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Yeah, the Wikipedia article doesn't mention it, but here's a post from a user named "K44B" on SiliconInvestor circa June 2nd, 1999, and then a bunch of discussi
by Sebguer 7y ago
Yeah, the Wikipedia article doesn't mention it, but here's a post from a user named "K44B" on SiliconInvestor circa June 2nd, 1999, and then a bunch of discussion a few months later about it being Mark Barton. Doesn't seem to be any clear proof, but at least it's a rumor that dates from the same year as the murders: https://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=10909471 https://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=10909471
(also holy shit is the UX on this forum awful)
- jpmattia 7y agoThe original thread is here: https://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=28684 https://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=28684 > and then a bunch of discussion a few months later I remember the board got taken down, but was restored. The shooting was July 29, 1999, and the SIers were already discussing it on the restored thread Aug 11. The thread message at the top changed a few times, but it was pretty clear by Aug 16. https://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=10974409 https://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=10974409 > (also holy shit is the UX on this forum awful) Hard to believe it was a giant step forward at the time (do we think people will look back at our current websites in 2039 and think they're beautiful?). SI was quite the daytraders place in its day, and this NYT article from Nov that year captures the spirit pretty well: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/19991121mag-klam.html https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/magazine... (Mark Barton is also mentioned in that article, which was published pretty close to the absolute peak of the internet bubble. What a time.)