Several Slashdot Notes

We've squashed most of the bugs, but we have a few more to go, so bear with us. Please stop emailing about the page width. We're going to vote on it next week and that'll be the end of it. We'll have a link to view threads in a flat list like the old site as well. A few smaller features have yet to be implemented, and the comment code will have a few more refinements but we're almost done. Slashdot's load has dropped from 2.5-7.5 on a normal day to 0.25. mod_perl is cool.

In a somewhat related note, I'm currently toying with writing an editorial on Cookies, and analyzing why people hate them, and why people like them. If you have strong opinions on the subject (and I know you do!) please send them to me (and put 'cookies' in your subject somewhere.