It's been seen on here a few times, but it's currently the best linux-based open-source car computer website. It has OBDII compatibility via a FreeDiag driver. The software has been slow in development, but lately things have been picking up quite nicely.
http://www.dashpc.com has all the juicy details about how to build your own DashboardPC and how to interface with your car via your PC.
They obviously chose AutoZone because their terminals are clearly visible by customers. I wouldn't be a bit suprised if they go after Lowe's or Home Depot next. Those companies also run linux GUIs and customers can see the X terminals (and 5250 emulators) as they walk around the store.
She's probably the next Cathy Harris. Cathy Harris was the 2000 Florida Secretary of State. She's the person that STOPPED the recounts and declared "BUSH" the winner. She's also now a US Senator under Bush. Furthermore, she was a Bush Campaign Vice-President a few years prior.
C'mon people? How much writing on the wall does it take?!?
It makes sense then, that Bush's mandate for electronic voting machines (based on Microsoft technology) would follow shortly thereafter.
But I digress, a quick google search will provide much more research data than I could ever provide here.
On the bright side, Sen. Edwards (my candidate of choice) is now openly supported by Howard Dean (which is a very good thing). However, I can't help but think that it's a little too late for integrity and values.
They've been bought and sold out right out from under us. Our responsibility to our democracy is to make sure the same thing doesn't happen in November 2004.
The questions are: Are we done discussing it? Are we willing to do something about it?
2000 was cakewalk compared to what's going to happen this year. We've had 4 years to bitch and moan about our rights.
Talk is cheap.
Are you guys ready to defend our rights?
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin
If it's vtext.com and if I'm not mistaken, you can just send an email to phonenumber@vtext.com and you should get a message on your cellphone. For example, mine is: 4042742060@vtext.com (send a fun message!). It apparently works across networks and providers. Try it on your own phone number first, but I think it's pretty universal. I created email aliases at work like: randys_cell@mycompany.com that are just email aliases for their phonenumber@vtext.com addresses.
Try it for yourself, and post the results if it works.
Why doesn't the community remove all support for the SCO platforms (ie. Why not remove the gcc support for building on SCO *nix's)? Cut them off at the head. Their customers will move away from Unixware, etc... and evaluate the alternative(s).
... unless you work for Boeing or the other defense contractors.
Ultimately though - the savings that will come as a result of scrapping the project, even with the billions that were already sunk into it, will still save the economy several billions of dollars.
I'm for it, especially considering that it's replacement are UAVs.
"Most newer BIOS" can POST quickly. I agree. However, does anyone want an AthlonXP powering their fridge? The heat that the processor generates would melt everything in it! There is a very defined niche that embedded systems fill.
It's not always a good idea to stuff a Square into a Circular hole.
It's the primary thing that keeps x86 out of the "appliance" market. No one wants to wait for their device - be it refrigerator, TV, etc. - to boot before being able to use it fully.
Before you argue that many machines don't need to boot, please keep in mind that MANY do, and can't stay on 24-7. Hell, even the ones that can should shutdown or hibernate in order to keep peoples' electric bills sane.
Anyway, x86 needs to defeat these hurdles to compete in the embedded arena:
a) boot a kernel that is bigger than 1M (like ARM can) - why? because if you want to boot a device FAST, you use an uncompressed kernel; and uncompressed kernels are BIG... and...
b) get over the POST time - POST'ing on most motherboards (yes, even VIA EPIAs), takes 10 seconds or more. I know firsthand because our app was initially built on one[an EPIA-M]. Asking a user to wait for 10 seconds for the Hardware to POST, PLUS another 10-20 for the OS to boot is highly unacceptable. Mark another win for ARM here...
Anyway, the answer to your question is ARM. It's Intel's existing answer. Have a look at an XScale CPU solution young grasshopper.
The reason Comcast went "public" with the buyout information, is because Eisner privately turned down the bid.
The reason the board turned down the bid, is because they are getting bigger private offers (that we don't yet know about).
I, however, do know of one "major" media-up-and-coming-conglomorate that is making a bid. (Yes, they already have their own "mouse" [and protocol]).
MS-NBC-ATT-Viacom-Disney-Studios anyone?
