Actually, any website that is properly optimized is already serving most of it content as static. That is what caches are for. And yes, you can (and should) cache even parts of the page. However, even with dynamic content there is a very clear difference between serving with apache or nginx. Sure, someone who really knows Apache can maybe hack it to work as fast, but how many persons actually know? Let's be realistic here.

Most of the time just switching to nginx and properly caching your content can mitigate DDOS attacks. Sometimes you may need more, but the point is that you should fix these bottlenecks first anyway.

You do understand that there are different kinds of DDOS attacks and flooding the available bandwidth is just one of them?

In fact most DDOS attacks rely on causing heavy load on the server. Bringing down server like that requires much less resources of your own than flooding it with pure traffic.

Geez, slashdot, this is one of the fundamentals of DDOS attacks.

If it helps against DDOS attacks, how is it stupid advice?

nginx performs much better than Apache. The latter one is really bloated, which shows extremely quickly when you're under DDOS. nginx is designed to be lightweight and fast while still offering many features. It was originally created for Rambler, a huge Russian search engine and portal when other web servers couldn't handle their needs. It truly kicks Apache's ass.

Actually, a few times there have been comments by homeless persons and hobos. So yes, there are hobos on /.

Considering the high cost of 32" touch screens, and their almost non-existing serviceability (once you break it, it's gone), is this really such a good idea? It will probably just lead to stealing and breaking, especially during night time. The pay phones itself aren't that expensive, and consists of several parts that you can fix (and they are bulky). These touch screens are.

Besides, even if "tax payers don't need to pay for them and they will be supported by advertising", they will have to eat the costs initially. Advertising will just recoup the cost in the long run, IF it's successful project.

Just wanted to note this before slashdotters get all jiggly about the evilness of PS3 and Sony's music divisions. They are actually Sony's most profitable divisions, and it seems like Sony wants to cut out the less profitable divisions like chemical products. PS4 is already in the production and as noted on Slashdot before, will contain even more DRM. So this is not really "news for nerds" at all, as it's completely different divisions of Sony that will get the cut.