From: Paul Allen Panks Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Origins of Slashdot.org? Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 03:36:28 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Central Iowa (Model) Railroad, Plano, TX, USA Lines: 26 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: sdf.lonestar.org X-Trace: chessie.cirr.com 1087011388 17544 192.94.73.1 (12 Jun 2004 03:36:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@cirr.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 03:36:28 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: tin/1.4.6-20020816 ("Aerials") (UNIX) (NetBSD/1.6.2 (alpha)) Path: nightfall.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!nntp-out.monmouth.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!priapus.visi.com!orange.octanews.net!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!news.octanews.net!news-out1.nntp.be!propagator2-sterling!propagator3-cogent!in.nntp.be!egsner!news.cirr.com!not-for-mail Xref: nightfall.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:176266 My website got slashdotted today. Here is the slashdot article: http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/10/1636241&mode=thread&tid=126&tid=127&tid=156&tid=186&tid=202 Which brings me to my question: How did the term "slashdotted" begin? Was this a term from the early days of computing, or did it emerge after HTML websites became common (early 1990s)? Does "slashdotted" refer to getting a lot of website visits via slashdot.org? Is there an earlier reference to this than 1995? Also, what exactly is the meaning or the origin of the term "slashdot"? Is "slashdot" a reference to HTML itself? Or typing in a URL into the Address window of a Web browser? Sincerely, Paul Allen Panks dunric@yahoo.com ICQ# 12234336 -- panks@sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org ###### X-Abuse-Report: abuse@teranews.com Message-ID: Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 03:59:54 GMT Lines: 43 From: Larry Anderson Subject: Re: Origins of Slashdot.org? Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Reply-To: larry@portcommodore.com References: Organization: www.portcommodore.com User-Agent: KNode/0.7.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Path: nightfall.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!news.octanews.net!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!news.teranews.com!not-for-mail Xref: nightfall.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:176267 The origin of slashdot is in the slashdot FAQ, something to the effect of it being funny when people ask "what is the URL of that nerd news site?" and the response would be. "http colon slash slash slashdot dot com" which is very confusing. Being "Slashdoted" is the result of the "slashdot effect" meaning a large portion of english literate nerds just tried to check out a particular website within a couple hours. Usually overloading the bandwidwith and/or webserving capacities of the site's host. I don't think it had existed before "slashdot" really... Congrats on your success. Larry Paul Allen Panks wrote: > My website got slashdotted today. Here is the slashdot article: > > http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/10/1636241&mode=thread&tid=126&tid=127&tid=156&tid=186&tid=202 > > Which brings me to my question: > > How did the term "slashdotted" begin? Was this a term from the early days > of computing, or did it emerge after HTML websites became common (early > 1990s)? > > Does "slashdotted" refer to getting a lot of website visits via > slashdot.org? Is there an earlier reference to this than 1995? > > Also, what exactly is the meaning or the origin of the term "slashdot"? Is > "slashdot" a reference to HTML itself? Or typing in a URL into the Address > window of a Web browser? > > Sincerely, > > Paul Allen Panks > dunric@yahoo.com > ICQ# 12234336 > ###### From: dgriffi@cs.csbuak.edu Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Origins of Slashdot.org? Date: 12 Jun 2004 06:01:44 GMT Organization: CSUnet Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pegasus.cs.csubak.edu User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-19990216 ("Styrofoam") (UNIX) (OSF1/V4.0 (alpha)) Path: nightfall.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.ip-plus.net!newsfeed.ip-plus.net!news.tesion.net!news.space.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news.ucla.edu!news.usc.edu!newshub.csu.net!not-for-mail Xref: nightfall.