Here's my prediction of the new MS-MPAA movie formula:
A love affair will acrue between a wholesome Microsoft user and a debaucherous Mac-using whore. He'll pretend that he cares about her and he'll drive her to the hotel room in his Microsoft-powered-Lotus-Espirit. He'll flaunt her around at big events, like [w]horse races, etc... and she'll realize that she's just a lowly MAC user! He'll undoubtedly comfort her by spending an incredible amount of money to convince her that Windows is better for sluts [that have some form of confidence].
Using cool special effects, she'll turn out to be an alien and the ATT-Disney Animation-Viacom-Studios fun will begin!
[I don't want to ruin the ending; but I'll bet you can guess who get fscked at the end of this flick]
Why doesn't the Open Source community come up with a common XML foundation for information organization and design toward it?
Seriously, by starting with VERY BASIC meta tags (NAME, KEYWORD, DESCRIPTION) we could exponentially expand the productivity of OpenOffice, etc...
The KEY (no pun intended), however, is going to be linking these features among different apps. I can't even count how many times I've done a "locate project | grep png" and NEVER found the image that I was looking for.
Over at my website - dashpc.com you can find an extremely atypical linux installation. Granted, it's not necessarily a desktop; but it might help you make the case that Linux is extremely versatile and can be used in virtually any UI situation.
I also live in GA (Buckhead area of Atlanta to be exact).
In 2000, I voted for a Democratic President (Al Gore) using a paper ballot. Everyone that I talked to did as well. That night I fell asleep to the news that Al Gore was declared the new president. I woke up around 2AM to the television blaring that Bush had taken Florida, and thus the election. I was living in Tallahassee at the time - attending the Florida State University.
I went down to the Capitol at about 3AM and I was arrested for Civil Disobedience because of my "interest" in all of the NATIONAL NEWS crews that were already on the scene (within a couple of hours).
For the record - the state patrol guards, AND the officers that arrested me had ALSO voted for the Democratic candidate that day.
I moved on.
In 2002, I took a well paying job in Atlanta. I voted for a Democratic Governor on a Diebold voting machine (I believe it was a Diebold). Everyone that _I_ talked to (and I talked to a lot of people that day; trust me), voted Democratic. That night, much to my chagrin, Saxby Chambliss - the Republican candidate - was elected despite EVERY poll (exit and Zogby).
I should probably note that Georgia has NEVER elected a Republican until that year.
For these reasons alone, I have a high doubt threshold when it comes to the US election process. My biggest fear is that in November of this year, our country will lose it's greatest asset - our freedom.
I think it's far too late to change things...
Why isn't the most CONTROVERSIAL PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE US campaigning his ASS off this year to make up for the 2000 election? Why is he joking around and acting as lackluster as he is about the 2004 election? It's probably because he knows something we don't know yet (but we will in November).
We can't change the outcome at this point - we've seen it coming for the past year that we've been discussing e-voting here on slashdot. We've failed our community as the "technology" representatives. OUR JOBs are not only our 9-6 programming careers - OUR JOBs are to look out for our for our Democracy as every citizen should. We were dealt a special hand; and we didn't play our cards right.
I feel that we've failed our country, more than it's failed us.
Let's just cross our fingers and pray that the people don't let the same thing happen in 2004.
Interestingly, the entire US still relies on a very basic and analog[ue] method of chosing 6 numbers for LOTTO (Lottery) numbers.
Digital technology that can determine 6 random numbers has existed for over 30 years now - So why then, do we still use such a blantantly ANALOG method of determining who will receive Millions of US dollars every week?!
The answer is simple - those devices are believeable. Ironically, if Diebold and Mrs. Harris^H^H^H^H^H^H Cox really think that unauditable digital voting machines are "the only best solution" they are sorely mistaken.
With something as significant as electing the MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD at stake, why choose an unauditable digital medium? If every night the LOTTO displayed 6 random digits on the screen, people wouldn't buy it! Why should we buy what these machines say about our[US here] Democratic Republic?!?!?
The city governments that put ELECTORAL power in these machines are exponentially mistaken.
Diebold claims that NO OTHER VOTING SOLUTION IS AVAILABLE...
Now, while I can't find the link, a superior method for e-voting machine auditing does exist. It consists of a digital voting machine that provides a perforated ticket than can be separated in two. One half can be deposited into a voting box, and the other can kept by the recipient as verification.
Can someone please post a link to that article? [I saw it here on/. a few months back, but I can't seem to find it now].
