How can I detect and survive being “Slashdotted”?

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !^Googlebot
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !^CoralWebPrx
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !(^|&)coral-no-serve$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://([^/]+.)?digg.com [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://([^/]+.)?slashdot.org [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://([^/]+.)?slashdot.com [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://([^/]+.)?fark.com [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://([^/]+.)?somethingawful.com [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://([^/]+.)?kuro5hin.org [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://([^/]+.)?engadget.com [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://([^/]+.)?boingboing.net [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://([^/]+.)?del.icio.us [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://([^/]+.)?delicious.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)?$ http://example.com.nyud.net/$1 [R,L]
</IfModule>

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} slashdot.org [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F]