Semi-long time /. reader here -- six digit UID but just barely. If I had known it would have conferred bragging rights I would have signed up a week or two earlier.
Slashdot was absolutely the best community from the late 90s up through maybe 2005 or '06. I learned so much from both the news articles and the subsequent discussion. Still have never found a better comments section than what Slashdot had then, though I keep searching.
As someone firmly ensconced in the six-digit UID I'd like to say: CmdTaco I hold you personally responsible for all that lost time, and I intend to collect if I ever meet you in person. My weapon of choice will be beer, though perhaps milk is now more appropriate as ages have advanced.
Anyway, adding my thanks for a great site. I learned a bunch.
#79509 here and was AC posting quite a bit before ever signing up. I've actually got a few accounts there and my oldest was hardly used for posting even back then.
Surprisingly I still remember my password on /. though I hadn't used that password in many years.
Lucky thing I remember it too since the email account (gfm@my-dejanews.com) registered to the /. account is long since dead.
Slashdot was absolutely the best community from the late 90s up through maybe 2005 or '06. I learned so much from both the news articles and the subsequent discussion. Still have never found a better comments section than what Slashdot had then, though I keep searching.