Did someone warn the site operators that they'd been submitted to slashdot?
Warn a site of impending slashdotting? But.. that would be kind! We can't have that, or they might try to organise some mirrors themselves before the/. community get their grubby mice on the URL;-)
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Warn a site of impending slashdotting? But.. that would be kind! We can't have that, or they might try to organise some mirrors themselves before the /. community get their grubby mice on the URL ;-)