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Subject: 
Re: Ben's Millenium Falcon in Swedish television!
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars
Date: 
Thu, 2 Dec 1999 13:26:36 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Ben Fleskes writes:
But nothing compared to the traffic when my site was plugged on
theforce.net or slashdot.org  (or is it slashdot.com)

Hi Ben

It's slashdot.org (I'm there a few times a day)

They have coined a term, "The Slashdot Effect," which means that
everytime a link is posted on slashdot, thousands of readers
immediately go to check it out, overwhelming the host web
server. It's quite funny; a few times they've managed to
completely *crash*  people's servers, simply because
so many people are trying to view the pages!
Best of luck with your new fame :)

I've been inspired to get all my LEGO from my parents'
basement. Where it's going to go in my 1 bedroom apartment
is another matter!

Dave



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  Re: Ben's Millenium Falcon in Swedish television!
 
Thanks for posting the info and thanks for the recognition. So far, it looks like the Swedish footage has generated a little traffic on my site. But nothing compared to the traffic when my site was plugged on theforce.net or slashdot.org (or is it (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)

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