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What the fuck is this shit? (Score:4, Insightful)
April 1 was a long time ago (Score:4, Insightful)
I prefer it not come from Slashdot (Score:2, Insightful)
The comments here mystify me (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:I prefer it not come from Slashdot (Score:5, Insightful)
Okay, losing the mod points allready duely apporinted to whine about the stupidity of all of you who don't get the joke. What the hell slashdot readers, I thought you were smarter than that!
Its not the articles that are worse, nor the polls, its the dumb as rock readers.
OK, you got me. (Score:5, Insightful)
Is this a joke poll, or a serious BI thing?
Re:I prefer it not come from Slashdot (Score:5, Insightful)
Lots of broken sarcasm meters here apparently.....
Re:What the fuck is this shit? (Score:5, Insightful)
It's *obviously* a joke by The Editors on themselves.
People have been complaining LOUDLY AND REPEATEDLY about /. becoming too "business"-y, too commercialized, too mainstream. See the whine-fest about /. TV, or SlashBI, or all the polls that seem to be nothing more than advertising research.
The people running the show are trying to show that they've noticed, by making a poll that is a) the embodiment of what the haters are hating, and b) makes absolutely no sense. Seriously, "cloudify"?
Unfortunately, Poe's Law applies here as well - you cannot make a satire of something so stupid that no one can mistake it for sincerity.
Re:What the fuck is this shit? (Score:5, Insightful)
Indeed.
There's so much of this crap infecting Slashdot now, that I'm unsure of what's satire and what's suit-wearing douchebaggery.
Re:I prefer it not come from Slashdot (Score:5, Insightful)
In all fairness, it's hard to tell. That "slashdot pulse" stuff has been posting questions of this quality for quite some time. Add in the slashtv and slashbi crap, and it's actually plausible that they are trying to leak more of this crap into the mix.
It's a sad state of affairs when something so blatantly stupid is close enough to the day to day stuff that it becomes hard to recognize it as a joke. Even a few years ago my first reaction to this post would have been to laugh. My first reaction today was "oh great, and so it continues". Stuff has gotten so bad that this only stands out as slightly more extreme than normal.. and that's really bad.
Re:The comments here mystify me (Score:5, Insightful)
A few years ago it would have been obvious. With the trend over the last little bit (slashdot pulse, sponsored "ask slashdot", slashbi, etc..) this only stands out as slightly more extreme. It's a sad state of affairs that this didn't immediately provoke a "lol, suits are idiots". I can't be the only person who read it twice and had to decide whether it was a joke or yet another stumble down the slope. Hopefully the editors will read something into that.
Re:Missing CowboyNeal Option (Score:5, Insightful)
The CowboyNeal options were a part of Slashdot culture. Like the insensitive clod, Portman's hot grits, and the GNAA. I miss those.
Re:What the fuck is this shit? (Score:4, Insightful)
I would say in this case that it's satirizing something so stupid sincerity is indistinguishable from satire. I've read marketing materials that read pretty much like this.
The amusing thing here... (Score:3, Insightful)
The amusing thing with this poll is that it indicates one of two things:
(1) Slashdotters are SEVERLY lacking in the ability to determine satire/sarcasm from legitimate description. Maybe Sheldon Cooper isn't so far removed from the geek stereotype after all.
OR
(2) Slashdotters have seen the quality and focus of Slashdot degrade and warp so much over the years that these poll choices might be seen as a serious attempt at a poll.
Of course it's satire. Not a very good one though.
Re:What the fuck is this shit? (Score:5, Insightful)
e.g. Customer: "Hey, can't I buy a DSLR for $Y that has $A feature I want?"
Store Sales Guy: "Sorry, they don't manufacture them at that price. You either have the entry level types for $X and the cheaper prosumer types at this price point up here at $Z. If you want that feature you'll have to fork out a lot more."
FTFY
Re:The comments here mystify me (Score:5, Insightful)
You know how people read the summary, but not the article? (Or the headline and not the summary)...?
Abstract that concept and extend it to "Poll Question / Choices", and you'll have your answer.
Re:George Carlin would have a great time with this (Score:4, Insightful)
Wait, so "price" means a single value, that is, a point on the number line of prices? And "price point" means a range of values, that is, a segment of the number line, that is, not a point?
I agree with your analysis, but the terminology is hilarious.