2 Taco or Not?

I'd think that if someone (CmdrTaco) posted an article on slashdot they'd probably pay attention to it, and maybe they'd even be the first poster with a quibble. And if that same quibble was repeated by a few others, I'd even think some of them might be the same person.

Which lead me to believe that all these guys are CmdrTaco:

xTrACtO
asdfghjklqwertyuiop
el+americano

All CmdrTaco...abusing his privileges to mod me, and others down, for no other reason than that he disagrees. And I'm talking about my previous and unrelated comments.

I could be wrong about who it is though, nevertheless, I'm suddenly being scrutinized and moderated excessively, both in my future and past unrelated comments, and now el americano is pointing to me in his sig and comments to hide and garner support to that end.

I'm the focus of a dedicated cyber stalker who desperately tries to deny that leaching your neighbors wireless is trespass, stealing or remotely wrong in any way whatsoever. So desperately does he try, in fact, that in addition to spouting nonsense he's now resorted to modding me down with his multiple sock-puppet accounts and rallying for others to follow him via his sig in a pathetic appeal to popularity.

But being this is the same community that modded a guy down for criticizing a phone hacker, all be it a "sad genius", who sold free calls to his friends and hacked the world-wide telecommunications system, it might work as a smear campaign.

But focusing all of his malice won't change the fact that I'm right though.

Why are the 'Reply To' and 'Parent' links now individual paragraphs??? They should be in-line elements. They don't need to be bulleted lists, or paragraphs. Stop the insanity. Not every list is meant to be blocks, some are, inline, like this sentence.

See other journal entries for instructions.

.storylinks {background :#aba; padding:4px 2px;} .storylinks * {display:inline; margin:0; padding:0; background:#aaa;} .storylinks li + li:before {content:" | "} .storylinks:after {content:"[Make Bug Report: Storylinks should not be LI]"; font:9px verdana, sans-serif;} .btmnav * {display:inline; margin:0; padding:0; color:#603; background :#AAA; font:10px verdana, sans-serif;} .btmnav li + li:before {content:" | "}

#jump, #topnav, #ostgnavbar, #advertisement-title, #advertisement-content, #slogan, #userlogin-title,
#srandblock-title, #srandblock-content, #books-title, #books-content {display:none;}

#links .block div[id|="links"] {display:none;}

#contents #index #slashboxes .block div[id|="advertisement"] {display:none;}
#contents #index #slashboxes .block div[id|="srandblock"] {display:none;}
#contents #index #slashboxes .block div[id|="srandblock"] {display:none;}
#contents #index #slashboxes .block div[id|="login"] {display:none;}
#contents #index #slashboxes .block div[id|="related"] {display:none;}
#contents #index #slashboxes .block div[id|="freshmeat"] {display:none;}

#slashboxes .block #related-content, #slashboxes .block #related-title {display:none;}

#contents #index #slashboxes .block div[id|="olderstuff"] * {font:9px verdana, sans-serif; margin:0; padding:0;}
#contents #index #slashboxes .block div[id|="poll"] * {font:9px verdana, sans-serif; margin:0; padding:0;} .article .body .topic {float:right;}

body,td {font-family :verdana, sans-serif; font-size:12px; background:#aaa;}
h1,h2,h3, h4,h5,h6, .title,a[name] b {color:#134; background :#889; font-family:XGeorgia, trebuchet MS; margin:0;}
h1,h2,h3, h4,h5,h6, .title,a[name] b {padding:1px 2px; color:#bbc; background:#678;}
a[name] b{display:block;}

H1 {font-size: 2.4em; color:#800; background:#887;}
H2 {font-size: 2.2em; color:#9c0; background:#788;}
H3 {font-size: 1.8em; color: #bc9; background: #567;}
H3 {font-size: 1.8em; color: #600; background: #89a;padding:3px;}
H3 {font-size: 1.8em; color: #aab; background: #447788;padding:3px;}
h3 {color:#9ab; background:#123;}
h3 {color:#123; background:#789;}
H4 {font-size:1.6em;}
H5 {font-size:1.4em;}
H6 {font-size:1.2em;}

img {border :thin solid green;}

div.commentTop div.title h4 {display:inline;}

li.comment div.commentBody, div.body div.intro {background:#CCC; padding:0.5em;}

div#articles div.article div.details {color:#444; background: #abc; padding:4px; font-family:georgia, serif;}
ul#commentlisting div.details {color:#444; background:#baa; padding:4px;}
div.comment div.commentSub {background:#bbb;}
div.details, div.commentBody, div.commentSub {font-size:12px;}
div.body div.full {background :#c5c5c5;}

ol, ul {margin:1em 0 1em 2em; padding:0; background: #BBA;}
ol {background:#b9B4B4;}

