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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Internet where he and his friends in Holland, Mich., could talk about stuff they liked: computers, the Linux programming language, science fiction--geek stuff. "There weren't any websites doing the subject matter I wanted," says Malda, who lives in Holland, and goes by the nom-de-nerd Commander Taco. "It all just kinda grew out of that very, very informally." By the time Slashdot was officially launched in 1997, the Net was hot, and geek culture was hip. Now, hyped only by word of mouth--no in-your face TV spots and no three-story billboards--Slashdot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Land of 1,000 Voices | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

...handle. But the possibilities of Slashdot's collaborative-news model go way beyond the nerd world. One day the Internet may offer Slashdot-style sites for every niche kind of news. Want to try it? Malda gives away the software that runs Slashdot. Goodbye, Peter Jennings. Hail, Commander Taco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Land of 1,000 Voices | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

...burgers, pizza, fruit (grapes, plums, peaches, apples, tangerines), doughnuts, walnuts, chocolate candy bar, plain potato chips, picante sauce, hot sauce, salad with ranch dressing, Coke and Sprite" before going to meet his maker. A month earlier, Jessy San Miguel, who had killed four people execution-style while robbing a Taco Bell, had asked for "Pizza (beef, bacon bits, and multiple types of cheese), 10 quesadillas (5 mozzarella cheese, 5 cheddar cheese), 5 strips of open-flame grilled beef, 5 strips of stir-fried beef, chocolate peanut butter ice cream, sweet tea, double fudge chocolate cake, broccoli and grapes" before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We're Fascinated by Death Row Cuisine | 8/10/2000 | See Source »

...TACO BELL CHIHUAHUA Adios, amigo. Chain bags pooch pitchman. An opening for that Pets.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jul. 31, 2000 | 7/31/2000 | See Source »

...Despite pressure from Bahrain, a close strategic ally, the State Department insists it advised the INS to judge the case on its own merits. To stay, Mrs. Johnson (the couple married in Las Vegas, celebrating with a honeymoon dinner at Taco Bell) will have to demonstrate that she has a well-founded fear that her life is in danger. A Bahraini spokesman says, "The family still loves her. It is hard to believe she will go to jail." Even if the couple wins, Jason Johnson fears animosity from Arab traditionalists. He told TIME, "It will probably never be really over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Royal Mess | 7/15/2000 | See Source »

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