Not only the site, but the fact that once a company/site is mentioned in a www.slashdot.org article, the company's site tends to get overrun with web requests, causing the site to be virtually unreachable.
That is that "being slashdotted" is all about. <G> On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Brad Bonkoski wrote: > www.slashdot.org > (linux friendly/geek news board) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ian Truelsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 11:40 AM > > To: RedHat List > > Subject: slashdotted? > > > > > > I have been seeing the term 'slashdotted' come up a few > > times, both here and > > in other lists. I am not sure if I am just dense, or if I am > > too new to this > > to know the lore, but what does the term refer to? > > > > Thanks for filling the knowledge gap. > > > > Ian. > > > > Ian Truelsen > > Masters program in Philosophy > > University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada > > BA (Wilfrid Laurier University) > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Current favourite quote: > > "No great civilisation likes forests." > > K.F. O'Connor > > Lincoln College, Christchurch, New Zealand > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
