Video A Conversation with Rob Malda - Part Three; the Finale (Video) 41
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Part Two ran last Thursday. Part One ran last Wednesday. This is all a lead-up to Slashdot's Quinceañera, or 15th Birthday, this October. (Cue music: Fatboy Slim's Slash Dot Dash.) In this final part of The Conversation with Rob Malda, he talks a bit about what he's working on at The Washington Post, and leaves us waiting with bated breath for more information about projects he's not allowed to tell us about. Yet. So obviously, we'll want to get back with CmdrTaco before too long for an update. Meanwhile, please get ready for the Slashdot 15th Anniversary Celebration, which is sure to be at least as glorious as you would expect from Slashdot.
The original interview (Score:1, Insightful)
Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda is a 36-year old white male with a stocky build and a goatee. He responded to my ad to be interviewed for this article wearing only leather pants, leather boots and a leather vest. I could see that both of his nipples were pierced with large-gauge silver rings.
Questioner: I hope you won't be offended if I ask you to prove to me that you're a nullo. Just so that my readers will know that this isn't a fake.
CmdrTaco: Sure, no problem. (stands and unbuckles pants and drops them to his ankle
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MOD PARENT UP!!! (Score:1)
I can't believe you dug this interview up. I'd completely forgotten about this one. Wonder how Ol'Rob's doing these days.
Secret projects? (Score:2)
I bet it's a moonbase. It's a moonbase, isn't it?
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Actually, it's a shark with a frikken' laser attached to its head.
What an example of internet culture (Score:5, Insightful)
I think this illustrates better than most other news how the internet, and the people's interest in the internet, is tied to ideas, to sites, to content and not to people.
In other words, yes, I like Slashdot, but why the heck should I care what he does at WashPost?
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This is the same reason I don't watch "Biography" on television. I really don't care about life stories unless it's a top 50 success like Gates or Jobs or Tramiel or Bushnell or Miyamoto. Someone who created a news blog, even if it's a major one like Huffington Post, is just someone who got lucky.
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>>>Watching their life story will not change your life story unless you make it happen and are "lucky".
Well I'm pretty satisfied where I'm at: In a nice cool office where I don't do any real work except type. Even though it's boring I get to listen to books or music or news all day long, so it's more like entertainment then work. And get paid almost ten times minimum wage to do it.
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So, you are not only a dick but overpaid and worthless! Congratulations!
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Only half the time when I'm documenting. The other half the job title is called "programmer"
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In other words, yes, I like Slashdot, but why the heck should I care what he does at WashPost?
Bingo!
What Slashdotters REALLY want to know... (Score:2, Redundant)
What Slashdotter's REALLY want to know is HOW BIG IS MALDA'S PENIS, and how often he plays Whack-A-Mole with it?
* When he shoots his load, what is his volume?
* Does he use a gym sock to clean up, or custom embroidered lace hankies?
* Does he wank to EMO Boy porn or Blond Twink porn?
* Which parks deos he like to wank in?
* Has his mother ever caught him wanking in her basement?
Seriously, these are the questions most Slasgdotters want to know about...
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Really? Wow, I must be getting old, I'm so out of the loop and out of touch with the young people...
Re:Glorious? (Score:4, Insightful)
What I would expect is a story submission stating that it is Slashdot's 15 anniversary and to post your favorite memories about the last 15 years on Slashdot.
Something nice and simple like that.
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I'll never forget the first time I got modded into oblivion for posting a pro-Microsoft, anti-global warming post that also criticized FOSS and Richard Stallman....
Yes, I am being sarcastic for the idiot mods (Score:1)
will lack Unicode
Quit yer bitchin' and fix it yourself, idiot. It's not like Unicode is some old and important standard or anything.
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His mom says he's cool.
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Did Slashdot look at FarkTV and say to themselves "We can do worse." and then actually attempt to do worse?
Who's Rob Malda? (And where's the text edition?) (Score:3, Informative)
Just when you thought SlashDot video couldn't get any worse.
Editors, who's Rob Malda? Where's the transcript for those of us who don't have time to watch talking heads? Did he say or do anything interesting in "parts 1 or 2", or are those just for the Rob Malda collectors/fans?
RIP Rob Malda (Score:2, Funny)
RIP, Mr. Malda. Timely article. You will be missed.
damn you flashdot (Score:3)
Quinceañera? (Score:2)
Does this mean that we all have to dress up [youtube.com]?
Fixing the basics would be nice (Score:3)
If they're working on "secret" projects, I'm presuming this means the issue with not saving ones preferences for viewing comments will never get resolved.
For the record, I have set myself to view at 1 or above, yet everyday I see comments below this threshold.
Such a simple thing, saving ones preferences, and that can't be done right. I can only imagine what these "secret" projects will be.
Then again, this is what happens when you let programmers design your application and web designers design your site.
Who is... (Score:1)
...Rob Malda?
Without a transcript, I don't care (Score:2)
Scratch that. Even with a transcript I don't care.