On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:59:31 +0000, Invisible wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
>> So, you want to keep up with the tech industry?
> 
> Not *especially*, but...
> 
>> Subscribe to a slashdot RSS feed.
> 
> Two questions:
> 
> 1. What's RSS?

RSS = Really Simple Syndication.  Equate to an Atom feed.  In fact, your 
blog has this capability, it's how I know when you've posted something 
new.

> 2. What actually *is* Slashdot? I keep hearing about it, but I'm still
> unclear on what it's supposed to "be".

http://www.slashdot.org - it's ostensibly a news site with a comments 
system.  I find most of the comments are useless - there's a few "gems" 
in there, but most of it is pretty inane.  The thing I read it for 
(actually subscribe to it via RSS) is the articles, which include links 
to actual news stories.  I find It's a good measure of what geeks find 
newsworthy.

Jim

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