#commentlisting li {border:none;}

#comments {background: #a4a4a4;}
#commentlisting {background: #BDBDBD;}
#commentlisting ul {background: #B0B0B0; margin:0; padding:0; margin-left: 1.4em; }
#commentlisting ul ul {background: #A6A6A6;}
#commentlisting ul ul ul {background: #B0B0B0;}
#commentlisting ul ul ul ul {background: #A6A6A6;}
#commentlisting ul ul ul ul ul {background: #B0B0B0;}
#commentlisting ul ul ul ul ul ul {background: #A6A6A6;}
#commentlisting ul ul ul ul ul ul ul {background: #B0B0B0;} .commentBody ol, .commentBody ul {margin:1em 0 1em 2em; padding:0; background :#c6c6c0;}

address {color: #99a; background: #C8C8C8;}
blockquote {background:#bba;}
pre {background : #79b; font:1.2em "andale mono", monospace;}

form {background: #78a;}
input, select, textarea {font:0.9em verdana, sans-serif;}

b {color:#003;}
strong {color:#006;}

i {Color:#600;}
dfn {color:#906;}
cite {color:#900;}
em {color:#936;}
var {color:#663;}

tt {color:#339;}
code {color:#369;}
kbd {color:#939;}
samp {color:#336;}

a:link {color: #3300CC; text-decoration :none; border-bottom :thin solid #669;}
a:visited {color:#993333;}
a:hover {color: #CCFF33; border-bottom: thin solid #FF9; background:#566;}
a:active { color: lime }

td {color:#170000; background:#a8b898;}
td td {color:#101010; background: #a5b0a5;}
td + td {color:#306; background :#b0b892;}
td[colspan] {background :#baba88;}
td[rowspan] {background :#b96}
td[align] {background :#ab8;}

td[colspan=2] {background:#baa;}
td[colspan=3] {background:#aab;}
td[colspan=4] {background:#bab;}
td[colspan=5] {background:#cbb;}
td[colspan=6] {background:#ab7;}
td[colspan=7] {background:#879;}
td[colspan=8] {background:#caa;}
td[colspan=9] {background:#989;}
td[colspan=10] {background:#ccb;}
td[colspan=11] {background:#b99;}
td[colspan=12] {background:#cb9;}
td[colspan=13] {background:#b9b;}
td[colspan=14] {background:#b88;}

td[rowspan=2] {background: #909090;}
td[rowspan=3] {background: #868686;}
td[rowspan=4] {background: #7B7B7B;}
td[rowspan=5] {background: #717171;}
td[rowspan=6] {background: #666;}
td[rowspan=7] {background: #909066;}
td[rowspan=8] {background: #868666;}
td[rowspan=9] {background: #7B7B66;}
td[rowspan=10] {background: #717166;}
td[rowspan=11] {background: #664;}
td[rowspan=12] {background: #909044;}
td[rowspan=13] {background: #868644;}
td[rowspan=14] {background: #7B7B44;}

th {background :#9b6; font-family:georgia, serif;}
th[colspan] {background: #b87;}
th[rowspan] {background:#786;}
th[align] {background:#794;}

dt {background:#9b8; font-variant:small-caps;}
dl {background:#ab9;} .data_hl1 {background:#91C360;} .data_hl2 {background:#8b7;} .ad1, .ad2, .ad6, noscript, script, noscript img {display:none;}
script + img {display:none;}
script + noscript {display:none;}

More boxes explicitly removed:

.block * { display:inline; margin:0; padding:0; color:#603; background: #AAA ; font:10px verdana;} .block li + li:before {content:" | "} .storylinks{background:#aba;} .storylinks * {display:inline;margin:0;padding:0;} .storylinks li + li:before {content:" | "} .storylinks:after{content:"[Make Bug Report: Storylinks should not be LI]";font:9px verdana,sans-serif;} .btmnav * { display:inline ; margin:0; padding:0; color:#603; background : #AAA; font:10px verdana;} .btmnav li + li:before {content:" | "}

#jump, #jump * {display:inline;margin:0;padding:0;font:10px verdana;}
#topnav, #ostgnavbar, #advertisement-title, #advertisement-content, #slogan, #links-sections-content, #links-login-title, #links-login-content, #links-help-title, #links-help-content, #links-sections-title,
#userlogin-title, #links-services-title, #links-services-content, #links-about-title, #links-about-content {display:none;}

body,td{font-family:verdana,sans-serif; font-size:12px; background:#aaa;}
h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6, .title,a[name] b{color:#134;background:#889;
font-family:XGeorgia,trebuchet MS;margin:0;}
h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6, .title,a[name] b{padding:1px 2px;color:#bbc;background:#678;}
a[name] b{display:block;}

H1{font-size:2.4em;color:#800;background:#887;}
H2{font-size:2.2em;color:#9c0;background:#788;}
H3{font-size:1.8em;color: #9CF;background: #969;}
H4{font-size:1.6em;}
H5{font-size:1.4em;}
H6{font-size:1.2em;} .title h4{display:inline;} .commentBody,.intro{background:#CCC;padding:0.5em;} .details{color:#444;background:#baa;} .commentSub{background:#bbb;} .details, .commentBody, .commentSub{font-size:12px;} .full{background:#ddd;}

li.comment{background: #BDBDBD;}
li.comment ul{background: #B0B0B0;}
li.comment ul ul{background: #A6A6A6;}
li.comment ul ul ul{background: #B0B0B0;}
li.comment ul ul ul ul{background: #A6A6A6;}
li.comment ul ul ul ul ul{background: #B0B0B0;}
li.comment ul ul ul ul ul ul{background: #A6A6A6;}
li.comment ul ul ul ul ul ul ul{background: #B0B0B0;} .commentBody li{background:#b9B4B4;} .commentBody ol,.commentBody ul{margin:1em;padding:0;}

ol,ul,li{margin:0;padding:0;margin-left:1.5em;}

blockquote{background:#bba;}

b{color:#003;}
strong{color:#006;}

i{Color:#600;}
dfn{color:#906;}
cite{color:#900;}
em{color:#936;}
var{color:#663;}

tt{color:#339;}
code{color:#369;}
kbd{color:#939;}
samp{color:#336;}

a:link{color: #3300CC;text-decoration:none;border-bottom:thin solid #669;}
a:visited{color:#993333;}
a:hover{color: #CCFF33;border-bottom: thin solid #FF9;background:#566;}

td{color:#170000;background:#a8b898;}
td td{color:#101010;background: #a5b0a5;}
td + td{color:#306;background:#b0b892;}
td[colspan]{background:#baba88;}
td[rowspan]{background:#bb9966}
td[align]{background:#aabb88;}

td[colspan=2]{background:#baa;}
td[colspan=3]{background:#aab;}
td[colspan=4]{background:#bab;}
td[colspan=5]{background:#cbb;}
td[colspan=6]{background:#ab7;}
td[colspan=7]{background:#879;}
td[colspan=8]{background:#caa;}
td[colspan=9]{background:#989;}
td[colspan=10]{background:#ccb;}
td[colspan=11]{background:#b99;}
td[colspan=12]{background:#cb9;}
td[colspan=13]{background:#b9b;}
td[colspan=14]{background:#b88;}

td[rowspan=2]{background: #909090;}
td[rowspan=3]{background: #868686;}
td[rowspan=4]{background: #7B7B7B;}
td[rowspan=5]{background: #717171;}
td[rowspan=6]{background: #666;}
td[rowspan=7]{background: #909066;}
td[rowspan=8]{background: #868666;}
td[rowspan=9]{background: #7B7B66;}
td[rowspan=10]{background: #717166;}
td[rowspan=11]{background: #664;}
td[rowspan=12]{background: #909044;}
td[rowspan=13]{background: #868644;}
td[rowspan=14]{background: #7B7B44;}

th{background:#9b6;font-family:georgia,serif;}
th[colspan]{background: #b87;}
th[rowspan]{background:#786;}
th[align]{background:#794;}

dt{background:#9b8;font-variant:small-caps;}
dl{background:#ab9;} .data_hl1{background:#91C360;} .data_hl2{background:#8b7;} .ad1,.ad2,.ad6{display:none;}

