AvantSlash seems pretty good about not hitting the pages too often. I've got it set to 35 minutes cache timeout (yes, it does use a cache). I believe if it's much lower than 30, Slashdot can start banning. Maybe I'll up that to 45... Just in case.
Addition: Like the article Colin pointed to, AvantSlash 3.0 had some form of bug, making it hit the pages too rapidly - but the 2.x doesn't have that problem - and I haven't messed with the code yet, and I won't unless it breaks and the main AvantSlash page is still gone when that happens...
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