9/11. At the time, my habit was to login and go to sites like cnn.com for the morning's news. None of the normal news sites would come up. That is odd I thought. Continued onto/., where I first saw the post about it. I immediately went and turned on the TV. Crazy stuff.
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Thursday October 05, 2017 @11:13AM (#55314975)
Your comment reminded me of heroes. And there's one Slashdot Hero that I'd like to thank for his fantastic contributions over the years: John C. Randolph [slashdot.org], also known as "jcr".
There are few users here whose comments I look forward to reading. John is among those commenters. When I'm scrolling through the comments rapidly and "~jcr" catches my eye, I stop and read the comment every time.
John embodies the original spirit of Slashdot. Unlike so many here, he has a huge amount of hands-on industry experience working on important computing systems. Yet at the same time he has such a strong understanding of politics, economics, and so many other fields.
He brings important insight and wisdom to the discussion here, and he has helped expand my understanding of the world far beyond what it otherwise would have been. In many ways he has become an indirect mentor to me. As I've read his comments over the years I have grown intellectually.
And before anyone wrongly claims that I'm John posting this, let me assure you that I'm not. I could never achieve even a fraction of what John has achieved.
Thank you, John, for all of your comments. They truly are the hidden gems of this website.
One notable story I heard about first on /. (Score:5, Interesting)
9/11. At the time, my habit was to login and go to sites like cnn.com for the morning's news. None of the normal news sites would come up. That is odd I thought. Continued onto /., where I first saw the post about it. I immediately went and turned on the TV. Crazy stuff.
Thank you, John C. Randolph (~jcr) (Score:3, Interesting)
Your comment reminded me of heroes. And there's one Slashdot Hero that I'd like to thank for his fantastic contributions over the years: John C. Randolph [slashdot.org], also known as "jcr".
There are few users here whose comments I look forward to reading. John is among those commenters. When I'm scrolling through the comments rapidly and "~jcr" catches my eye, I stop and read the comment every time.
John embodies the original spirit of Slashdot. Unlike so many here, he has a huge amount of hands-on industry experience working on important computing systems. Yet at the same time he has such a strong understanding of politics, economics, and so many other fields.
He brings important insight and wisdom to the discussion here, and he has helped expand my understanding of the world far beyond what it otherwise would have been. In many ways he has become an indirect mentor to me. As I've read his comments over the years I have grown intellectually.
And before anyone wrongly claims that I'm John posting this, let me assure you that I'm not. I could never achieve even a fraction of what John has achieved.
Thank you, John, for all of your comments. They truly are the hidden gems of this website.
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It goes without saying because, well, who doesn't?!
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The quality formerly known as "Belief that you're God's gift" to posting is not so uncommon on the green line site.
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I wonder if his AIM account is still active. Is AIM even still active?