Use this stylesheet to reveal CLASS and ID attributes so you know what to delete in your personal stylesheet:

body,td{font:9px verdana,sans-serif;}

h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6{background:#9CC;}

div {background:#eee;}
div div {background:#d0d0d0;}
div div div {background:#e0e0e0;}
div div div div {background:#d0d0d0;}
div div div div div {background:#e0e0e0;}
div div div div div div {background:#d0d0d0;}
div div div div div div div {background:#e0e0e0;}

div {margin-bottom:4px;padding:5px;}
div div{padding:3px 5px;margin:3px 5px;}

*[class]:before{content:" [ ."attr(class)" ] ";font:9px verdana;background:lime;}
*[class]:after{content:" [/ ."attr(class)" ] ";font:9px verdana;background:lime;}

*[id]:before{content:" { #"attr(id)" } ";font:9px verdana;background:#ff0;}
*[id]:after{content:" {/ #"attr(id)" } ";font:9px verdana;background:#ff0;}

ul,ol,menu,dir{border:thin solid navy;}
div{border:thin solid green;}

From Comment. ...it's not working when I post it here.

I tried tt and ecode, but they both didn't work, so I had to add spaces here and there to avoid slashdot braking the declarations. You can reformat it if you like.

(you need an extension to use a different CSS in Firefox? Unbelievable!)

I guess Mozilla thinks that it's complying with the spec because you can add styles to userContent.css and it will cascade them, but this is inadequate. There should be a way to override the authors styles according to the accessibility guidelines. Most people don't recognize the power of User CSS unless they're long time Opera users, so might not have occurred to Mozilla.

I tried one of your .css files using one of the extensions you nicely linked to... the site look even worse!

The first two were geared towards the Original Light slash that used Tables. Ne oS la sh is the new one. I'm probably not going to do advanced layout because all the current HTML needs adjusting, so it would be a waste of time when they fix it.

The first few pages are now a column on the left containing what should be evenly distributed along the full width of the page!

Are you talking about how the side bars turn into list items? That's because people think it's semantic and accessible to put groups of links inside UL and LI, then use styles to change them from block to in-line elements that flow. Interesting theory, but ultimately it causes more problems when the style is removed, disabled, or unsupported.

CSS lets you put things anywhere, so those links should be at the bottom of the source, but I think that makes it hard to position in IE.

I just want a sort of light, text only display with no little columns of space wasted on either side of the screen.

Then use my stylesheet and ask slash to move the slash-box code to the bottom of the source... Or hide them.. Well, my sheet does add colors, but they're not too high contrast so they don't hurt my eyes.

I'm updating my Ne oSla sh Stylesheet to .block{display:none;} and that should get rid of most of the slashboxes, but login is in a .block, and some other sites use .block so it may interfere if you use it at other sites, and I try to design my sheets universal. If there was just a body class=slashdot I could make it apply only to .slashdot .block{display:none;}.

Fine details again:

If you're using EditCSS, you have to:

Action, Clear.
File, Open...

If you Open without clearing, you will just cascade (Join) all the styles together. I tried to make my CSS work cascaded, but it's too much work to undo everything. Therefor, you should clear the styles in order to remove slash's layout.

3. With Web Developer extension it's more involved:

Disable, Styles, All Styles.
CSS, Add Style Sheet...

1. Bookmarklets are the faster way:

First go to squarefree.com...#zap_style_sheets and bookmark zap styles And then paste the styles at the User Style make-bookmarklet page and it immediately creates a bookmarklet from the stylesheet, so simply bookmark the link that it creates. The link is the text with the border that says zap colors. You should change the text to Ne oS lash or what ever you want.

I will put another style up in my journal since posting CSS in comments gives errors. This time I removed all the '!important' from the declarations because It was hurting, not helping much, so you're going to have to clear the styles first or you might get author/user color conflicts, or you can add [space]!important; at every semicolon and see if it overrides the author styles.

