On: Carmack on why transatlantic ping is faster than p...

[adavies42]

one of the few things slashdot is still occasionally good at. (pity so few of the stories are interesting enough to actually bring out the interesting people anymore.)

[Tossrock → adavies42]

Neal Stephenson's reply to a Slashdot QA [1] is definitely one of the better things I've read on the internet.

[1] http://slashdot.org/story/04/10/20/1518217/neal-stephenson-r...

[acheron → Tossrock]

Indeed, I'm pretty sure that's the best thing ever posted on Slashdot.

[dredmorbius → acheron]

Specifically, the Stephenson-Gibson conflict.