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* Re: [9fans] 9 in the news
@ 2002-09-21 14:39 anothy
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From: anothy @ 2002-09-21 14:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

// Is it just me, or were the responses surprisingly uninformed?

well, given that it's slashdot, i'm impressed by how well-reasoned
and rational the whole thing's been! and the article itself isn't
exactly stellar writing: AT&T Bell Labs? c'mon, guys... that was
an okay mistake to make in '97. and the article vaugely says the
ideas in plan 9 will defeat passport, but doesn't really say
anything about how. oh, Sun or Linux will pick 'em up and do
something great with them. because he says so.
okay.
ア


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* Re: [9fans] 9 in the news
  2002-09-21  2:01 matt
  2002-09-21 11:16 ` Lucio De Re
@ 2002-10-01 12:45 ` matt
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From: matt @ 2002-10-01 12:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

er, looks like ntl's relay has decided to play a game

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* Re: [9fans] 9 in the news
  2002-09-23 14:13 ` Peter Downs
@ 2002-09-23 16:00   ` Jack Johnson
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From: Jack Johnson @ 2002-09-23 16:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

Peter Downs wrote:
> A good rule of thumb is that one out of every ten people is not a complete moron.

Just for the record, I'm the local 9fans moron.

You all can now go about your business relieved of self-doubt.

-Jack



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* Re: [9fans] 9 in the news
@ 2002-09-23 14:38 Anssi Porttikivi
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From: Anssi Porttikivi @ 2002-09-23 14:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

I think reading Slashdot responses at quality thresold 4/5, like I do, is fairly nice. From that filtering perspective I see the quality of comments and relevance of issues as better than most of computer journalism. Of course, your own inner circle of gurus always knows better...



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* Re: [9fans] 9 in the news
  2002-09-21 20:28 Geoff Collyer
@ 2002-09-23 14:13 ` Peter Downs
  2002-09-23 16:00   ` Jack Johnson
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From: Peter Downs @ 2002-09-23 14:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

A good rule of thumb is that one out of every ten people is not a complete moron.

One person may be able to keep a discussion under control with 9 morons
in the room, but could 10 control a conversation with 90 morons hanging around?

You can see it's a non-linear relationship.

How many users are on slashdot now?  You'll see the quality degrade anywhere there
is a huge userbase.

Even bad PR can be good, though.  And anyone with half a mind to be able to find
the plan9 web site, should find it's content informative.

-peter


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* Re: [9fans] 9 in the news
  2002-09-21 15:35 rob pike, esq.
  2002-09-21 16:33 ` Jack Johnson
@ 2002-09-22 22:22 ` Dan Cross
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From: Dan Cross @ 2002-09-22 22:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

Amen.

	- Dan C.



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* Re: [9fans] 9 in the news
  2002-09-21 11:16 ` Lucio De Re
                     ` (2 preceding siblings ...)
  2002-09-21 16:01   ` Ronald G Minnich
@ 2002-09-21 21:55   ` Steve Kilbane
  3 siblings, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread
From: Steve Kilbane @ 2002-09-21 21:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

> Is it just me, or were the responses surprisingly uninformed?

I'm surprised anybody bothers to read them in the first place.
Life's too short.

steve




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* Re: [9fans] 9 in the news
@ 2002-09-21 20:28 Geoff Collyer
  2002-09-23 14:13 ` Peter Downs
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From: Geoff Collyer @ 2002-09-21 20:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

netnews becoming useful again?  surely this is a sign of the end
times.



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* Re: [9fans] 9 in the news
  2002-09-21 16:33 ` Jack Johnson
@ 2002-09-21 17:17   ` matt
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From: matt @ 2002-09-21 17:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

The regulation one plan9 article a year and my account is locked out.




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* Re: [9fans] 9 in the news
  2002-09-21 15:35 rob pike, esq.
@ 2002-09-21 16:33 ` Jack Johnson
  2002-09-21 17:17   ` matt
  2002-09-22 22:22 ` Dan Cross
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From: Jack Johnson @ 2002-09-21 16:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

rob pike, esq. wrote:
>>Slashdot isn't what it used to be.
>
> It never was.

