-)

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

Surf to slashdot once a week or so... I live on Webmasterworld.com

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

Other than during the FIRST season, Slashdot is practically my home page.

I can't believe how long it has been since I even loaded the page.

Life is finite, one thing crowds out another...

Joe J.

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

i would have to say this is one of my fav sories of all time and it is kinda FIRST related...but really it just puts me in awwwwww of this man


http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0...id=159&tid=186

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww... 8O

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

Pretty much the same goes for me. I haven't been to Slashdot since before Build started.

My UID is 135069, but I only have 7 comments.

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

I seem to have you all beat: 123226. Of course, I seldom log in and haven't posted in over a year. I tend to post whenever there's an article about FIRST though.

Matt

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

UID = 643,814

I spend most of my days at work on Slashdot, especially when there is nothing better to do. I've only been registered for about a year, but I get 5 mod points once a week, and meta-moderate virtually every day.

A lot of the stories and comments posted are very interesting and worth a read, even if it means weeding through a few trolls.

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

I'm 567,934, I read every day, and get mod points about twice a week.

Pretty much anyone who has had an account for a few months (they throw out the newest few thousand accounts when assigning mod points), and clicks on articles an average amount of times (so infrequent visitors and obssessive fan-boys are less likely to get points), and has positive karma (similar to reputation here) is eligible for mod points. I guess I am just very average.

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

Heh... you guys are all Slashdot newbies :cool:

15140

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

We're not worthy. You must be an internet forum pioneer! :yikes:

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

im 615250, I live on slashdot but rarely post

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

Holy cow....

601913.... :(

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

You win. :)

Apparently, my user number is 692,125. I go to /. more often than I should...great way to procrastinate.

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

You even have me beat!

245289

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

I actually read Slashdot before they instituted usernames but it took me quite awhile to actually sign up.

You know, I'm not really sure if this is something to brag about...

Matt

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

On that note, I'm pretty relieved that someone has me beat. I'm glad it's you and Dave, if anyone, though. :p

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

Shouldn't this whole thing be in ChitChat?

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

That Mini robot is amazing...I can't say how cool that is :yikes: :ahh: . That guy is the man!!! If he can get it to run 20+ mph, I would love to see it in the DARPA race!!! That would be amazing to see a biped robot win that thing...or even just compete (like the motorcycle this past time). I want one too :D .

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

I thought there were people with higher access, i know anyone who reads it often gets mod points. Maybe after instituting the mod points, they took away all the moderators.

And by moderation, i don't mean by mods, but the rating system /. uses for comments.

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

its fake, read the comments, slashdotters are quick :)

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

Maybe I jumped to conclussions too fast...but it is still pretty cool!

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

I do, whenever I can.

Re: Who reads Slashdot?
 

I have been reading /. daily for about a year. I signed up today, so my number is 765837.

There are a couple of sites that I check each day: My.Yahoo, /. , Chief Delphi, The Drudge Report, CBS Marketwatch, and I normally check into my servers.

This is how I get most of my information and it covers eveything from technology to politics.