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Halo-

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Nov 30, 2001, 2:54:03 PM11/30/01
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With the thing about David X. Cohen being posted. Prepare to have this newsgroup
invaded with geeks.

(If you don't know what Slashdotted means, it means that it has appeared in
www.slashdot.org website, which is a geeky website I read. They get thousands of
hits a day and if a website is mentioned on Slashdot it can bring down
webservers - Known as the Slashdot Effect)
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[-mArc-]

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Dec 1, 2001, 4:46:13 AM12/1/01
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"Halo-" <Hal...@Pocketheaven.com> wrote:
> With the thing about David X. Cohen being posted. Prepare to have this
> newsgroup invaded with geeks.
>
> (If you don't know what Slashdotted means, it means that it has appeared
> in www.slashdot.org website, which is a geeky website I read. They get
> thousands of hits a day and if a website is mentioned on Slashdot it can
> bring down webservers - Known as the Slashdot Effect)

Their article had David's post linked as http://www.ubergeek.tv/futurama
which in turn was taken from CGEF, credited as www.gotfuturama.com with a
link. Now here is what happened even with this level 2 link:
http://www.gotfuturama.com/img/slashdot.gif

mArc @ gotfuturama.com

Tom Georgoulias

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Dec 1, 2001, 5:39:56 PM12/1/01
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Halo- wrote:

> With the thing about David X. Cohen being posted. Prepare to have this
> newsgroup invaded with geeks.

Isn't it already?! I mean, how many non-geeks would laugh at a cartoon
robot being chased through a haunted castle by ghostly Windows OS and
flying toaster icons? And that's just one example! ;)

Maybe the flood of people will help boost ratings for the show and we can
get a better timeslot...nah, Fox wouldn't fall for that.
--
Tom Georgoulias
http://www.io.com/~tomg

Larry

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Dec 1, 2001, 7:41:37 PM12/1/01
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On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 19:54:03 +0000, Halo- <Hal...@Pocketheaven.com>
wrote:

>
>With the thing about David X. Cohen being posted. Prepare to have this newsgroup
>invaded with geeks.
>

You mean invaded by *more* geeks.

>(If you don't know what Slashdotted means, it means that it has appeared in
>www.slashdot.org website, which is a geeky website I read. They get thousands of
>hits a day and if a website is mentioned on Slashdot it can bring down
>webservers - Known as the Slashdot Effect)

I haven't checked out slashdot for a while, I guess I should get over
them again. For whatever it's worth, you're right. If you watch
TechTV, especially The Screen Savers, they refer to slashdot pretty
frequently.

--Larry

Alex Cain

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Dec 15, 2001, 5:06:29 AM12/15/01
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Halo- wrote:
>
> With the thing about David X. Cohen being posted. Prepare to have this newsgroup
> invaded with geeks.
>
> (If you don't know what Slashdotted means, it means that it has appeared in
> www.slashdot.org website, which is a geeky website I read. They get thousands of
> hits a day and if a website is mentioned on Slashdot it can bring down
> webservers - Known as the Slashdot Effect)
> -

No, it's known as the Something Awful Effect.

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