Linus on /.
Linus Torvalds in a recent LKML posting:
Gaah. I don’t tend to bother about slashdot, because quite frankly, the whole _point_ of slashdot is to have this big public wanking session with people getting together and making their own “insightful” comment on any random topic, whether they know anything about it or not.
Quoted for truth.
August 27th, 2005 at 7:11 pm
Haha.. that is so true..
August 28th, 2005 at 1:11 pm
Haha, someone’s ganna make some Penguins unhappy. Note he did make the comments in relation to the bad press he got for the Linux Tradmarks plan.
August 28th, 2005 at 2:32 pm
To be fair, there’s a bit more context – he followed that paragraph up with this sentence:
August 28th, 2005 at 10:08 pm
Ha, well said. I think it is wise of Linus to distance himself from that site and the fanatical Linux followers there.
August 29th, 2005 at 5:12 am
+1 Insightful
August 30th, 2005 at 12:52 pm
Heh heh. That is really funny quote from Linus. May be he should stop reading slashdot.org and start reading my blog on linux for a change
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September 2nd, 2005 at 6:48 pm
Wow, never thought of Slashdot as a wankfest or circle jerk, but hey now that he mentions it the shoe fits. I’ll still read and post there though just for the differing view points.
September 2nd, 2005 at 8:17 pm
Kind of reminds me of an old skit featuring William Shatner talking at a Star Trek convention…
September 2nd, 2005 at 8:25 pm
Slashdot is hysterical to read, though I would never setup an account since swimming in pirhana infested waters is dangerous and foolish, but I still enjoy watching the pirhanas swim.
Linus: thank you.
September 5th, 2005 at 7:14 pm
I like reading slashdot comments sometimes. Some people know quite a bit, some don’t. It’s interesting to get mixed dialog. One of the reasons this site probably puts a comment section. If a comment is unsupported by facts, it will soon be shot down by other comments. It gets us away from thinking that an expert or news giver is an unquestioned elite source of information.
January 30th, 2006 at 4:43 pm
Some of the best comments ever seen on /. can be found at Seen On Slash.