Dashdot Source Code Released Under the GPL Posted by CmdrGrits on Tuesday October 12, @04:00PM EDT from the please-don't-look-at-it dept. After months of requests, we are releasing the code that runs this site, under the GPL. It's Perl. It's mostly held together with regular expressions, sticky notes and hope. There are comments in it that say things like "# I am so sorry". You have been warned. Patches welcome. Mockery also welcome, but patches are more welcome. The release is called "Dash 0.3" and includes the comment engine, the moderation system and the infamous poll booth. It does not include the cron job that crashes every Tuesday, because frankly we don't know which one that is. Dashdot Source Code Released Under the GPL | Login/Create an Account | Top | 23 comments | Search Discussion Threshold: -1: 23 comments 0: 23 comments 1: 19 comments 2: 10 comments 3: 6 comments 4: 4 comments 5: 2 comments NestedFlatThreadedNo Comments Oldest FirstNewest FirstHighest Scores First The fine print: the following comments belong to whoever typed them. Dashdot takes no responsibility for them, and frankly, neither do most of the people who typed them. FP by PolarPenguin (Score:0) Re:FP by WindowManiac on Tuesday October 12, @04:21PM EDT (#3) (User Info) You must be new here. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:FP by RetroRaccoon on Tuesday October 12, @05:00PM EDT (#8) (User Info) This is the most sensible thing I've read on Dashdot all week. Somebody mod this up. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:FP by Linixdvd on Tuesday October 12, @05:04PM EDT (#10) (User Info) Whoosh. That was the sound of the joke going over your head. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:FP by MediaMaven on Tuesday October 12, @05:57PM EDT (#16) (User Info) Thanks for posting this. I learned something today, which is rare for a comment section. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Finally by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 12, @04:14PM EDT (#2) I've wanted to run a Dashdot-style site for my LUG for ages. Thank you! [ Reply to This ] Looked at it by mp3_maniac on Tuesday October 12, @04:27PM EDT (#4) (User Info) I looked at it. I need a drink. There's a 900-line function called 'displayStory'. I'm not kidding. [ Reply to This ] Meh by perl_monger_mo on Tuesday October 12, @04:35PM EDT (#5) (User Info) Meh. Wake me up when it's open source. [ Reply to This ] Hmm by GeckoGuy on Tuesday October 12, @04:47PM EDT (#7) (User Info) I wonder how long until someone ports Doom to it. [ Reply to This ] Re:Hmm by crufty on Tuesday October 12, @05:01PM EDT (#9) (User Info) Mod parent down! Flamebait. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Hmm by Speculatron on Tuesday October 12, @05:22PM EDT (#13) (User Info) Exactly. And the vendors know it, which is why they're scared. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Hmm by RailgunRhonda on Tuesday October 12, @05:51PM EDT (#15) (User Info) You're both wrong, and I'm going to explain why in a post that's way too long for anyone to read. Paragraph one: ... [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Hmm by StylusSam on Tuesday October 12, @06:04PM EDT (#18) (User Info) Says the guy posting at 3am on a Tuesday. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Hmm by PolarPenguin on Tuesday October 12, @06:10PM EDT (#19) (User Info) Source? My brother-in-law says otherwise, and he has a Pentode. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Hmm by LawGeek on Tuesday October 12, @06:21PM EDT (#20) (User Info) Not true at all. I've been running it for months with no problems. Maybe check your hardware? [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Hmm by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 12, @06:33PM EDT (#21) Agreed. Couldn't have said it better myself. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Hmm by FidoFan on Tuesday October 12, @06:50PM EDT (#22) (User Info) Real men use a magnetized needle and a steady hand. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Interesting, but... by CmdrGrits on Tuesday October 12, @05:17PM EDT (#12) (User Info) This is interesting, but I think the article misses the bigger picture. Technology like this only matters when it gets cheap enough for ordinary people. Until then it's a toy for people who read Dashdot. Which, admittedly, is us. [ Reply to This ] Portals sucks by overclocked_otter on Tuesday October 12, @05:58PM EDT (#17) (User Info) This is why Portals sucks. I've been saying it for years. Install Linix. Problem solved. [ Reply to This ] Regex heaven by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 12, @06:58PM EDT (#23) There is a regular expression in the comment filter that is 340 characters long. I've printed it out and framed it. [ Reply to This ] 4 replies beneath your current threshold. Show them all (threshold -1).

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