NOTICE
LinuxForecast.com has issued a Slashdot Effect Watch for your domain
effective for the next 48 hours. Forecast models indicate that Taco Boy is
planning on posting an article about your "Penguin Porn" site. The models
disagree on the timing or duration of the storm, although we can say that
a moderate risk of server crashes, excess bandwidth usage, and increased
website hosting bills are possible.
Please take appropriate action by mirroring your site. It might be too
late now, but you might also want to consider purchasing Denial Of Service
Insurance.
LinuxForecast.com has issued a Slashdot Effect Watch for your domain
effective for the next 48 hours. Forecast models indicate that Taco Boy is
planning on posting an article about your "Penguin Porn" site. The models
disagree on the timing or duration of the storm, although we can say that
a moderate risk of server crashes, excess bandwidth usage, and increased
website hosting bills are possible.
Please take appropriate action by mirroring your site. It might be too
late now, but you might also want to consider purchasing Denial Of Service
Insurance.
Related:
- MAKE MONEY FAST FROM SLASHDOT!!!!!!
You are probably familiar with the Slashdot.org "News for Nerds" site.
You've probably heard about the "Slashdot Effect".... - slashdot effect n.
1. Also spelled "/. effect"; what is
said to have happened when a website being virtually unreachable
because too many people are hitting it after the site was mentioned
in an interesting article on the popular
Slashdot news service.
The term is quite widely used by /. readers, including... - Dear Ms. Postnews:
I couldn't get mail through to somebody on another site.
What should I do? -- Eager Beaver Dear Eager: ... - Dear Emily:
I'm still confused as to what groups articles should be posted
to.
How about an example? -- Still Confused Dear Still... - Treaty of Helsinki Signed
HELSINKI, FINLAND -- A cease-fire in the flame war between Linux and
FreeBSD has been reached.
A group of two dozen Linux and FreeBSD zealots met... - ARE YOU ADDICTED TO SLASHDOT?
Take this short test to find out if you are a Dothead.
1. Do you submit articles to Slashdot and then reload... - Marge: Lisa needs to go to the museum tomorrow,
and I think you should take her.
Homer: Museum? Tomorrow? Oh, oh, Marge, I'd love... - Jargon Coiner (#2)
An irregular feature that aims to give you advance warning of new jargon
that we've just made up.
* SLASHDUP EFFECT, THE: Accidentally posting two or... - 404 compliant adj.
The status of a website which has
been completely removed,
usually by the administrators of the hosting site...
