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Slashdot and other myths (was Re: Handling developers, "the zone" and other myths)
Subject:Slashdot and other myths (was Re: Handling developers, "the zone" and other myths) From:Aahz <aahz -at- pythoncraft -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 31 May 2002 15:30:06 -0400
On Mon, May 27, 2002, Bruce Byfield wrote:
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>http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/04/157205&mode=nested&tid=98
>
> reviews a book that supports the notion about the importance of "the
> zone." Equally interesting are the comments from the techie crowd who
> read the site, which, with some exceptions, tend to question the whole
> idea of treating developers specially, as well as the idea of the zone.
The people in my crowd tend to pooh-pooh anything from Slashdot, aside
from the occasional reference to other material and its amusement value.
Does anyone here actually find Slashdot useful for information?
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