Comments on: Revisiting Slashdot's faméd V-day marriage proposal from CmdrTaco http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/revisiting-slashdots-fameea.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 07:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: IronEdithKidd http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/revisiting-slashdots-fameea.html#comment-1347804 IronEdithKidd Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143873#comment-1347804 It did.  Somewhere around '06 spam texts were running rampant.  Lots of people were pissed about paying for scammy, unsolicited messages.   It did.  Somewhere around ’06 spam texts were running rampant.  Lots of people were pissed about paying for scammy, unsolicited messages.  

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/revisiting-slashdots-fameea.html#comment-1347588 chgoliz Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143873#comment-1347588 I wondered the same thing. I wondered the same thing.

]]> By: digi_owl http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/revisiting-slashdots-fameea.html#comment-1347100 digi_owl Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143873#comment-1347100 I would say the receive part hurts interest the most. I would say the receive part hurts interest the most.

]]> By: yadayada http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/revisiting-slashdots-fameea.html#comment-1347033 yadayada Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143873#comment-1347033  I haven't visited Slashdot in about seven or eight years. Haven't missed it.  I haven’t visited Slashdot in about seven or eight years. Haven’t missed it.

]]> By: ppdd http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/revisiting-slashdots-fameea.html#comment-1346935 ppdd Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143873#comment-1346935 The proposal has held up better than Slashdot, that's for sure. The proposal has held up better than Slashdot, that’s for sure.

]]> By: IronEdithKidd http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/revisiting-slashdots-fameea.html#comment-1346753 IronEdithKidd Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143873#comment-1346753 Our awesome cell companies were charging us $0.15/per, sent or recieved, thus the low use volume until they started including it in our monthly plans. Our awesome cell companies were charging us $0.15/per, sent or recieved, thus the low use volume until they started including it in our monthly plans.

]]> By: digi_owl http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/revisiting-slashdots-fameea.html#comment-1346655 digi_owl Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143873#comment-1346655 Funny, texting (SMS) was already big in Europe in 2002 from what i recall. Funny, texting (SMS) was already big in Europe in 2002 from what i recall.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/revisiting-slashdots-fameea.html#comment-1346511 niktemadur Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143873#comment-1346511 Mr Doctorow, just noticed it:  What's with the accent on <b>famed</b>, as in <b>faméd</b>?  Surely a typo, but just checking. Mr Doctorow, just noticed it:  What’s with the accent on famed, as in faméd?  Surely a typo, but just checking.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/revisiting-slashdots-fameea.html#comment-1346509 niktemadur Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143873#comment-1346509 Didn't Taco also do a Slashdot Poll along the lines of: <i>Will you marry me? • Yes • No </i> Then rigged the buttons so even if you clicked "No", it would come out as "Yes". So the poll results were something like 12,000 "Yes", 0 "No". Anyway, geeks in love. (sigh) Didn’t Taco also do a Slashdot Poll along the lines of:

Will you marry me?
• Yes
• No

Then rigged the buttons so even if you clicked “No”, it would come out as “Yes”.
So the poll results were something like 12,000 “Yes”, 0 “No”.

Anyway, geeks in love. (sigh)

]]> By: olrac57 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/revisiting-slashdots-fameea.html#comment-1346028 olrac57 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143873#comment-1346028 Aww... he had her at "more then". Aww… he had her at “more then”.

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