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:176270 Larry Anderson wrote: > The origin of slashdot is in the slashdot FAQ, something to the effect of it > being funny when people ask "what is the URL of that nerd news site?" and > the response would be. "http colon slash slash slashdot dot com" which is > very confusing. > Being "Slashdoted" is the result of the "slashdot effect" meaning a large > portion of english literate nerds just tried to check out a particular > website within a couple hours. Usually overloading the bandwidwith and/or > webserving capacities of the site's host. > I don't think it had existed before "slashdot" really... One of the great SF writers wrote a story in which most (all?) of the population acquired the ability to teleport anywhere they wanted whenever they wanted. This had the effect of large crowds popping up whenever a story having to do with that location appeared in the newspaper. Does anyone remember the names of the author and the story? -- David Griffith dgriffi@cs.csbuak.edu <-- Switch the 'b' and 'u' ###### From: arargh405NOSPAM@NOW.AT.arargh.com Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Origins of Slashdot.org? Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 01:14:30 -0500 Organization: Not Really! Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: tcr70.dynip.ripco.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: e250.ripco.com 1087020892 29767 209.100.226.70 (12 Jun 2004 06:14:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ripco.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 06:14:52 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.92/32.572 Path: nightfall.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!HSNX.atgi.net!tdsnet-transit!newspeer.tds.net!gail.ripco.com!not-for-mail Xref: nightfall.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:176271 On 12 Jun 2004 06:01:44 GMT, dgriffi@cs.csbuak.edu wrote: >Larry Anderson wrote: >> The origin of slashdot is in the slashdot FAQ, something to the effect of it >> being funny when people ask "what is the URL of that nerd news site?" and >> the response would be. "http colon slash slash slashdot dot com" which is >> very confusing. > >> Being "Slashdoted" is the result of the "slashdot effect" meaning a large >> portion of english literate nerds just tried to check out a particular >> website within a couple hours. Usually overloading the bandwidwith and/or >> webserving capacities of the site's host. > >> I don't think it had existed before "slashdot" really... > >One of the great SF writers wrote a story in which most (all?) of the >population acquired the ability to teleport anywhere they wanted whenever >they wanted. This had the effect of large crowds popping up whenever a >story having to do with that location appeared in the newspaper. Does >anyone remember the names of the author and the story? Larry Niven Flash Crowd -- Arargh405 at [drop the 'http://www.' from ->] http://www.arargh.com BCET Basic Compiler Page: http://www.arargh.com/basic/index.html To reply by email, remove the garbage from the reply address. ###### Sender: CStacy@BOHR Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Origins of Slashdot.org? References: From: cstacy@news.dtpq.com (Christopher C. Stacy) Message-ID: Lines: 22 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 06:17:43 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.163.153.135 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny03.gnilink.net 1087021063 68.163.153.135 (Sat, 12 Jun 2004 02:17:43 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 02:17:43 EDT Path: nightfall.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!ecngs!feeder2.ecngs.de!216.196.98.140.MISMATCH!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!nwrdny03.gnilink.net.POSTED!8b1f9295!not-for-mail Xref: nightfall.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:176272 >>>>> On 12 Jun 2004 06:01:44 GMT, dgriffi ("dgriffi") writes: dgriffi> Larry Anderson wrote: >> The origin of slashdot is in the slashdot FAQ, something to the effect of it >> being funny when people ask "what is the URL of that nerd news site?" and >> the response would be. "http colon slash slash slashdot dot com" which is >> very confusing. >> Being "Slashdoted" is the result of the "slashdot effect" meaning a large >> portion of english literate nerds just tried to check out a particular >> website within a couple hours. Usually overloading the bandwidwith and/or >> webserving capacities of the site's host. >> I don't think it had existed before "slashdot" really... dgriffi> One of the great SF writers wrote a story in which most (all?) of the dgriffi> population acquired the ability to teleport anywhere they wanted whenever dgriffi> they wanted. This had the effect of large crowds popping up whenever a dgriffi> story having to do with that location appeared in the newspaper. Does dgriffi> anyone remember the names of the author and the story? "Flash mobs" but I'm bad with names. ###### NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 08:37:23 -0500 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers From: William Hamblen Subject: Re: Origins of Slashdot.org? References: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.0 (Linux) Message-ID: <6YCdnaBrPpaOmlbdRVn-vg@comcast.com> Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 08:37:23 -0500 Lines: 14 NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.52.7.244 X-Trace: sv3-8iz6XmlmNXM+vZHisbx6lolHg4aBAMmmKVp6Nkk3sGXig8Ka2b1/OG3JXCdNPKNV9kfp3e8S3Mc0pzH!DuPG7JAZNP/E3NRMLqHKn0m/kd7pAGTMi/KQVMrGpNlszjkojTFx0WXcFPo= X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.1 Path: nightfall.