This Thursday, in Dreese Labs room 266, Alex Lingo will host his infamous _This Week in Slashdot_™ discussion. As is the general format, Alex will display and discuss major events in technology, with feedback from the audience. For the uninitiated, Slashdot (often abbreviated /.) is a nerd-oriented news website where the readers submit articles which are then accepted or rejected by editors and then published on the front page, with a new page typically appearing every couple of hours. From there, the readers have huge discussions about every aspect of the article, by posting comments. These comments are then moderated by a randomly selected group of readers who can each add or subtract points from a limited number of comments for being funny/insightful/informative or offtopic/troll/flamebait, leaving only the highest rated comments immediately visible below the summary, often collectively making for a better read than the original article. Alex’s discussion will attempt to mimic this format, and provoke civilized (yeah right!) discussion and debate about news topics that matter to nerds.
This Week in Slashdot
Published by using 170 words.