SS1 flight set for June 21

Herb Schaltegger writes:
I find that my factual posts quickly get up to +5, while the
best-written, most persuasive argument I make on any topic rarely gets
above a +3.

I've found that the crucial thing for getting modded up on slashdot is
to post early. Anything posted more than about 10 hours after a story
opens inevitably languishes because new posts get lost in the morass,
but if you post while the story is new, even the slightest merit will
get you quickly modded up to +5 (and if it's good, this seems to happen
_really_ fast, within minutes).

-Miles
--
Suburbia: where they tear out the trees and then name streets after them.

Herb Schaltegger wrote:
In article ,
Mary Shafer wrote:

On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 06:08:54 GMT, (Derek
Lyons) wrote:

One of the most thoughtful and reasonable posts yet. I may steal this
next time I take on those zealots at slashdot. (I really wish more
the clued in regulars here would join in there.. Stuffie has more
common sense and intelligence than they collectively do.)

What is slashdot? I've heard of it, but I have no idea what it is.

Mary

http://slashdot.org
"News for Nerds. Stuff That Matters."

Mix the failings of Usenet with the failings of the World Wide Web and the
result is slashdot.

"Christopher M. Jones" writes:
What is slashdot? I've heard of it, but I have no idea what it is.

Consider yourself lucky. Sometimes the news they post is halfway
decent, but the comments are just a tar pit you don't want to ever
bother with.

There are some real gems in there though, if you've got the time to look
for them. Browse at +2 (or +5).

It's kind of like netnews except that (1) the typical cliques that
usually dominate newsgroup discussion don't seem to exist (this is
sometimes good and sometimes bad, but it does mix things up a bit), and
(2) the moderation gives you a chance of cutting through the bull****.
Kinda.

-Miles
--
"1971 pickup truck; will trade for guns"

"Mary Shafer" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 06:08:54 GMT, (Derek
Lyons) wrote:

One of the most thoughtful and reasonable posts yet. I may steal this
next time I take on those zealots at slashdot. (I really wish more
the clued in regulars here would join in there.. Stuffie has more
common sense and intelligence than they collectively do.)

What is slashdot? I've heard of it, but I have no idea what it is.

You know how on old maps the interesting areas (i.e. the places no one knew
about) said "there be dragons there?" Well, slashdot is sorta like that.
You might find something interesting, but generally it's not worth it.



Mary

--
Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer

"Mary Shafer" wrote in message
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On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 14:21:00 -0500, Herb Schaltegger
wrote:

http://slashdot.org
"News for Nerds. Stuff That Matters."

Thank you. I went and looked. I don't even know what two-thirds of
that stuff is about. I guess I'm the wrong kind of nerd.

That you are. You actually know your stuff, can back it up with real-world
experience and can write coherently and in an interesting manner.

Most of the posts I've seen on slashdot are self-important tech-wannabes
with little real-world experience.

There are gems among the mud, but usually not worth it.



Mary

--
Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer

On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 22:19:13 GMT, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)"
wrote:

"Mary Shafer" wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 14:21:00 -0500, Herb Schaltegger
wrote:

http://slashdot.org
"News for Nerds. Stuff That Matters."

Thank you. I went and looked. I don't even know what two-thirds of
that stuff is about. I guess I'm the wrong kind of nerd.

That you are. You actually know your stuff, can back it up with real-world
experience and can write coherently and in an interesting manner.

Most of the posts I've seen on slashdot are self-important tech-wannabes
with little real-world experience.

There are gems among the mud, but usually not worth it.

....Of interesting point is this: when the Columbia Loss FAQ got
"slashdotted", it only amounted to a total of about 12% of the total
traffic. When I quit keeping tally on the first anniversary, the total
# of hits to the index of the FAQ page - which is what I used for the
reference since that was where most of the external links were set to
go - was about 1.9 million unique addresses. The tracebacks from
slashdot were only about 200,000 hits or so. Which is kind of ironic
in that most sites that get mentioned on slashdot suddenly find their
bandwidth exceeded within about 15 minutes.

OM

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his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms
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- General George S. Patton, Jr

In article , "Greg D. Moore
\(Strider\)" says...
"Mary Shafer" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 14:21:00 -0500, Herb Schaltegger
wrote:
http://slashdot.org
"News for Nerds. Stuff That Matters."
I guess I'm the wrong kind of nerd.
That you are.

Actually, she's an *engineer*.


Most of the posts I've seen on slashdot are self-important tech-wannabes
with little real-world experience.

Yep, that defines a "nerd".
--
Kevin Willoughby lid

Imagine that, a FROG ON-OFF switch, hardly the work
for test pilots. -- Mike Collins

On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 14:11:52 -0400, (Peter Stickney) wrote:

In article ,
"Mike Walsh" writes:

Interesting. I don't know about the specific impact of the
GeeBee racer, but it was my understanding that racer design
and development did have an impact on fighter design.

overly snipped just for brevity's sake

The fact is, the State of teh Art in aviation in teh 1930s ws advanced
far more by the efforts of the NACA, Cranfield, thw
ReichsLuftMinitrie, and the Italian AIr Ministry than by any air
racers.

Mike might be thinking of the Polikarpov I-16. I've read several
accounts suggesting it was inspired by the GeeBee racers- not
that it actually drew from them for much in the way of engineering,
though.

Dale

"Dale" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 14:11:52 -0400, (Peter Stickney)
wrote:

In article ,
"Mike Walsh" writes:

Interesting. I don't know about the specific impact of the
GeeBee racer, but it was my understanding that racer design
and development did have an impact on fighter design.

overly snipped just for brevity's sake

The fact is, the State of teh Art in aviation in teh 1930s ws advanced
far more by the efforts of the NACA, Cranfield, thw
ReichsLuftMinitrie, and the Italian AIr Ministry than by any air
racers.

Mike might be thinking of the Polikarpov I-16. I've read several
accounts suggesting it was inspired by the GeeBee racers- not
that it actually drew from them for much in the way of engineering,
though.

Dale

Not that. However I read something about a Hughes racer that
the U.S. didn't have much interest in but that somehow influenced
the design of the Japanese Zero.

I was not claiming that air racers were the prime mover, but only
that they had an influence on fighter design.

Ed Wright is the person who has credited air racers with a big
effect on pre-WWII fighter design.

Mike Walsh

Miles Bader wrote:
"Christopher M. Jones" writes:

What is slashdot? I've heard of it, but I have no idea what it is.

Consider yourself lucky. Sometimes the news they post is halfway
decent, but the comments are just a tar pit you don't want to ever
bother with.


There are some real gems in there though, if you've got the time to look
for them. Browse at +2 (or +5).

It's kind of like netnews except that (1) the typical cliques that
usually dominate newsgroup discussion don't seem to exist (this is
sometimes good and sometimes bad, but it does mix things up a bit), and
(2) the moderation gives you a chance of cutting through the bull****.
Kinda.

I am well acquainted with slashdot, thank you very much,
and with their moderation system. Sometimes there are
a few tidbits of interest in the comments, but it's so
rare even at +5 that it's hardly worth the time and
effort.