I'm a fairly long-time reader and I have to agree - this really, really has made me think about removing /. from my 'sites to read a couple of times of day' bookmarks. Digg was zapped a while ago along with a few others who went down the "we're ipad apps in a browser!" ajax-laden route.

I really never thought I'd see slashdot stoop this low. It's a shame - it really is.

I eat them quite often - and they are really very, very hot - right from the first bite. Way, way hotter than Scotch Bonnet, Habanero etc.

OpenVZ is often overlooked for this kind of workload. _Kind_ of similar to a jail environment. We use it for a lot of "light" servers - project websites, that kind of thing but it will handle a lot more than that. http://wiki.openvz.org/Main_Page . Easy to install, really easy to configure & manage.