Old Computer Link on Slashdot

Marvin wrote: Get with the times, that's like asking what a computer is :^) Basically /. is a sight that a LOT of people check out many times a day. It's sort of like a USENET newsgroup done on a web server. Each article is about some web site or computer related article on the web somewhere. Commercial sites often feel pain when they get a link, private sites often melt down. If the site in question is on a NT server, it won't be able to handle the traffic. Sometimes sites that recieve a link have to close off web access for a while. Common topics; Linux, Cool new tech, Macintosh, DEC Alpha, and everyones favorite Anti-Microsoft. Slashdot is a great site, I definitly recommend avoiding it, as it's also a great time sink. Once you start, you can't stop :^/ Zane | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Adminstrator | | healyzh(a)ix.netcom.com (primary) | Linux Enthusiast | | healyzh(a)holonet.net (alternate) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.dragonfire.net/~healyzh/ |