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Quick History Question

Robert KhooRobert Khoo Registered User, ClubPA staff
edited April 2009 in Social Entropy++
Does anyone know when the forums started? On wayback machine it shows it as early as October of 1999, but I can't figure out the exact month/year before that.

Some guy.
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  • Ness445Ness445 Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Saying "four score and seven years ago" isn't really going to help in this situation, is it?

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    the guys can't remember when they started the forums over a decade ago? business is gonna fail, for sure!

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  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Didn't someone put together a forum wiki a few years ago that was needlessly detailed?

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I'm not sure, but I bet Dr. D will take credit for it and accuse Mike and Jerry of stealing his idea.

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  • SporkAndrewSporkAndrew Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2009
    There's that history thread that ElderCat did in the Club PA Library. Anatole did a pretty lengthy breakdown of the forums but the most detail he goes into is that they started "mid-1998-1999."

    Edit: Oh wait, it's in the hall of ghosts now.

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    The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
  • PinballPinball Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Writing a little response to that idiot author that "visages the end of PA"?

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  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Pinball wrote: »
    Writing a little response to that idiot author that "visages the end of PA"?
    It was a speculative op-ed piece. Why even bother with a rebuttal?

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  • Robert KhooRobert Khoo Registered User, ClubPA staff
    edited April 2009
    nah i'm working on book stuff.

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  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Aneurhythmia wrote: »
    Pinball wrote: »
    Writing a little response to that idiot author that "visages the end of PA"?
    It was a speculative op-ed piece. Why even bother with a rebuttal?
    Because its the internet and he is wrong.

    Therefore he shall feel a tsunami of nerdrage upon his inbox for 1,000 years!

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  • DragonicityDragonicity Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Bedlam wrote: »
    Aneurhythmia wrote: »
    Pinball wrote: »
    Writing a little response to that idiot author that "visages the end of PA"?
    It was a speculative op-ed piece. Why even bother with a rebuttal?
    Because its the internet and he is wrong.

    Therefore he shall feel a tsunami of nerdrage upon his inbox for 1,000 years!

    "Your a fag"

    That seems like a pretty succinct rebuttal to me.

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  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Bedlam wrote: »
    Aneurhythmia wrote: »
    Pinball wrote: »
    Writing a little response to that idiot author that "visages the end of PA"?
    It was a speculative op-ed piece. Why even bother with a rebuttal?
    Because its the internet and he is wrong.

    Therefore he shall feel a tsunami of nerdrage upon his inbox for 1,000 years!
    Hell, what if he ends up being right?

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  • PinballPinball Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Robert Khoo wrote: »
    nah i'm working on book stuff.

    Baaawwwwwww

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Aneurhythmia wrote: »
    Bedlam wrote: »
    Aneurhythmia wrote: »
    Pinball wrote: »
    Writing a little response to that idiot author that "visages the end of PA"?
    It was a speculative op-ed piece. Why even bother with a rebuttal?
    Because its the internet and he is wrong.

    Therefore he shall feel a tsunami of nerdrage upon his inbox for 1,000 years!
    Hell, what if he ends up being right?

    Then we storm the castle with torches and pitchforks.

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  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Dragonicity wrote: »
    Bedlam wrote: »
    Aneurhythmia wrote: »
    Pinball wrote: »
    Writing a little response to that idiot author that "visages the end of PA"?
    It was a speculative op-ed piece. Why even bother with a rebuttal?
    Because its the internet and he is wrong.

    Therefore he shall feel a tsunami of nerdrage upon his inbox for 1,000 years!

    "Your a fag"

    That seems like a pretty succinct rebuttal to me.
    Grammatical Incorrectness!

    Shuuuuuuuuun!

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  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Aneurhythmia wrote: »
    Bedlam wrote: »
    Aneurhythmia wrote: »
    Pinball wrote: »
    Writing a little response to that idiot author that "visages the end of PA"?
    It was a speculative op-ed piece. Why even bother with a rebuttal?
    Because its the internet and he is wrong.

    Therefore he shall feel a tsunami of nerdrage upon his inbox for 1,000 years!
    Hell, what if he ends up being right?
    Are you taking me seriously?

    Knock that shit off.

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  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    No, "tsunami of nerdrage" was pretty clear. Responding to that first guy.

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  • Captain CthulhuCaptain Cthulhu Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    October 2006. They were here before then, but the party didn't really get started until I arrived.

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  • A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Robert Khoo wrote: »
    nah i'm working on book stuff.

    If any portion of the book whatsoever is devoted to Mike and Jerry talking about how much they hate the forums, I'll buy two copies.

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  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Captain Cthulhu wrote: »
    October 2006. They were here before then, but the party didn't really get started until I arrived.
    No, you're the guy that showed up at the party and blocked the stairs with his guitar threads.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9JYq-mXprw

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    So who is Donald Sutherland's ass?

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Is the arrow you clicked to get to H&A still hosted on this site

    I want that arrow

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  • Ness445Ness445 Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    my life revolves around being as much like John Belushi as possible.

    here's looking forward to dying of a drug overdose at a young age.

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Ness445 wrote: »
    my life revolves around being as much like John Belushi as possible.

    here's looking forward to dying of a drug overdose at a young age.

    Do you eat a healthy breakfast of little chocolate donuts everyday?

    john.jpg

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  • Bendery It Like BeckhamBendery It Like Beckham Hopeless Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    A duck! might know.

    Or maybe 150cc or Orthanc will show up

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  • DeaconBluesDeaconBlues __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2009
    Khoo who is the book dedicated to.

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  • Ness445Ness445 Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Hunter wrote: »
    Ness445 wrote: »
    my life revolves around being as much like John Belushi as possible.

    here's looking forward to dying of a drug overdose at a young age.

    Do you eat a healthy breakfast of little chocolate donuts everyday?

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    you know it.

    also my brother will outlive me and get a terrible television show that somehow remain on the air for many years.

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  • bombardierbombardier Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited April 2009
    My join date precedes the invention of the Internet, somehow.

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  • ButlerButler 89 episodes or bust Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Someone bring Whippy out of cryostasis, he'll know.

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  • ButlerButler 89 episodes or bust Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    DeaconBlues wrote: »
    Khoo who is the book dedicated to.

    Himself.

    It's Khoo, he could do that and get away with it.

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Whippy was sent back in time to fight the Nazis. He's indisposed.

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  • Ness445Ness445 Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Butler wrote: »
    DeaconBlues wrote: »
    Khoo who is the book dedicated to.

    Himself.

    It's Khoo, he could do that and get away with it.
    ODB, his favorite Wu-Tanger.

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  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Whippy is just an elaborate hoax played on new forumers like me

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  • DeaconBluesDeaconBlues __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2009
    Khoo are we getting credit or payment for doing your research.

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  • Robert KhooRobert Khoo Registered User, ClubPA staff
    edited April 2009
    It's dedicated to you, DB

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  • A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Dammit

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  • DeaconBluesDeaconBlues __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2009
    about damned time

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    khoo, who do you think you are starting so many threads? rolo?

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  • Robert KhooRobert Khoo Registered User, ClubPA staff
    edited April 2009
    Okay can someone tell me when the bench started and stopped?

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  • Robert KhooRobert Khoo Registered User, ClubPA staff
    edited April 2009
    actually i see the first one being 7/1/99

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  • ascotascot Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I think someone needs to lay off that "New Thread" button, personally

    lurkmore

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