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slashdot pickup

  • 25-02-2003 12:01pm
    #1
    Mnemoniac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭


    slashdot just picked us up on this story


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  • #2
    zenith
    Registered Users Posts: 785 ✭✭✭zenith


    goodbye boards (for a couple of days at least)


  • #3
    GavinS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭GavinS


    Tis good to see it though! :)

    Hey i got there before you

    :p

    LOL


  • #4
    GavinS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭GavinS


    Oh and I put the story here

    And yet the story has yet to really figure in the Irish media - they are all asleep except for Karlin!


  • #5
    corley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 38 ✭corley


    Local radio around the country is running with the story.
    The ICCL office has already done several interviews this
    morning. Hopefully, this means the story will hit a wider and
    more regional audience (which is good for putting pressure on
    policticans) than it has prior to this.


  • #6
    GavinS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭GavinS


    I haven't heard it yet reported Corley - but at least its getting on local radio at least - I just hope people listening understand the full implications of data retention.


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  • #7
    strat
    Registered Users Posts: 3,005 ✭✭✭strat


    ok im just posting here so say i posted here, no seriously this nonsence has to stop. `fight the powah etc. hello slashdot ppl


  • #8
    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    Originally posted by zenith
    goodbye boards (for a couple of days at least)

    Bring it on... We've survived the worst of the onslaught (and boosted out record for most people on Boards :) ).

    So far so good, no reboots or restarts.... Go Regi! (Now with added Ecksor!)

    DeV.


  • #9
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    I'm missing the point here. Are slashdot some kind of threat to boards?


    Off topic: this is my 1000th post. Yay!


  • #10
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    The sheer volume of click-thru's from a story featured on the slashdot index page will have increased the load on the server.

    Hence the worries about problems.


  • #11
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    oh, okay.


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  • #12
    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    Being on the front page of /. can lead to so many referrals that lesser servers often just implode :)

    Certainly perked up an otherwise boring morning in the office :)

    DeV.


  • #13
    yellum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,025 ✭✭✭yellum


    Will the Atari Jaguar option in Polls now be changed to Cowboy Neal ?


  • #14
    topgold
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭topgold


    The Slashdot surge also led to a word burst for the 12 hours following the top story on Slashdot. That could generate another hundred visitors which is barely noticeable on the server logs.


  • #15
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    Lord save us from bloggers.

    adam


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