Light Version has fewer slashboxes.
Here it is:
#ostgnavbar *,.btmnav li{display:inline;margin:0;padding:0;}
#ostgnavbar li + li:before{content:" | "} .btmnav li + li:before{content:" | "} .block, .links .block, .links .block *,.links .block li{display:none;} .frame .block{display:none;}
body,td{font-family:verdana; font-size:12px; background:#aaa;}
h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6, .title,a[name] b{color:#134;background:#889;
font-family:XGeorgia,trebuchet MS;margin:0;}
h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6, .title,a[name] b{padding:1px 2px;color:#bbc;background:#678;}
a[name] b{display:block;}
H1{font-size:2.4em;color:#800;background:#887;}
H2{font-size:2.2em;color:#99cc00;background:#788;}
H3{font-size:1.8em;color: #996699;background: #99CCFF;}
H3{font-size:1.8em;color: #99CCFF;background: #996699;}
H4{font-size:1.6em;}
H5{font-size:1.4em;}
H6{font-size:1.2em;} .title h4{display:inline;} .commentBody, .intro{background:#CCC;padding:0.5em; } .details{color:#444;background:#baa;} .commentSub{background:#bbb;} .details, .commentBody, .commentSub{font-size:12px;} .full{background:#ddd;}
li.comment{background: #BDBDBD;}
li.comment ul{background: #B0B0B0;}
li.comment ul ul{background: #A6A6A6;}
li.comment ul ul ul{background: #B0B0B0;}
li.comment ul ul ul ul{background: #A6A6A6;}
li.comment ul ul ul ul ul{background: #B0B0B0;}
li.comment ul ul ul ul ul ul{background: #A6A6A6;}
li.comment ul ul ul ul ul ul ul{background: #B0B0B0;} .commentBody li{background:#b9B4B4;} .commentBody ol,.commentBody ul{margin:1em;padding:0;}
ol,ul,li{margin:0;padding:0;margin-left:1.5em;}
blockquote{background:#bba;}
b{color:#003;}
strong{color:#006;}
i{Color:#600;}
dfn{color:#906;}
cite{color:#900;}
em{color:#936;}
var{color:#663;}
tt{color:#339;}
code{color:#369;}
kbd{color:#939;}
samp{color:#336;}
a:link{color: #3300CC;text-decoration:none;border-bottom:thin solid #669;}
a:visited{color:#993333;}
a:hover{color: #CCFF33;border-bottom: thin solid #FF9;background:#566;}
td{color:#170000;background:#a8b898;}
td td{color:#101010;background: #a5b0a5;}
td + td{color:#330066;background:#b0b892;}
td[colspan]{background:#baba88;}
td[rowspan]{background:#bb9966}
td[align]{background:#aabb88;}
td[colspan=2]{background:#baa;}
td[colspan=3]{background:#aab;}
td[colspan=4]{background:#bab;}
td[colspan=5]{background:#cbb;}
td[colspan=6]{background:#ab7;}
td[colspan=7]{background:#879;}
td[colspan=8]{background:#caa;}
td[colspan=9]{background:#989;}
td[colspan=10]{background:#ccb;}
td[colspan=11]{background:#b99;}
td[colspan=12]{background:#cb9;}
td[colspan=13]{background:#b9b;}
td[colspan=14]{background:#b88;}
td[rowspan=2]{background: #909090;}
td[rowspan=3]{background: #868686;}
td[rowspan=4]{background: #7B7B7B;}
td[rowspan=5]{background: #717171;}
td[rowspan=6]{background: #666666;}
td[rowspan=7]{background: #909066;}
td[rowspan=8]{background: #868666;}
td[rowspan=9]{background: #7B7B66;}
td[rowspan=10]{background: #717166;}
td[rowspan=11]{background: #666644;}
td[rowspan=12]{background: #909044;}
td[rowspan=13]{background: #868644;}
td[rowspan=14]{background: #7B7B44;}
th{background:#9b6;font-family:georgia,serif;}
th[colspan]{background: #b87;}
th[rowspan]{background:#786;}
th[align]{background:#794;}
dt{background:#99bb88;font-variant:small-caps;}
dl{background:#aabb99;} .data_hl1{background:#91C360;} .data_hl2{background:#88bb77;} .ad1,.ad2,.ad6{display:none;}

If you're using Mozilla, a quick way to apply a style is with a bookmarklet.

