I noticed that too, but I kind of felt it was harsh to criticize when the poster's server is being hammered by HN and so on. I did notice that the requests wer

I noticed that too, but I kind of felt it was harsh to criticize when the poster's server is being hammered by HN and so on. I did notice that the requests were very large, however. I believe around half a megabyte, for such a simple concept.