Last Chance to Sign Up for 10-Year Anniversary Party

We have 700 T-Shirts coming in today and now we need to know where to ship them. So while you can continue to sign up for parties, today is the last day we'll be looking at the sign-ups to determine where to send shirts. You can sign up or host your own party and we'll try to mail lots of you schwag and ThinkGeek gift certificates. A note to people signed on for my party in Ann Arbor- we will be at Leopold Bros Oct 20. Pudge has a large party coming together near Seattle, Zonk has 30+ in Madison, and of course there's a big party in Palo Alto Oct 25 that Hemos & I will both be at as well. A reminder to all party planners- make SURE your email address is accurate so we can spam you guys and get snail mail addresses. Remember to take pictures/videos/etc at your local gatherings and submit them to us (we'll have an email address later). Whoever impresses us the most with their creativity in submission will win $1k ThinkGeek prize.

Fakes?

[Turn-X Alphonse (789240)]

Taco, how are you dealing with people faking a party to get the free swag?

Have to admit it came to my mind "hey free swag!", and so I'm sure others will take the bait and do exactly that even if I won't.

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[stoolpigeon (454276)]

Both 'parties' remotely close to where I live have 2 or 3 people. I wouldn't really call that a party - and I'm not going to go sit around in awkward silence with a couple other socially inept geeks just for a t-shirt. I get free shirts from vendors.
 
It's a cool idea - but doesn't seem to be getting a lot of traction.

Re:Fakes?

[ackthpt (218170)]

Both 'parties' remotely close to where I live have 2 or 3 people. [...] I'm not going to go sit around in awkward silence with a couple other socially inept geeks just for a t-shirt.

There went your nerd cred.

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[stoolpigeon (454276)]

I'm not sure what to make of that. I think it's an attempt at slighting me over that page - but I don't want to jump to conclusions. I'm just not finding it easy to think of it as a complimentary statement.
 
Or maybe it is a good humored jab and I should be laughing along. Just not enough to go on. But I'll go the laugh along route because I like to assume the best rather than the worst from people.

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[JackieBrown (987087)]

His wife is hot

*ducks

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[luder (923306)]

Both 'parties' remotely close to where I live have 2 or 3 people.

Hey, maybe they're all hot girls! Man, that would be sweet. We would then go to party in the jacuzzi in the mansion that I plan to buy tomorrow, as I'm going to play on the lottery tonight and I'm sure I'm gonna win!

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[mgblst (80109)]

My party has only a few people, but it is at a pub, so the worst you can do is have a drink, and go away feeling better about yourself. I know it can be tricky getting out of the basement, even for an hour or so, but you never know what you will find in the big world outside.

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[stoolpigeon (454276)]

If either of the ones by me were near - that might help too. I think one is at a dorm and the other might even be a private residence.

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[ackthpt (218170)]

He'll post your name and email address in a special follow-up article on Geek-Imitators.

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[freelunch (258011)]

Taco, how are you dealing with people faking a party to get the free swag?

Taco is faking a party to get the free swag.

Anyone know where the real Ann Arbor party will be?

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[distributed (714952)]

Define Party please !! (its been a long time since I went to one)
Do two people count as a party ? (Me and my computer ?)

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[eln (21727)]

Your premise is faulty. A Slashdot party that no one attends would be the most authentic Slashdot party of all. After all, how many Slashdot readers would really come out of their basements just to hang out with each other? That's what IRC is for!

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[UncleTogie (1004853)]

After all, how many Slashdot readers would really come out of their basements just to hang out with each other?

They don't. They DO come out when bribed with the potential of a gift cert that'll buy more blinky lights.

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[Le Marteau (206396)]

Like this guys [slashdot.org] party.

The 'host' has not ever posted so much as one comment to slashdot. His "party" is in some office suite from 10 AM to 11 AM.

What a guy. Taco actually is trying to do something cool, and guys like this try to take advantage of it.

Slashdot PT Cruiser

[by Anonymous Coward]

Ok, I know this is off topic, but I figure this is the best place to ask. A few weeks ago I was shopping for food in the East Bay (SF Bay Area) and when I walked out of the store there was a teal PT Cruiser with Slashdot logos on it. I needed to get home but I was curious if that was someone that worked for /. or just a really hard core fan.

