Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Gaming Slashdot

[Nathan Odle <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

>I'm guessing not.  Slashdot gets so many submissions that they 
>reject almost everything not directly submitted by an editor.  Your 
>article would have to be supremely buzz-word compliant to have a 
>chance even if dozens of "excellent karma" types all submitted it.
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I'm not so sure about that.  We are currently 2 for 2 with getting our 
tech articles posted to Slashdot.  One was an explanation of an Intel 
patent for clock-locking, and the other was an (admittedly horrendous) 
article about video card history that I nearly strangled the other guy 
for posting without me putting my red pen to it first.  Both articles 
hit off just a single solitary submission to Slashdot by me.

>I see no real chance that this would ever be accepted unless there's 
>somebody there who is just completely fascinated by cache memory 
>design. And even then, they would probably only post it if it came 
>from Ars Technica or something.
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Again, we're 2 for 2.  I was just of the mindset that it would increase 
our chances that much more with a larger number of submissions.  You 
speak like one with "behind the scenes" info about how stories are 
selected - do you have any info to share?

-N

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