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ableal on Feb 25, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: WebGL raytraced eye

> Can we call it the HN effect?

We can, but a more general term would be more useful.

Crowd crashed?

jalfresi on Feb 25, 2014 | [–]

I thought that is exactly what "slashdotting" was

ly on Feb 25, 2014 | | [–]

Crowd crashed seems like the perfect word for this.

unfunco on Feb 25, 2014 | | [–]

Why don't we just stick to the HTTP code and error message, 503 service unavailable.

mhb on Feb 25, 2014 | [–]

Crowdead?

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