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[Lumpy (12016)]

Slashdot is part of a pool of pay for wierd advertising companies. you can whore yourself out for a couple of hundred bucks if you keep their sticker ad's that cover your car for 6 months. It's a paltry amount of money to look foolish as you drive around but several people around here do it. They want specific car types. Pt cruiser, Scion XB, etc..

you get peanuts for making your life and car a billboard.
I looked into it a year ago as a guy here at work did it, and I saw ebay, slashdot even digg in the lo

Re:Slashdot PT Cruiser

[ackthpt (218170)]

Ok, I know this is off topic, but I figure this is the best place to ask. A few weeks ago I was shopping for food in the East Bay (SF Bay Area) and when I walked out of the store there was a teal PT Cruiser with Slashdot logos on it. I needed to get home but I was curious if that was someone that worked for /. or just a really hard core fan.

That was probably the latest ploy in geek recruiting. If you stepped too close the doors would have swung open, you'd have been dragged inside, driven to a secret location, dragged out and into an office building, placed at a work station, given an $80,000/yr job working with software or engineering and all the women around you for the rest of your life would give you dismissive looks.

Good thing you ran away!

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[AuMatar (183847)]

Damn. Most of that sounds like my real life, but why do they have to give me a pay cut?

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[Cecil (37810)]

Correction: that would've been 60k and NO WOMEN better than his real life.

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[mikeboone (163222)]

Wasn't that car a prize from a contest several years ago?

I found a picture [flickr.com].

Links For Notable Attendee Celebration Locations

[Nymz (905908)]

• CmdrTaco [slashdot.org] (1) - Ann Arbor, Mi, US [slashdot.org]
• Hemos [slashdot.org] (2) - Palo Alto, CA, US [slashdot.org]
• vroom [slashdot.org] (43) - Ann Arbor, Mi, US [slashdot.org]
• ScuttleMonkey [slashdot.org] (55) - Ann Arbor, Mi, US [slashdot.org]
• Roblimo [slashdot.org] (357) - St Petersurg, FL, US [slashdot.org]
• pudge [slashdot.org] (3605) - Seattle, WA, US [slashdot.org]
• kdawson [slashdot.org] (3715) - 42-71, MA, US [slashdot.org]
• Zonk [slashdot.org] (12082) - Middleton, WI, US [slashdot.org]
• jamie [slashdot.org] (78724) - Ann Arbor, Mi, US [slashdot.org]
• Nymz [slashdot.org] (905908) - Palo Alto, CA, US [slashdot.org]

Re:Links For Notable Attendee Celebration Location

[Anonymous Monkey (795756)]

but ware is Beatles-Beatles going to be?

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[stoolpigeon (454276)]

I think he's going to be at the private soire being hosted by Roland Piquepaille.

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[UbuntuDupe (970646)]

UbuntuDupe [slashdot.org]:

Waco [slashdot.org]

Dallas [slashdot.org]

Probably Austin too [slashdot.org]

Oh, come on -- how many of you don't want to see me in person so you can beat the crap out of me?

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[Nymz (905908)]

UbuntuDupe:
Waco
Dallas
Probably Austin too

By going to three parties, you must a) really luv Slashdot, b) have a drinking problem, or c) want to increase the Geek quotient of your wardrobe with three new genuine Slashdot t-shirts.

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[Megane (129182)]

The thing is, I'll probably be going to as many of the three in Austin as I can, but you only get to register for one because that's the way they set up the script. So I clicked on the first one and plan to switch afterwards.

Re:Links For Notable Attendee Celebration Location

[Pathwalker (103)]

Anyone know which party the "IF I EVER MEET YOU I WILL KICK YOUR ASS" guy is going to?

Do NOT wear all black

[Nymz (905908)]

Anyone know which party the "IF I EVER MEET YOU I WILL KICK YOUR ASS" guy is going to?

Don't wear all black, because I heard that those Shaolin Monks are still looking to kick that loud mouth Ninja's ass. [slashdot.org]

- More -

[Xenographic (557057)]

NewYorkCountryLawyer [slashdot.org] (912032) - New York City, NY, US [slashdot.org]

It's the one I wish I could go to :]

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[TheRaven64 (641858)]

You got moderated flamebait, which I can't really disagree with, but I have to admit that was my first thought too. Maybe the grand prize for the person who organises the best party will be a chance to punch kdawson in the face and post the video on GooTube.

So no party at turkey eh ?

[unity100 (970058)]

horrible.. horrible. very telling.