I hope that none of the technologists / scientists and "hax0rs" are tainted by this dubious code being available.
Afterall, if there is ANYTHING questionable about the UPCOMING Nov. 2004 election, it's not which canditate was voted for - it's WHO to blame for HACKING things.
The solution will be a simple signature on some ambiguous bill (Patriot ][ anyone?) that will make ALL REVERSE ENGINEERING / DISASSEMBLY / and other potentially controversial in-the-name-of-science acts ILLEGAL without government approval.
Afterall, if the government is the entity in question, they can easily secure their position "over" the people by knocking down any non-gov't sanctioned research activity.
Can someone please post some prior art here (or mod this up?)?
Believe it or not, what you might think is a "trivial" example, could be a landmark issue in the coming years (considering the current state of affairs), so please post any info that you have...
Kudos to the author for making this subtle yet EXTREMELY valuable "talking point" public!
We need to stay on our toes, guys - even the smallest details are going to count significantly in the Intellectual Property realm that is the future (and the present).
Please note: I gave up the opportunity to use moderator points so I could post this. It's of paramount importance kids - NEVER give up your rights!!!
For the sake of FAIRNESS, incormation about Microsoft Government Lobbying can be researched here [28,000+ results].
Look at how far we[the US]'ve come in the past 4 years: DMCA CAPPS UCITA etc...
Just think of what another 4 US Republican years can offer!
During the last Democracy "the Clinton era" all we had to worry about were sex and drugs; and the proliferation of the internet, and technology, etc - but I digress...
To Bush's credit - he does have a few accomplishments under his belt: As "Commander-in-Chief" (did he serve in the military?), we did observe the most destructive attack EVER in in US history.
Be very afraid people... November is going to bring about some SERIOUS fireworks in the US. If you're not a US citizen, don't fret; because your country will surely be next.
Microsoft's source code "leak" is only the beginning.
Sorry guys, but as guerilla as it sounds, we're at war with the Corporate "pushers". My website "works" on IE; but nothing more [than just work]. However, visitors that have recent/compliant browsers get a much better experience (alpha PNG transparency, etc.). It's evolution. It gives people a _reason_ to upgrade to Mozilla/Opera/whatever_is_standards_compliant.
I design my sites to offer the users with most compliant browsers the best/most beautiful experiences. Since I control how my content is delivered from the server side [for the most part], I have the power to deliver better content to compliant browsers.
Should I deliver better graphics to compliant-browsers? Probably not, but this is [browser] WAR - it's an ironic metaphor for the corporations-versus-the_people battlefield of the future.
My server detects your browser and if it's IE (a KNOWN-non-compliant-pig), I delay the delivery of the content. By doing so, I can provide more server power to the visitors that are using standards-compliant browsers. This might seem trivial, but until you've svelt the slashdot effect firsthand, you probably can't really understand the power of your webserver.
Never underestimate the power of a strategically placed if (useragent!="standards compliant") { "sleep(2); }"
statement [particularly if it's an unexpected slashdotting].
Do you honestly think the non-compliant browser "pushers" wouldn't the same thing to us?
DISCLAIMER: My site is NOT 100% W3C-compliant (yet); but we're working on it.
Slashdot Mirror
It's been seen on here a few times, but it's currently the best linux-based open-source car computer website. It has OBDII compatibility via a FreeDiag driver. The software has been slow in development, but lately things have been picking up quite nicely.
http://www.dashpc.com has all the juicy details about how to build your own DashboardPC and how to interface with your car via your PC.
They obviously chose AutoZone because their terminals are clearly visible by customers. I wouldn't be a bit suprised if they go after Lowe's or Home Depot next. Those companies also run linux GUIs and customers can see the X terminals (and 5250 emulators) as they walk around the store.
That's interesting. Considering that if you would've read the article you would've read the following line:
Among their surprises: all of Maryland's machines had two identical locks, which could be opened by any one of 32,000 keys or be easily picked.
How do you figure?
Diebold is not a "small company" as you so succintly put it. Quoting their website, "With $3.9 billion in government funding in the pipeline for election reform, Diebold is set to conquer the nation's voting system overhaul." Ironically, this link is under the "rock the vote" PR section of their website.
Cathy Cox (Secretary of State, GA) is an open supporter of Diebold. Furthermore, she's been acused of fraudulent election proceedings in 2000!
