I (and many many others) have an achievement [slashdot.org] called "The Maker"... what does that mean? It's not listed in the FAQ.
Also, how are you computing the total number of Achievements? If you add up my achievements (and if I add the powers of two I get closer) but it doesn't come out to be the number you posted.
Also, if I have CmdrTaco's attention, why not leave this up? You've written the code for it and although it will certainly tax your database (default awards were handed out on different days)
Get a first post Link to goatse and get moderated +5 Get +5 troll Get fired from a job for reading slashdot instead of working. Start a new meme. Be SO funny that someone spits coffee onto their monitor.
I just can't bear it. I should... no... I could... Damn. Really irritates me that reference... don't know why but it makes me see blood. wait. that's the allergies, never mind. Carry on.
This seems like something that should be nothing but a joke, but it looks like it is going to be around after the first. I suppose this is where I should whine about websites messing with a good thing.
Well some of the dates are wrong, (some of the stuff is stuff i achieved years ago and it says i did last month it says i got the journal entry achievement 2-20-2009 when I last posted a journal entry about 4 or 5 years ago) This actually looks pretty cool and i wouldn't mind keeping this. Just DONT make a first post achievement, we have enough people trying to get that already.:P
well, in favour of it, most of the others are based around 'score at archiving'.
On the other hand, the title of the acheivement could be read to imply that those who have posted here simply to obtain the achievement have, indeed, been fooled.
Actually, I take back the part about static achievements... several users have posted that this was their first comment, and checking their achievements shows that they do actually have the "posted a comment" achievement (and the "had a comment modded up" achievement, too, if their comment was).
if you're suffering from the lack of ponies, try StackOverflow [stackoverflow.com], and its (possibly today only) Cornify button (select a question first, you might have to click it a couple of times).
I admit, it would be fun to have a skinnable Slashdot, where we could select from the traditional Nerdy-Green theme, the OMGPonies!1! theme, generally whatever else. Cool beans.
And, I admit, achievements are pretty neat. It'd be nifty of the achievement displays in our achievements listing were linked to what the criteria are, though.
be so unfunny that someone spits coffee over YOUR monitor.
So for spitting coffee over monitor's - is this akin to seeing who can spit the watermelon seed the farthest similair to how many motor-cycles can be jumped?
Are the monitors lined up side by side (widescreen LCD's) or back to back (skinny lcd's) or some huge 28" CRT screens from a few years back.
Really? I want one too. Hope this stays over, it's not like/.ers actually have anything serious to do (I'm not trolling, I mean it) and it's kind of nice to see the time spent here somewhat quantified.
I'm thinking (especially since it's not appearing on anyone's achievements) that, if this "achievements" feature is really going to stick around after April 1st, they'll grant the April Fool achievement retroactively to everyone who posted in the thread when they archive it.
I just asked myself... what would John DeLorean do?
-- Raoul Duke
Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? (Score:5, Interesting)
Also, how are you computing the total number of Achievements? If you add up my achievements (and if I add the powers of two I get closer) but it doesn't come out to be the number you posted.
Also, if I have CmdrTaco's attention, why not leave this up? You've written the code for it and although it will certainly tax your database (default awards were handed out on different days)
Slashdot achievements (Score:5, Funny)
Get a first post
Link to goatse and get moderated +5
Get +5 troll
Get fired from a job for reading slashdot instead of working.
Start a new meme.
Be SO funny that someone spits coffee onto their monitor.
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Obviously!
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Indeed.
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indubitably! ...
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Oh, definitely.
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Smurfingly
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absolutely
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This is a thing now.
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Indeed, Quite.
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There's no room for doubt here!
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I just can't bear it. ...
I should
no...
I could...
Damn. Really irritates me that reference...
don't know why but it makes me see blood.
wait.
that's the allergies, never mind. Carry on.
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Uh, Yep.
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Assuredly.
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I think we are all yelling in support of keeping the achevements after april fools :) YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
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wat?
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Very.
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Snoopy.
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Come again?
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Who's on first?
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Yes.
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I don't know's on third
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eh?
(Might as well get a free bleep bloop!) [roosterteeth.com]
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WTF?
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Give it 10 minutes?
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That's an achievement?
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It's ridiculous
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Surely no true /.er would do such a thing :(
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The nerve of some people.
