[Wikipedia-l] Re: [Wikitech-l] Cause for slowdowns: spiders?

Sat May 18 20:23:24 UTC 2002

> Every now and then I'll find (at Bomis) some jerk who wrote a
> homemade bot that's hammering us.

It doesn't have to be homemade though. If I didn't have a fast
always-on and flat-rate internet connection, the first thing I would do
upon coming across Wikipedia would be to whip out wget and download
the baby, so that I can browse offline. I can't be the only one.

Axel