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!tiscali!newsfeed1.ip.tiscali.net!216.196.98.140.MISMATCH!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: nightfall.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:176282 On 2004-06-12, Paul Allen Panks wrote: > > Does "slashdotted" refer to getting a lot of website visits via > slashdot.org? Is there an earlier reference to this than 1995? no. > Also, what exactly is the meaning or the origin of the term "slashdot"? Is > "slashdot" a reference to HTML itself? Or typing in a URL into the Address > window of a Web browser? dot is the current working directory in Unix. /. would appear at the end of the path. For what that's worth. ###### NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 08:37:24 -0500 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers From: William Hamblen Subject: Re: Origins of Slashdot.org? References: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.0 (Linux) Message-ID: <6YCdnaJrPpaJmlbdRVn-vg@comcast.com> Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 08:37:24 -0500 Lines: 12 NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.52.7.244 X-Trace: sv3-vdYpDc/h/UhRCWcb5F1UbAHBmML/SQ9Aneh73kCQatOevgqSbCtEiEiDchttqa+Iv2BRBop//jWP1OP!wD3dSsPvMYfZ/kJwtsNTB0xoVtvzgD2ao9KPOtiEe/u+7gEfD1M8dk74ukQ= X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.1 Path: nightfall.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!tiscali!newsfeed1.ip.tiscali.net!216.196.98.140.MISMATCH!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: nightfall.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:176281 On 2004-06-12, dgriffi@cs.csbuak.edu wrote: > One of the great SF writers wrote a story in which most (all?) of the > population acquired the ability to teleport anywhere they wanted whenever > they wanted. This had the effect of large crowds popping up whenever a > story having to do with that location appeared in the newspaper. Does > anyone remember the names of the author and the story? I think Alfred Bester did it first. "The Stars My Destination" by Alfred Bester. Teleporting was jaunting. I've always wondered why no movie version of the novel was ever made. ###### From: toby@telegraphics.com.au (Toby Thain) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Origins of Slashdot.org? Date: 12 Jun 2004 07:35:07 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 211.27.87.242 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1087050907 7584 127.0.0.1 (12 Jun 2004 14:35:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 14:35:07 +0000 (UTC) Path: nightfall.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.belwue.de!feed.news.tiscali.de!newsfeed.freenet.de!fr.ip.ndsoftware.net!news.glorb.com!postnews2.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail Xref: nightfall.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:176284 Larry Anderson wrote in message news:... > The origin of slashdot is in the slashdot FAQ http://slashdot.org/faq/slashmeta.shtml#sm150 I have also heard people refer to the UNIX interpretation: "/." meaning the root directory (the root of all stuff that matters?) followed by a redundant period. Which sums the site up nicely, really :-) (It also saves space in the toolbar being able to accurately name the site in just two characters!) -- http://slashdot.org/~toby ###### From: et472@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Michael Black) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Origins of Slashdot.org? Date: 12 Jun 2004 15:00:32 GMT Organization: The National Capital FreeNet Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <6YCdnaBrPpaOmlbdRVn-vg@comcast.com> Reply-To: et472@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Michael Black) NNTP-Posting-Host: smeagol.ncf.ca X-Trace: freenet9.carleton.ca 1087052432 7612 134.117.136.48 (12 Jun 2004 15:00:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: complaints@ncf.ca NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Jun 2004 15:00:32 GMT X-Given-Sender: et472@smeagol.ncf.ca (Michael Black) Path: nightfall.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.glorb.com!news-spur1.glorb.com!news.kjsl.com!xcski.com!freenet-news!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!et472 Xref: nightfall.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:176285 William Hamblen (wrhamblen@comcast.net) writes: > On 2004-06-12, Paul Allen Panks wrote: >> >> Does "slashdotted" refer to getting a lot of website visits via >> slashdot.org? Is there an earlier reference to this than 1995? > > no. > >> Also, what exactly is the meaning or the origin of the term "slashdot"? Is >> "slashdot" a reference to HTML itself? Or typing in a URL into the Address >> window of a Web browser? > > dot is the current working directory in Unix. /. would appear at the end > of the path. For what that's worth. > That makes a lot more sense than the earlier explanation, related to URLs. Michael ###### From: D.J. Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Origins of Slashdot.org? Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 15:33:12 -0500 Organization: TychoTown Tycho Crater Ice Cream Parlour Message-ID: <03qmc0phcr837eq2c31ohkq3kr6mmamp5n@4ax.com> Distribution: world Reply-To: D.J. References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Lines: 16 Path: nightfall.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!newsmi-eu.news.garr.it!newsmi-us.news.garr.it!NewsITBone-GARR!newsfeed.stanford.edu!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: nightfall.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:176292 Larry Anderson wrote: ] Being "Slashdoted" is the result of the "slashdot effect" meaning a large ] portion of english literate nerds just tried to check out a particular ] website within a couple hours. Usually overloading the bandwidwith and/or ] webserving capacities of the site's host. Happens when User Friendly posts an 'interesting url' to their 'link of the day' page. JimP. -- http://www.linuxgazette.net/ Linux Gazette http://evergame.drivein-jim.net/ June 2, 2004 Everquest http://www.drivein-jim.net/ April 7, 2004: http://crestar.drivein-jim.net/new.html May 7, 2004 AD&D ###### From: Jorgen Grahn Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Origins of Slashdot.org? Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 23:34:03 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Telenordia/Algonet Lines: 20 Sender: jgrahn@algonet.invalid Message-ID: References: <6YCdnaBrPpaOmlbdRVn-vg@comcast.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kairos.algonet.se X-Trace: green.tninet.se 1087083243 16329 213.150.135.237 (12 Jun 2004 23:34:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@telenordia.se NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 23:34:03 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Path: nightfall.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!newsfeed3.funet.fi!newsfeed1.funet.fi!newsfeeds.funet.fi!newsfeed1.telenor.se!news2.tninet.se!not-for-mail Xref: nightfall.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:176295 On 12 Jun 2004 15:00:32 GMT, Michael Black wrote: > William Hamblen (wrhamblen@comcast.net) writes: >> On 2004-06-12, Paul Allen Panks wrote: >>> Also, what exactly is the meaning or the origin of the term "slashdot"? Is >>> "slashdot" a reference to HTML itself? Or typing in a URL into the Address >>> window of a Web browser? >> >> dot is the current working directory in Unix. /. would appear at the end >> of the path. For what that's worth. >> > That makes a lot more sense than the earlier explanation, related to URLs. Unfortunately, the URL-related explanation is the correct one. /Jorgen -- // Jorgen Grahn Would You Let One Marry Your Sister?'' ###### X-Trace-PostClient-IP: 68.147.131.211 From: Brian Inglis Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Origins of Slashdot.org? Organization: Systematic Software Reply-To: Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca Message-ID: References: <6YCdnaBrPpaOmlbdRVn-vg@comcast.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 30 Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 03:46:08 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.71.223.147 X-Complaints-To: abuse@shaw.ca X-Trace: pd7tw1no 1087098368 24.71.223.147 (Sat, 12 Jun 2004 21:46:08 MDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 21:46:08 MDT Path: nightfall.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!tiscali!newsfeed1.ip.tiscali.net!216.196.98.140.MISMATCH!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!pd7cy2so!shaw.ca!pd7tw1no.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Xref: nightfall.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:176297 ffOn 12 Jun 2004 15:00:32 GMT in alt.folklore.computers, et472@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Michael Black) wrote: >William Hamblen (wrhamblen@comcast.net) writes: >> On 2004-06-12, Paul Allen Panks wrote: >>> >>> Does "slashdotted" refer to getting a lot of website visits via >>> slashdot.org? Is there an earlier reference to this than 1995? >> >> no. >> >>> Also, what exactly is the meaning or the origin of the term "slashdot"? Is >>> "slashdot" a reference to HTML itself? Or typing in a URL into the Address >>> window of a Web browser? >> >> dot is the current working directory in Unix. /. would appear at the end >> of the path. For what that's worth. >> >That makes a lot more sense than the earlier explanation, related to URLs. Nor really, as a leading / indicates an absolute path from the root and . indicates the current directory, so it would be a redundant reference to /, whereas ./ would be a relative path reference to the current directory. -- Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada Brian.Inglis@CSi.com (Brian dot Inglis at SystematicSw dot ab dot ca) fake address use address above to reply ###### Sender: CStacy@BOHR Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Origins of Slashdot.org? References: <6YCdnaBrPpaOmlbdRVn-vg@comcast.com> From: cstacy@news.dtpq.com (Christopher C. Stacy) Message-ID: Lines: 32 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 04:50:54 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.163.153.135 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny03.gnilink.net 1087102254 68.163.153.135 (Sun, 13 Jun 2004 00:50:54 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 00:50:54 EDT Path: nightfall.