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I once took our corporate T1 because I was hosting a site on a work webserver and it got slashdotted. My boss was really cool about it though, he said, “wow, I

I once took our corporate T1 because I was hosting a site on a work webserver and it got slashdotted. My boss was really cool about it though, he said, “wow, I’ve never known an internet celebrity before!” This was in 2001, so it’s meaning has changed significantly since then.

bombcar 4y ago
My home DSL connection years ago started being slow - so I checked my home server. A single image was the top result for "Japanese robot death cat" or something on Google Images, so I was getting pounded. A quick robots.txt update and a few days later everything was calm again.
- dylan604 4y ago
  The no-hot-linking option works well too
  - jamiek88 4y ago
    Remember the hot linking wars? Small sites would get pissed when site like the nyt hotlinked and serve them pron instead.
    - dylan604 4y ago
      as well they should. NYT has a budget. Small sites typically don't. F'em if they can't take a joke!