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Author Topic: Get ready for slash dot.  (Read 2212 times)

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Get ready for slash dot.
« on: July 25, 2007, 02:46:49 pm »

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Re: Get ready for slash dot.
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2007, 04:19:56 pm »
Good thing there is no link to this site, otherwise it would have crashed within 15 minutes of the book review going live.
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Re: Get ready for slash dot.
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2007, 04:31:44 pm »
Good thing there is no link to this site, otherwise it would have crashed within 15 minutes of the book review going live.

There is one in the comments.

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Re: Get ready for slash dot.
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2007, 09:10:44 am »
Actually SirWoogie and I were kind of hoping for a Slashdotting to see how well the server would hold up :)
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Re: Get ready for slash dot.
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2007, 11:25:08 am »
Actually SirWoogie and I were kind of hoping for a Slashdotting to see how well the server would hold up :)

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Re: Get ready for slash dot.
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2007, 12:31:26 pm »
Nary a blip :)
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Re: Get ready for slash dot.
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2007, 12:36:28 pm »
during the DF fiasco didn't slashdot or one of those other highly traffic site point to the DF thread, which bumped up the number of people online to 555...

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Re: Get ready for slash dot.
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2007, 12:54:18 pm »
That 555 was a Slashdot affect, but I don't recall if it was DF or something else.
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Re: Get ready for slash dot.
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2007, 04:43:53 pm »
I'm 99.9% sure it was when he tried to trademark MAME.... but then again I'd have to do a search in "Forum Discussion" to be for sure....



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Re: Get ready for slash dot.
« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2007, 05:59:05 pm »
Man, look at some of those comments. I thought nerds were supposed to be smart.  :dunno