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!ecngs!feeder2.ecngs.de!216.196.98.140.MISMATCH!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!nwrdny03.gnilink.net.POSTED!8b1f9295!not-for-mail Xref: nightfall.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:176298 >>>>> On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 03:46:08 GMT, Brian Inglis ("Brian") writes: Brian> ffOn 12 Jun 2004 15:00:32 GMT in alt.folklore.computers, Brian> et472@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Michael Black) wrote: >> William Hamblen (wrhamblen@comcast.net) writes: >>> On 2004-06-12, Paul Allen Panks wrote: >>>> >>>> Does "slashdotted" refer to getting a lot of website visits via >>>> slashdot.org? Is there an earlier reference to this than 1995? >>> >>> no. >>> >>>> Also, what exactly is the meaning or the origin of the term "slashdot"? Is >>>> "slashdot" a reference to HTML itself? Or typing in a URL into the Address >>>> window of a Web browser? >>> >>> dot is the current working directory in Unix. /. would appear at the end >>> of the path. For what that's worth. >>> >> That makes a lot more sense than the earlier explanation, related to URLs. Brian> Nor really, as a leading / indicates an absolute path from the Brian> root and . indicates the current directory, so it would be a Brian> redundant reference to /, whereas ./ would be a relative path Brian> reference to the current directory. I always assumed it was a joke, presuming that "stuff that matters to nerds" is largely equivalent "stuff that matters to UNIX nerds", and that their web site was the root of all such knowledge. And that it's a pun on how URLs are pronounced. ###### Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers From: Liam Greenwood Subject: Re: Origins of Slashdot.org? References: Reply-To: liam@xinqu.net Message-ID: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (SunOS) Lines: 44 Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 01:29:06 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 202.50.109.33 X-Complaints-To: abuse@tsnz.net X-Trace: news02.tsnz.net 1087176546 202.50.109.33 (Mon, 14 Jun 2004 13:29:06 NZST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 13:29:06 NZST Organization: TelstraClear Path: nightfall.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!209.11.36.156.MISMATCH!nntp-server.pubsub.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!atl-c02.usenetserver.com!c03.atl99!news.usenetserver.com!news02.tsnz.net!not-for-mail Xref: nightfall.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:176321 On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 03:36:28 +0000 (UTC), Paul Allen Panks wrote: > > How did the term "slashdotted" begin? Was this a term from the early days > of computing, or did it emerge after HTML websites became common (early > 1990s)? > From the slashdot.org FAQ at http://slashdot.org/faq/slashmeta.shtml#sm150 : What does the name "Slashdot" mean? "Slashdot" is a sort of obnoxious parody of a URL. When I originally registered the domain, I wanted to make the URL silly, and unpronounceable. Try reading out the full URL to http://slashdot.org and you'll see what I mean. Of course my cocky little joke has turned around and bit me in the butt because now I am called upon constantly to tell people my URL or email address. I can't tell you how many people respond confused "So do I spell out the 'dot' or is that just a period?" Answered by: CmdrTaco Last Modified: 10/29/00 > Does "slashdotted" refer to getting a lot of website visits via > slashdot.org? Is there an earlier reference to this than 1995? > What is the "Slashdot Effect?" When Slashdot links a site, often a lot of readers will hit the link to read the story or see the purty pictures. This can easily throw thousands of hits at the site in minutes. Most of the time, large professional websites have no problem with this, but often a site we link will be a smaller site, used to getting only a few thousand hits a day. When all those Slashdot readers start crashing the party, it can saturate the site completely, causing the site to buckle under the strain. When this happens, the site is said to be "Slashdotted." Recently, the terms "Slashdot Effect" and "Slashdotted" have been used more generally to refer to any short-term traffic jam at a website. We could conceivably cache pages, but that's a whole different ball of wax. Answered by: CmdrTaco Last Modified: 6/13/00 Cheers, Liam ###### From: "Charlie Gibbs" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Origins of Slashdot.org? Date: 14 Jun 04 15:43:54 -0800 Organization: http://newsguy.com Lines: 30 Message-ID: <1266.661T2707T9436488@kltpzyxm.invalid> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: p-101.