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Reminds me of Slashdot > The name "Slashdot" came from a somewhat "obnoxious parody of a URL" – when Malda registered the domain, he desired to make a name tha

Reminds me of Slashdot > The name "Slashdot" came from a somewhat "obnoxious parody of a URL" – when Malda registered the domain, he desired to make a name that was "silly and unpronounceable" – try pronouncing out, 'h-t-t-p-colon-slash-slash-slashdot-dot-org'". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot

StableAlkyne 3y ago
Neat! I always thought it was a reference to the `/.` you might type in Unix
- readyplayernull 3y ago
  You mean "./"
  - StableAlkyne 3y ago
    I really do mean the root directory! As in, a kinda joke that meant the site was a central place for news, so it would act as a root directory for that
    - littlestymaar 3y ago
      What is the dot for in your `/.`?
      - Smaug123 3y ago
        It's what you'd use as an arg to `cp` if you wanted to copy the contents rather than the directory, for example.
      - NikkiA 3y ago
        The self-referential directory inode.
qingcharles 3y ago
DOT COM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1SpFt7zJUM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1SpFt7zJUM
- bitwize 3y ago
  Welcome to Homestarrunner.net! It's dot com!
xerox13ster 3y ago
h-t-t-p-s colon whack whack slash dot dot com