I know this is an odd place to post this, but I know several folks here who are members of Slashdot . That said, I've come up with a checklist for earning the highest possible Karma on your posts there. If you can think of any others, please list them.

Make sure you have at least 3 (or more) of the following Obligatory items in every post.

1."I know I'll get modded down for saying this but..."

2. Anti DMCA/MPAA/RIAA/MS/AOL comment

3. "First they came for the...." or "those who sacrifice freedom or liberty..." quotes

4. "Imagine a beowulf cluster of these..."

5. Anti-Globalization/US comment

6. Karma Whore Linking

7. Pro GPL and Open Source comment

8. User/Management Bashing

9. The unspeakable goat$3x link

10. Grammar/Semantic nitpick

11. "Relevant" Star Trek/Star Wars/Farscape/Simpsons/Futurma
/B5/2001/LEX/Milton/Chaucer witty quote

12. "The idea of Ideas/Genes/etc being patented is morally repugnant/ridiculous/etc..." comment