Re:So no party at turkey eh ?

[ackthpt (218170)]

horrible.. horrible. very telling.

Yeah, but look at it this way, you're still around -- what of the poor Soviet Russians? There's no Party to join THEM!

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[Repton (60818)]

In Soviet Russia, the party signs you up!

What about girls?

[tsbiscaro (888711)]

Slashdot Party? Party means girls! Ok, forget about it...

Oh, we're having a real party alright

[Wapiti-eater (759089)]

What may well be fake is anyone who shows up. There's even some kinda hot chicks in underwear show going on sometime at this place. (night of the slashparty?). But so far no one says they're gonna show up. Hell, I'll be there - if for no other reason than the happy hour munchies.

Going about it wrong

[LiquidCoooled (634315)]

You have to entice the crowd with teasers.

Slashdot 10th Anniversary Party with free punch and pie!

(After I noticed one party in England is offering free food)

IN Soviet Russia

[Lil'wombat (233322)]

Please, please tell me there is a party in Russia.

Because in Soviet Russia, Slashdot Celebrates You!

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[TheRaven64 (641858)]

I'm organising a Slashdot party in Soviet Russia. I think Red Square, 1945 (we can piggyback on the victory celebrations) seems like a good place. Make your own way there, but there's probably space in my TARDIS for anyone who's too drunk to make their own way back.

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[Pinback (80041)]

On the way home from a pub, it becomes a re-Tardis.

Need more notice next time.

[opencity (582224)]

NYC has a spot but it was hard to book as even though we're over run with venues they all book 6 weeks - 2 months in advance.
The twenty year party should have flying car accessibility and everyone should bring their gPhones and ...

slashdot.org/anniversary.pl?view_id=55

Throw a Slashdot party? Who's paying for it?

[Mr.Fork (633378)]

So, you want people to host a 'hurray we're 10 years old' Slashdot party, put our names in for some free t-shirts as an incentive. Who's paying for this party? Who benefits from the free advertising? I think you'll get some response... but not much.

Why didn't you guys just have a /. convention?!? Have guest speakers, charge fees, book it in Vegas, have presentations and awards for the best news stories, best comments, funniest comments, top member, you could really work it and at the end, have enough mon

What's to celebrate?

[trouser (149900)]

10 years of my life I will never get back.

Re:Thanks Slashdot, community (real people) rocks!

[ackthpt (218170)]

This is the coolest thing about Slashdot. The people who are going to show up at these parties are usually hardcore techies. What a great feature, thanks Slashdot!

Don't forget to check all your base at the door.

Slashdot prank

[xtracto (837672)]

I would die to make a prank to one of the many parties by paying some girls to get into the bar and look for a bunch of nerd/techie looking guys talking about slashdot and then flirt with them. I would love to see the reaction of all those geeks hahaha. [yes, I do have a real-nonplastic-lovely girlfriend :-)]

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[UncleTogie (1004853)]

hardcore techies don't hang out with the 1337 k1dz.

Sure we do. Feed the kids an obscure technical nugget and they're happy to get you your coffee and slippers...

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[OriginalArlen (726444)]

real people rock? Real people SUCK. Anyone who tells you different is selling something.

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[east coast (590680)]

It says:

Party #1: In my pants.
Party #2: Party canceled. Go to Party #1

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[east coast (590680)]

Actually, given the nature of most of the slashdotters I know; give the booze to the girls. It makes a big difference if they're the ones with a distorted view of reality.

Which Paris?

[ChefInnocent (667809)]

Paris, Arkansas
Paris, Idaho
Paris, Illinois
New Paris, Indiana
Paris, Kentucky
Paris, Maine
Paris, Michigan
Paris, Missouri
Paris, New York
Paris, Ohio
Paris, Pennsylvania
Paris, Tennessee
Paris, Texas
Paris, Wisconsin
Paris, Ontario
Paris, Yukon

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[TheRaven64 (641858)]

Is there people from Valencia (Spain)?

For future reference, if you have to tell people which country a city is in, the odds are that they are not anywhere near it.

That said, I'm disappointed that there is no party in Swansea. We usually get a few dozen geeks on the beach for the university computer society beach party each summer, so getting a dozen in a pub to celebrate Slashdot incrementing its age counter shouldn't be that hard.

Maybe we could even bury FireFury [slashdot.org] in a 6' hole again...