>> 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.

Heh. Well there you are... o_O

>> 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.

Apparently I'm not geek enough. To me, it seemed to be all business and 
politics...

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