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: THOR 2.5a (Amiga;TCP/IP) Path: nightfall.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!newsmi-eu.news.garr.it!newsmi-us.news.garr.it!NewsITBone-GARR!hammer.uoregon.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!news4 Xref: nightfall.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:176416 In article arargh405NOSPAM@NOW.AT.arargh.com (arargh405NOSPAM) writes: >On 12 Jun 2004 06:01:44 GMT, dgriffi@cs.csbuak.edu wrote: > >>One of the great SF writers wrote a story in which most (all?) of >>the population acquired the ability to teleport anywhere they wanted >>whenever they wanted. This had the effect of large crowds popping >>up whenever a story having to do with that location appeared in the >>newspaper. Does anyone remember the names of the author and the >>story? > >Larry Niven >Flash Crowd Although "flash crowd" was the name Niven applied to the phenomenon, the story that dealt with it in detail was "The Last Days of the Permanent Floating Riot Club", anthologized in "A Hole in Space". In the story, the police dealt with flash crowds (and the looting that often followed) by activating an override on any teleportation booth aimed at a given area; anyone who then attempted to teleport into that area wound up in a huge holding cell instead. -- /~\ cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid (Charlie Gibbs) \ / I'm really at ac.dekanfrus if you read it the right way. X Top-posted messages will probably be ignored. See RFC1855. / \ HTML will DEFINITELY be ignored. Join the ASCII ribbon campaign! ###### From: mwojcik@newsguy.com (Michael Wojcik) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Origins of Slashdot.org? Date: 15 Jun 2004 15:06:03 GMT Organization: Micro Focus International Ltd Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <6YCdnaJrPpaJmlbdRVn-vg@comcast.com> Reply-To: mwojcik@newsguy.com NNTP-Posting-Host: p-166.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: xrn 9.00 Originator: mww@sen Path: nightfall.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!mww Xref: nightfall.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:176467 In article <6YCdnaJrPpaJmlbdRVn-vg@comcast.com>, William Hamblen writes: > > I think Alfred Bester did it first. "The Stars My Destination" by > Alfred Bester. Teleporting was jaunting. I've always wondered why no > movie version of the novel was ever made. I'm fond of TSMD, but like most (perhaps all) of Bester's novels, it suffers from a wandering plotline, an overabundance of central concepts (jaunting, the technological enhancements to Foley's body, one-way telepathy, PyrE, ...), and the lack of a solid ending with the kind of slam-bang narrative closure that mass US audiences want. And mass US audiences are the target for big-budget SF Hollywood films, which is what TSMD would be. A good director with a strong vision could probably still make a successful film adaptation, but such folks often have their own ideas about what to make. That said, I agree that there are many fine SF and fantasy novels which would provide far better plots for films that the dreck that generally gets used. I'm sure many of us have our own lists of the books we'd like to see filmed; I know I do. -- Michael Wojcik michael.wojcik@microfocus.com Advertising Copy in a Second Language Dept.: Tapestry of the encounting and the farewell, the birth and the death. You can hear the human being's song running through the 100 years. -- Squaresoft ###### From: glen herrmannsfeldt User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Origins of Slashdot.org? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 19 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.18.177.15 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: attbi_s52 1088439720 24.18.177.15 (Mon, 28 Jun 2004 16:22:00 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 16:22:00 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 16:22:00 GMT Path: nightfall.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!nf3.bellglobal.com!wns13feed!worldnet.att.net!attbi_s52.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Xref: nightfall.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:178002 Larry Anderson wrote: > The origin of slashdot is in the slashdot FAQ, something to the effect of it > being funny when people ask "what is the URL of that nerd news site?" and > the response would be. "http colon slash slash slashdot dot com" which is > very confusing. I did wonder about the origin. It mostly reminds me of some OS/360 utility programs that have control statements starting with ./ (dot slash). These were programs where the control statements were within the input data, and so had to not conflict with likely input data. It may have been determined that ./ were unlikely as the first two characters on an input line. -- glen