She's probably the next Cathy Harris. Cathy Harris was the 2000 Florida Secretary of State. She's the person that STOPPED the recounts and declared "BUSH" the winner. She's also now a US Senator under Bush. Furthermore, she was a Bush Campaign Vice-President a few years prior.
C'mon people? How much writing on the wall does it take?!?
A quick google search for Diebold Bush will return more than 3,200 results.
o ld-money-to-bush_x.htm.
Among the most noteworthy ones are:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-12-05-dieb
As such, it's no suprise that Microsoft is one of the top "contributors" to the Bush war machine.
It makes sense then, that Bush's mandate for electronic voting machines (based on Microsoft technology) would follow shortly thereafter.
But I digress, a quick google search will provide much more research data than I could ever provide here.
On the bright side, Sen. Edwards (my candidate of choice) is now openly supported by Howard Dean (which is a very good thing). However, I can't help but think that it's a little too late for integrity and values.
They've been bought and sold out right out from under us. Our responsibility to our democracy is to make sure the same thing doesn't happen in November 2004.
The questions are:
Are we done discussing it?
Are we willing to do something about it?
2000 was cakewalk compared to what's going to happen this year. We've had 4 years to bitch and moan about our rights.
Talk is cheap.
Are you guys ready to defend our rights?
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin
If it's vtext.com and if I'm not mistaken, you can just send an email to phonenumber@vtext.com and you should get a message on your cellphone. For example, mine is: 4042742060@vtext.com (send a fun message!). It apparently works across networks and providers. Try it on your own phone number first, but I think it's pretty universal. I created email aliases at work like: randys_cell@mycompany.com that are just email aliases for their phonenumber@vtext.com addresses.
Try it for yourself, and post the results if it works.
Too bad that website doesn't work in most browsers.
Ugh...
... how else can you hide your 10 other Mormon wives from each other.
RFID could/would throw a serious monkeywrench in the whole polygamy thing.
Why doesn't the community remove all support for the SCO platforms (ie. Why not remove the gcc support for building on SCO *nix's)? Cut them off at the head. Their customers will move away from Unixware, etc... and evaluate the alternative(s).
Become a PHB. That way you can play games in your cushy office with the door closed while you boss the CS grads around.
I absolutely ++love++ my iPod. It's a very well engineered device (the best IMHO), and I think it has huge potential.
Seeing apps like this (however simple) becoming more available for it is a cool thing...
... unless you work for Boeing or the other defense contractors.
Ultimately though - the savings that will come as a result of scrapping the project, even with the billions that were already sunk into it, will still save the economy several billions of dollars.
I'm for it, especially considering that it's replacement are UAVs.
You made my point.
"Most newer BIOS" can POST quickly. I agree. However, does anyone want an AthlonXP powering their fridge? The heat that the processor generates would melt everything in it! There is a very defined niche that embedded systems fill.
It's not always a good idea to stuff a Square into a Circular hole.
If what you're saying is true, Linux on the XBox must boot in under 6 seconds!
I highly doubt it. I'm not saying you are lying, just that you're obviously missing some facts somewhere.
It's the primary thing that keeps x86 out of the "appliance" market. No one wants to wait for their device - be it refrigerator, TV, etc. - to boot before being able to use it fully.
... and ...
Before you argue that many machines don't need to boot, please keep in mind that MANY do, and can't stay on 24-7. Hell, even the ones that can should shutdown or hibernate in order to keep peoples' electric bills sane.
Anyway, x86 needs to defeat these hurdles to compete in the embedded arena:
a) boot a kernel that is bigger than 1M (like ARM can) - why? because if you want to boot a device FAST, you use an uncompressed kernel; and uncompressed kernels are BIG
b) get over the POST time - POST'ing on most motherboards (yes, even VIA EPIAs), takes 10 seconds or more. I know firsthand because our app was initially built on one[an EPIA-M]. Asking a user to wait for 10 seconds for the Hardware to POST, PLUS another 10-20 for the OS to boot is highly unacceptable. Mark another win for ARM here...
Anyway, the answer to your question is ARM. It's Intel's existing answer. Have a look at an XScale CPU solution young grasshopper.
Which ones? I don't think MSNBC should be considered separate entities just because they operate as such in the eyes of the government.