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Exactly.
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Precisely.
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I don't understand
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It would be immoral, after all.
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So much for karma whoring... Now we'll have "achievement whoring". I want Pink Slashdot [goat.se] back! Whateva.
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This seems like something that should be nothing but a joke, but it looks like it is going to be around after the first. I suppose this is where I should whine about websites messing with a good thing.
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Seems to be. I still haven't gotten an AFD post achievement, so it may have just been a DB scrape made for the joke.
Has anyone else seen a change in their achievements since this "went live?" It's looking pretty static to me.
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Well some of the dates are wrong, (some of the stuff is stuff i achieved years ago and it says i did last month it says i got the journal entry achievement 2-20-2009 when I last posted a journal entry about 4 or 5 years ago) This actually looks pretty cool and i wouldn't mind keeping this. Just DONT make a first post achievement, we have enough people trying to get that already. :P
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Has anyone else seen a change in their achievements since this "went live?" It's looking pretty static to me.
No, and I've also found one user [slashdot.org] whose achievements don't sum up as I would expect [slashdot.org].
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Actually, I take back the part about static achievements... several users have posted that this was their first comment, and checking their achievements shows that they do actually have the "posted a comment" achievement (and the "had a comment modded up" achievement, too, if their comment was).
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Pink slashdot hurt my brain. No, really.
So, is this place a MMOBBS now?
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So, is this place a MMOBBS now?
You must be new here.
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could have been worse, it's nearly MOOBBS
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Only one B needed.
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if you're suffering from the lack of ponies, try StackOverflow [stackoverflow.com], and its (possibly today only) Cornify button (select a question first, you might have to click it a couple of times).
Looking forward to my Fool Story achievement!
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Why the heck not? We need more of them, right? Right?
If you want a hideous layout... (Score:3, Insightful)
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It's in my scroll bar?
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Indeed so!
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Link to goatse and get moderated +5
Fuck me, you did it!!
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This post = gets me that achievement.
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We're a bunch of IT people, many who write code for a living, and quite a few consultants.
So, "whoring" of any type is in our genes.
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I admit, it would be fun to have a skinnable Slashdot, where we could select from the traditional Nerdy-Green theme, the OMGPonies!1! theme, generally whatever else. Cool beans.
And, I admit, achievements are pretty neat. It'd be nifty of the achievement displays in our achievements listing were linked to what the criteria are, though.
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My daughter is still asking for the pink slashdot back.
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Achievement whoring? Na, its not like people are going to make useless posts just to get achievements like
The April Fool -- posted in the April fools story
Crap! Too late
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Be such a troll that someone spits coffee on YOU.
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Think someone will have to then report you for using the Hot Coffee mod.
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be so unfunny that someone spits coffee over YOUR monitor
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FAIL
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>posted here only for the april fools achievement, obviously.
Quote from the bottom of the page:
I think we're all Bozos on this bus. -- Firesign Theatre
Are we a sad group of people or are just eclectic?
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Preempted an off-topic mod (2009/04/01)
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Need that April fool achievement myself, of course.
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I'm happy enough without.
Oh.
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posted here only for the april fools achievement, obviously.
There's an April Fools achievement? Guess I should actually RTFA... uh... RTFF for once then.
(Or I can just post here and see what happens... like I'd ever do that...)
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There's an April Fools Achievement? ;)
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It'll be funny if this ends up being the most commented /. story ever because it's full of "me, too" posts.
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Me too! (Or myself as well to get by the lameness filter)
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me too
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me too.
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be so unfunny that someone spits coffee over YOUR monitor.
So for spitting coffee over monitor's - is this akin to seeing who can spit the watermelon seed the farthest similair to how many motor-cycles can be jumped?
Are the monitors lined up side by side (widescreen LCD's) or back to back (skinny lcd's) or some huge 28" CRT screens from a few years back.
Thanks... just curious.
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April Fool's achievement, you say?
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Yup.
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Sigh, I suspect I did a useless post as well.
Ah well. We can't all be smrt on the internets.
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I'm thinking (especially since it's not appearing on anyone's achievements) that, if this "achievements" feature is really going to stick around after April 1st, they'll grant the April Fool achievement retroactively to everyone who posted in the thread when they archive it.