Another piece of evidence that's foreboding the upcoming uprising of the HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript (we need an acronym for this!) era: screenshot rendering entirely in JavaScript.
Time to jump onto the revolution wagon if you haven't done so yet!
PG offered some intriguing and keen insight with this article.
Think of YC as a company, and all the YC-founded startups as tiny, self-governing units under this big brand, you'll come to realize that despite the company lacks any form of management and a real boss in the traditional sense, it's working well and profitable.
The real question should always be how you detect and handle these attacks. Allowing someone to attack your service for 12 years and eating up your resources in the meanwhile just sounds too passive a solution.
Time to jump onto the revolution wagon if you haven't done so yet!