The reason Comcast went "public" with the buyout information, is because Eisner privately turned down the bid.
The reason the board turned down the bid, is because they are getting bigger private offers (that we don't yet know about).
I, however, do know of one "major" media-up-and-coming-conglomorate that is making a bid. (Yes, they already have their own "mouse" [and protocol]).
MS-NBC-ATT-Viacom-Disney-Studios anyone?
Here's my prediction of the new MS-MPAA movie formula:
A love affair will acrue between a wholesome Microsoft user and a debaucherous Mac-using whore. He'll pretend that he cares about her and he'll drive her to the hotel room in his Microsoft-powered-Lotus-Espirit. He'll flaunt her around at big events, like [w]horse races, etc... and she'll realize that she's just a lowly MAC user! He'll undoubtedly comfort her by spending an incredible amount of money to convince her that Windows is better for sluts [that have some form of confidence].
Using cool special effects, she'll turn out to be an alien and the ATT-Disney Animation-Viacom-Studios fun will begin!
[I don't want to ruin the ending; but I'll bet you can guess who get fscked at the end of this flick]
Every day will seem like Independence Day!
Why doesn't the Open Source community come up with a common XML foundation for information organization and design toward it?
Seriously, by starting with VERY BASIC meta tags (NAME, KEYWORD, DESCRIPTION) we could exponentially expand the productivity of OpenOffice, etc...
The KEY (no pun intended), however, is going to be linking these features among different apps. I can't even count how many times I've done a "locate project | grep png" and NEVER found the image that I was looking for.
Unity is key...
Over at my website - dashpc.com you can find an extremely atypical linux installation. Granted, it's not necessarily a desktop; but it might help you make the case that Linux is extremely versatile and can be used in virtually any UI situation.
I also live in GA (Buckhead area of Atlanta to be exact).
In 2000, I voted for a Democratic President (Al Gore) using a paper ballot. Everyone that I talked to did as well. That night I fell asleep to the news that Al Gore was declared the new president. I woke up around 2AM to the television blaring that Bush had taken Florida, and thus the election. I was living in Tallahassee at the time - attending the Florida State University.
I went down to the Capitol at about 3AM and I was arrested for Civil Disobedience because of my "interest" in all of the NATIONAL NEWS crews that were already on the scene (within a couple of hours).
For the record - the state patrol guards, AND the officers that arrested me had ALSO voted for the Democratic candidate that day.
I moved on.
In 2002, I took a well paying job in Atlanta. I voted for a Democratic Governor on a Diebold voting machine (I believe it was a Diebold). Everyone that _I_ talked to (and I talked to a lot of people that day; trust me), voted Democratic. That night, much to my chagrin, Saxby Chambliss - the Republican candidate - was elected despite EVERY poll (exit and Zogby).
I should probably note that Georgia has NEVER elected a Republican until that year.
For these reasons alone, I have a high doubt threshold when it comes to the US election process. My biggest fear is that in November of this year, our country will lose it's greatest asset - our freedom.
I think it's far too late to change things...
Why isn't the most CONTROVERSIAL PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE US campaigning his ASS off this year to make up for the 2000 election? Why is he joking around and acting as lackluster as he is about the 2004 election? It's probably because he knows something we don't know yet (but we will in November).
We can't change the outcome at this point - we've seen it coming for the past year that we've been discussing e-voting here on slashdot. We've failed our community as the "technology" representatives. OUR JOBs are not only our 9-6 programming careers - OUR JOBs are to look out for our for our Democracy as every citizen should. We were dealt a special hand; and we didn't play our cards right.
I feel that we've failed our country, more than it's failed us.
Let's just cross our fingers and pray that the people don't let the same thing happen in 2004.
Interestingly, the entire US still relies on a very basic and analog[ue] method of chosing 6 numbers for LOTTO (Lottery) numbers.
/. a few months back, but I can't seem to find it now].
Digital technology that can determine 6 random numbers has existed for over 30 years now - So why then, do we still use such a blantantly ANALOG method of determining who will receive Millions of US dollars every week?!
The answer is simple - those devices are believeable. Ironically, if Diebold and Mrs. Harris^H^H^H^H^H^H Cox really think that unauditable digital voting machines are "the only best solution" they are sorely mistaken.
