Give the Gift of Slashdot 334
It's time to blatantly plug a recent addition to Slashdot's Subscription System: just in time for the holidays, you can now give a subscription to any other user. You have the choice to give your gift anonymously, or take credit for your fabulous selfless generosity. If that isn't enough, we still have assorted Slashdot Merchandise available at ThinkGeek... the more T-Shirts you buy, the less often you need to do laundry.
If I subscribe... (Score:2, Interesting)
Or is it just to get rid of a couple annoying ads and have the privelege of seeing what the slashdot gods decided is important before the rest of the unpaying masses.....
no thanks.
Subscription Question (Score:5, Interesting)
I think this is a fairly important question and would like to see an editor answer it. If user names are then tied to name and address by subscribing, count me out.
Just Curious... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Giving Slashdot Access (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Surprised anyone subscribes at all (Score:1, Interesting)
Some people will download most big label stuff because they know that the RIAA eats up all the money and gives pennies to artists (except for a couple dozens of BIG onse who could negociate decent contracts) but will gladfully give to Slashdot or the Mozilla org or whatever because they think they deserve the money.
I guess it's about choosing who you support.
Of course some people are insensitive clods and don't give back anything to anybody... They'll get coal this xmas.
Re:Giving Slashdot Access (Score:2, Interesting)
I just wish they'd broaden their payment-method-horizons a bit...
JMR
Re:Why? (Score:3, Interesting)
Based on the "quality" of the exploration of the topics I'd say its not doing a very good job and has "jumped the shark".
It used to be useful but now its turned into a place to waste time.
But thats just my opinion. I tend to want to pay for things that have some value. Web sites that provide news links and a forum that shows how out of touch with reality some people are does not provide any value to me.
Re:Subscription Question (Score:2, Interesting)
As for the rest of your comment regarding AC posts, I didn't say it was a bad thing I was merely pointing out that it was not a well-represented fact that AC posts were tied to user accounts. I want to know exactly how my data is treated in regards to my account before I just give it out.
Finally, yes - I do quite a bit of research before I trust an online retailer.
Re:Auctions by Slashdot (Score:2, Interesting)
Can't seem to use up a subscribtion (Score:3, Interesting)
Most of the time, I forget to login, that accounts for part of the problem. The features are nice, but I wanted to support Slashdot. Plain and simple.
I do love the ability to read the entire posting history of users. Probably the coolest feature in my book.
Re:Giving Slashdot Access (Score:1, Interesting)
Re:Giving Slashdot Access (Score:3, Interesting)
Doesn't like liberals, and thinks money should buy influence... I can't imagine what political group you might be a part of?
Shoot. I wasn't supposed to reply, was I? My bad.
-j
Laundry Tips and Vintage Maytags (Score:3, Interesting)
Yeah, but need more socks and jeans, too. Boxer shorts not so critical - going commando in a pair of line-dried jeans feels *so* good.
Don't fall for this! I now can't do all of my laundry, because I have no place to store my last dozen t-shirts. They are sitting on a chair right now. I started buying more clothes without looking at the volume of my dirty laundry. Now where do I store this stuff? Anyone want a t-shirt?Sure! You can send me your cool t-shirt donations. I like to work on cars, so I go through t-shirts, but I would especially like offensive, amusing, or technology t-shirts. (My favorites? "Fellatio is not an opera.", saw it when I was walking past a store in Toronto's gay village and decided that I had to have it. Also have a black Maytag golf shirt which I love.)
Why do I like the Maytag shirt so much? Well, years ago, I had a GE washing machine (it was a Hotpoint brand, GE made washers for dozens of other companies). The design of this washing machine was stupid - the tub is stationary, and in an unbalanced spin, the basket moves relative to the tub. At the bottom of the tub, there was a massive rubber seal between the tub and the top of the transmission. And that rubber seal was strangely dissolving into the wash water.
So, about 10 years ago, I scored a 1954 Maytag washer out of the garbage. Took a look and discovered that it needed belts. (Maytag washers *must* use Maytag belts; they did away with a complicated and unreliable clutch mechanism by simply designing the belt to slip as the washer comes up to speed in the spin cycle. Regular belts don't slip enough, so the washer will make nasty noises and might burn out its motor.) Spend $20 on a set of Maytag belts, and the thing has been running perfectly ever since. Washing dirty underwear for 49 years now with nothing more than two new belts - love it. No stupid rubber tub seal to dissolve and stain your clothes, no tub-basket contact in an unbalanced load to chip the basket and make it abrasive to clothing. Bulletproof design, almost all Maytags from 1940s to modern coin-op laundromat washers use this same mechanism. My clothes last almost forever, and I've grown so fond of my 1954 Maytag washer that I actually look forward to doing laundry.
In 2000, my 1967 Maytag dryer (also scored at about the same time, every bit as tough as the washer) got choked up with lint when the vent hose fell off the back. I pulled it apart to clean it and decided to change the felt drum seals at the same time. When I was at the appliance store buying the seals, I was chatting with the counter guy, and he asked me about my washer. He called over the sales manager and they asked me if they could borrow my washing machine to put in the showroom for the holiday rush ("Maytag Dependability" was the sign over my washer). I agreed, and they sent over a truck with a brand-new Maytag Neptune for me to use while mine was on display. And a Maytag golf shirt.
Anyway, to organize my clothes, I bought a $15 wooden shelving unit. I simply fold them and place them on that - for some reason, I don't use drawers. This has been a cheap and easy solution, reducing the former problem of a chair buried in cotton.