Quick-hit tech items... check. No context... check. Lots of buzzwords... check. Lots of random, cool-looking stock photography having nothing to do with the stories... check.
Why not just call this SlashPHB and be done with it?
By the way, if anyone's looking for an alternative site with a good community, check Hacker News [ycombinator.com]. I've been reading it a lot more recently. It's not quite the same thing as Slashdot (less generic / IT geek, more startup / entrepreneur geek) but it's a decent addition or substitute, if it comes to that.
Checked it out: first link was directly to a video (I think?) that didn't play, second link was dead, no summaries, no context. Nothing to see here, move along.
That would be a much better name, it describes the site perfectly. When I first saw SlashBI I thought it would be a bisexual dating site. What else could I think?
SlashPHB (Score:5, Insightful)
Quick-hit tech items... check.
No context... check.
Lots of buzzwords... check.
Lots of random, cool-looking stock photography having nothing to do with the stories... check.
Why not just call this SlashPHB and be done with it?
Re:SlashPHB (Score:4, Funny)
May Fools on you!!!
Why wait a whole year? Gags now on the first of every month!
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SlashPHB and be done with it?
I'm gonna guess that the people who dreamed up SlashBI don't understand the PHB reference.
Re: (Score:1)
They had to use a free web template! You know! The Budget!
Re:SlashPHB (Score:5, Informative)
By the way, if anyone's looking for an alternative site with a good community, check Hacker News [ycombinator.com]. I've been reading it a lot more recently. It's not quite the same thing as Slashdot (less generic / IT geek, more startup / entrepreneur geek) but it's a decent addition or substitute, if it comes to that.
Re: (Score:2)
Checked it out: first link was directly to a video (I think?) that didn't play, second link was dead, no summaries, no context. Nothing to see here, move along.
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That would be a much better name, it describes the site perfectly. When I first saw SlashBI I thought it would be a bisexual dating site. What else could I think?