With something as significant as electing the MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD at stake, why choose an unauditable digital medium? If every night the LOTTO displayed 6 random digits on the screen, people wouldn't buy it! Why should we buy what these machines say about our[US here] Democratic Republic?!?!?
The city governments that put ELECTORAL power in these machines are exponentially mistaken.
Diebold claims that NO OTHER VOTING SOLUTION IS AVAILABLE...
Now, while I can't find the link, a superior method for e-voting machine auditing does exist. It consists of a digital voting machine that provides a perforated ticket than can be separated in two. One half can be deposited into a voting box, and the other can kept by the recipient as verification.
Can someone please post a link to that article? [I saw it here on
...occurred last week!
I hope that none of the technologists / scientists and "hax0rs" are tainted by this dubious code being available.
Afterall, if there is ANYTHING questionable about the UPCOMING Nov. 2004 election, it's not which canditate was voted for - it's WHO to blame for HACKING things.
The solution will be a simple signature on some ambiguous bill (Patriot ][ anyone?) that will make ALL REVERSE ENGINEERING / DISASSEMBLY / and other potentially controversial in-the-name-of-science acts ILLEGAL without government approval.
Afterall, if the government is the entity in question, they can easily secure their position
"over" the people by knocking down any non-gov't sanctioned research activity.
Can someone please post some prior art here (or mod this up?)?
Believe it or not, what you might think is a "trivial" example, could be a landmark issue in the coming years (considering the current state of affairs), so please post any info that you have...
Kudos to the author for making this subtle yet EXTREMELY valuable "talking point" public!
We need to stay on our toes, guys - even the smallest details are going to count significantly in the Intellectual Property realm that is the future (and the present).
Please note: I gave up the opportunity to use moderator points so I could post this. It's of paramount importance kids - NEVER give up your rights!!!
Am I the only one that thinks this is a STRANGE coincidence, considering that we're only a few months from electing the MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD using UNAUDITABLE-US-GOVERNMENT-APPROVED, WINDOWS 2K and NT VOTING MACHINES?
For the sake of FAIRNESS, incormation about Microsoft Government Lobbying can be researched here
[28,000+ results].
Look at how far we[the US]'ve come in the past 4 years:
DMCA
CAPPS
UCITA
etc...
Just think of what another 4 US Republican years can offer!
During the last Democracy "the Clinton era" all we had to worry about were sex and drugs; and the proliferation of the internet, and technology, etc - but I digress...
To Bush's credit - he does have a few accomplishments under his belt: As "Commander-in-Chief" (did he serve in the military?), we did observe the most destructive attack EVER in in US history.
He made up for it, however, by sending several hundreds of Americans to their DEATHs (as of Feb. 2004) (about 25% of those that died on Sept. 11th), to protect us from [as of now] UNDISCOVERED Weapons of Mass Distruction.
I feel much safer now.
Be very afraid people... November is going to bring about some SERIOUS fireworks in the US. If you're not a US citizen, don't fret; because your country will surely be next.
Microsoft's source code "leak" is only the beginning.
Sorry guys, but as guerilla as it sounds, we're at war with the Corporate "pushers". My website "works" on IE; but nothing more [than just work]. However, visitors that have recent/compliant browsers get a much better experience (alpha PNG transparency, etc.). It's evolution. It gives people a _reason_ to upgrade to Mozilla/Opera/whatever_is_standards_compliant.
I design my sites to offer the users with most compliant browsers the best/most beautiful experiences. Since I control how my content is delivered from the server side [for the most part], I have the power to deliver better content to compliant browsers.
Should I deliver better graphics to compliant-browsers? Probably not, but this is [browser] WAR - it's an ironic metaphor for the corporations-versus-the_people battlefield of the future.
My server detects your browser and if it's IE (a KNOWN-non-compliant-pig), I delay the delivery of the content. By doing so, I can provide more server power to the visitors that are using standards-compliant browsers. This might seem trivial, but until you've svelt the slashdot effect firsthand, you probably can't really understand the power of your webserver.
Never underestimate the power of a strategically placed
if (useragent!="standards compliant") { "sleep(2); }"
statement [particularly if it's an unexpected slashdotting].
Do you honestly think the non-compliant browser "pushers" wouldn't the same thing to us?
DISCLAIMER: My site is NOT 100% W3C-compliant (yet); but we're working on it.