Copy and paste at squarefree's make-bookmarklet.

This method simply cascades or adds the styles with the existing styles, so the sidebars are still going to be there, along with any existing browser unfriendly code. If your browser just plain fails with the new slashdot, try to strip the styles using zap style sheets bookmarklet.

If you want to get rid of some of those side bars, some of them are in .block so you can .block{display:none;} and if you want to get rid of all of them, just look up the class= that they are inside and .whatever, .foobar{display:none} them.

I think it's ok, but check the following code for errors due to slashdot's crap filter:

body,td,*{color:Black;background:transparent !important;}
 
body,td{
font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
font-size:12px;background:#aaa !important;}
h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6, .title,a[name] b{color:#eee !important;background:#666 !important;font-family:XGeorgia,trebuchet MS;margin:0;}
a[name] b{display:block;}
 
H1{font-size:2em;}
H2
{ font-size:1.6em;}
H3{font-size:1.4em;}
H4{ font-size : 1.3em;}
H5{font-size:1em;}
H6{font-size:0.8em;}
 
.title *{color:#eee !important;background:#666 !important;}
.title h4{display:inline;}
.intro , .commentBody
{
background :
#CCC !important;
padding:0.5em;}
.details{color:#444 !important;background:#baa !important;}
.commentSub{background:#bbb !important;}
.details, .commentBody, .commentSub{font-size:12px;}
.full{
background:
#ddd !important;}
.comment{margin-bottom:1em;}
 
bloc kquote{background:#CCb;}
ul{margin-left:1.5em;}
 
a:link{color:#3300FF !important;text-decoration:none;border-bottom:thin solid #666699;}
a:hover{color: #336600;border-bottom: thin solid #FFFF99;}
 
b{color:#003;}
strong{color:#006;}
 
i{Color:#600;}
dfn{color:#906;}
cite{
color:
#900;}
em{color:#936;}
var{color:#663;}
 
tt
{color :#939;}
code{color:#369;}
kbd{color:#339;}
samp {color:#336;}

It would seem that if I'm going to go to the trouble of reading and moderating comments that it would be only fair that I receive ample warning when I attempt to post a comment. Unless I'm wrong, it always seems that I'm told about it after I post, not during preview. This is an incredible waste of my time and energy and a disincentive for people to moderate.

If I'm wrong about this, then I apologize, But I want to see a warning during preview, not after post.

Here is a stylesheet you can use with the lighter slashdot available when logged in. Please let me know if any of you give it a try or like it.

/* Slashdot.org */
body{font-family:arial narrow,arial,sans-serif;}

h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 {
color:white;
background:#006666;
margin:0%;
font-family:arial,sans-serif;}

h1 a,h2 a,h3 a,h4 a,h5 a,h6 a{
color:#CCCCCC;}
ul,ol{border:thin solid gray}
li{margin:0;}
i,em,cite,dfn,var{
color:maroon;}

b,strong{color:navy;
font-family:arial,sans-serif;}

tt{font-family:"Andale Mono",monospace;}

/* Small fonts */
blockquote{color:#300;
background:#cdc;
font-family:verdana,tahoma,"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;
font-size:10px;
margin:1em 3em;
padding:3px}

img{font-family:verdana,sans-serif ;
font-size:9px;
border:thin solid #933;}

a[name] b{display:block;
color:white;
background:#006666;
margin:0%;
font-family:arial,sans-serif;} /* headings. Formerly H2,H3 */

a{text-decoration:none;
border-bottom:thin solid blue;}
a:hover{color:navy;
border-bottom:thin solid navy;}
td{background:#aaa;}
td + td{background:#bbb;}
dt{background:#CCCC99;}

If you archive slash. Just add style tags and a couple of lines to the head of each doc.

<STYLE>
body,td{font-size:12px;
font-family:verdana,sans-serif;} /* optional */
h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,a[name] b{display:block;background:#696;color:#eff;margin:0;padding-left:3px;}
td td{background:#cdc;}
ul{margin:1em;}
b{font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;} /* font optional */
</STYLE>