h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Apparently, "breaking news" means "news that bog down servers to the point of almost breaking them". Don't get me wrong, I can hardly believe that the World Trade Center is gone, perhaps along with the 50,000 people who worked (twice as many than the people in my hometown!), but I just feel that the QoS of h2g2 shouldn't be so affected by world events, albeit a major one...

Well, when the whole world is coming to your site to learn about these events, there's only so many bits you can send and receive. h2g2 just gets lost in the tsunami of requests.

The thing that irritated me was that bbc.co.uk seemed totally unaffected by the massive load, while h2g2 was slower than ever.

Btw, what is an italic doing at my personal space..?