True, but I think when it was less popular I think it was easier to
start a semi-rational discussion.  Now, with 200+ comments on every
story, you really have to want to look if you want to find an
interesting idea in the flotsam.

Conversely, I think Usenet is returning to its roots because of it's
lack of popularity in the face of the Web, and Google's archives make it
that much more useful.

-Jack



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* Re: [9fans] 9 in the news
  2002-09-21 11:16 ` Lucio De Re
  2002-09-21 15:21   ` Arnaud SAHUGUET
  2002-09-21 15:57   ` Jack Johnson
@ 2002-09-21 16:01   ` Ronald G Minnich
  2002-09-21 21:55   ` Steve Kilbane
  3 siblings, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread
From: Ronald G Minnich @ 2002-09-21 16:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

On Sat, 21 Sep 2002, Lucio De Re wrote:

> Is it just me, or were the responses surprisingly uninformed?

It's slashdot. What else do you need to know?

ron



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* Re: [9fans] 9 in the news
  2002-09-21 11:16 ` Lucio De Re
  2002-09-21 15:21   ` Arnaud SAHUGUET
@ 2002-09-21 15:57   ` Jack Johnson
  2002-09-21 16:01   ` Ronald G Minnich
  2002-09-21 21:55   ` Steve Kilbane
  3 siblings, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread
From: Jack Johnson @ 2002-09-21 15:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

Lucio De Re wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 03:01:09AM +0100, matt wrote:
>>http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/20/1532208&mode=nested&tid=156
>>
> Is it just me, or were the responses surprisingly uninformed?

I'm less informed than I should be, and I felt the same way.

I was unimpressed by the LinuxWorld article in general, but yes,
Slashdot isn't what it used to be.

-Jack



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* Re: [9fans] 9 in the news
@ 2002-09-21 15:35 rob pike, esq.
  2002-09-21 16:33 ` Jack Johnson
  2002-09-22 22:22 ` Dan Cross
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From: rob pike, esq. @ 2002-09-21 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

> Slashdot isn't what it used to be.

It never was.

-rob



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* Re: [9fans] 9 in the news
  2002-09-21 11:16 ` Lucio De Re
@ 2002-09-21 15:21   ` Arnaud SAHUGUET
  2002-09-21 15:57   ` Jack Johnson
                     ` (2 subsequent siblings)
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From: Arnaud SAHUGUET @ 2002-09-21 15:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

The original article from LinuxWorld is a real mess.
They mix together so many different things and the title is really
misleading.

The /. comments are the usual stuff.
A lot of noise especially when the thread gets "hijacked" on a totally
different track.

But it is good PR for Plan9, putting it back on the radar screen of some
people.
This is called mindshare.

regards,

Arnaud

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Subject: Re: [9fans] 9 in the news


> On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 03:01:09AM +0100, matt wrote:
> >
> > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/20/1532208&mode=nested&tid=156
> >
> Is it just me, or were the responses surprisingly uninformed?
>
> ++L
>



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* Re: [9fans] 9 in the news
@ 2002-09-21 14:52 Russ Cox
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread
From: Russ Cox @ 2002-09-21 14:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

> Is it just me, or were the responses surprisingly uninformed?

It's hard to be surprised at the uninformedness of
a Slashdot discussion.  Still, it was impressive to
me that no one understood what single sign-on
really meant.  Everyone had the Microsoft version
stuck in their heads.

Russ


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* Re: [9fans] 9 in the news
  2002-09-21  2:01 matt
@ 2002-09-21 11:16 ` Lucio De Re
  2002-09-21 15:21   ` Arnaud SAHUGUET
                     ` (3 more replies)
  2002-10-01 12:45 ` matt
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From: Lucio De Re @ 2002-09-21 11:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 03:01:09AM +0100, matt wrote:
>
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/20/1532208&mode=nested&tid=156
>
Is it just me, or were the responses surprisingly uninformed?

++L


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* [9fans] 9 in the news
@ 2002-09-21  2:01 matt
  2002-09-21 11:16 ` Lucio De Re
  2002-10-01 12:45 ` matt
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 17+ messages in thread
From: matt @ 2002-09-21  2:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

 How Apache & Plan 9 will defeat Microsoft's Passport

http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/0918.plan9.html

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/20/1532208&mode=nested&tid=156


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