http://www.starchamber.com/2005/05/matlab-contest-gets-slashdotted.html Ned Gulley's Blog. Resident buzzwords: synthetic biology, ambient displays, swarm robotics, wise crowds. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:27:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.starchamber.com/2005/05/matlab-contest-gets-slashdotted.html#comment-686 Ben Tue, 24 May 2005 09:04:31 +0000 http://starchamber.com/?p=1079#comment-686 Wow. I just now read the Slashdot comments, and I must say that it was nice of them to prove the whole "message boards lead to flaming" part of your writing. God bless the internet for useless arguments, and God bless the slashdotters who cause primal stirrings in the lizard part of my brain that wants to beat them up and take their lunch money. Wow. I just now read the Slashdot comments, and I must say that it was nice of them to prove the whole “message boards lead to flaming” part of your writing. God bless the internet for useless arguments, and God bless the slashdotters who cause primal stirrings in the lizard part of my brain that wants to beat them up and take their lunch money.

]]> http://www.starchamber.com/2005/05/matlab-contest-gets-slashdotted.html#comment-685 Ben Tue, 24 May 2005 08:25:40 +0000 http://starchamber.com/?p=1079#comment-685 One thing I've noticed on other sites that have been slashdotted is that while there's a tremendous spike of traffic, almost none of it stays. It's like the slashdotters out there have to play a huge game of tag, touching base with the website in question before scurrying off. One thing I’ve noticed on other sites that have been slashdotted is that while there’s a tremendous spike of traffic, almost none of it stays. It’s like the slashdotters out there have to play a huge game of tag, touching base with the website in question before scurrying off.

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