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The ones I checked were all available. The real question is, will the pixels be reloaded differently if you buy a domain and place a different image there.

by lhoff 7y ago

fheld 7y ago
no, the pixels stay
aidos 7y ago
I don’t think so. From memory it’s just a big collection of images that were all provided over email and manually added to the page (we got a space just for a laugh at the time).
- kijin 7y ago
  It's a giant image map (thousands of <area> tags) based on a single 1000x1000px image, which is hosted directly on the million dollar homepage.
lifthrasiir 7y ago
Well, it is a 15-year-old static image. It won't be changed. Judging from a pastebin linked from a neighboring comment however, most domains are quite specific enough that pixels can be left as is (you can't really use "clinicalimaging.net" for something other than, well, clinical imaging). In the other words you are really buying a domain and its historical legacy including pixels.
soulofmischief 7y ago
Unfortunately no, the image is static: http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/index_files/image-map.png http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/index_files/image-map.p...
- Fnoord 7y ago
  My eyes. Hurt. Thanks for the reminder that the 90s of web browsing wasn't the panacea which appeared through my rose-tinted, nostalgia-enabling glasses.
  - pavel_lishin 7y ago
    Doesn't look significantly worse than a regular website with the adblocker turned off, tbh. At least the Million Dollar Homepage isn't animated, and doesn't auto-play sound.
    - dredmorbius 7y ago
      <marquee> Both features were used <blink>heavily</blink> at the time. </marquee>
      - ry_ry 7y ago
        My favourite Easter egg: <marquee> still works in Chrome. At least I hope it's an Easter egg, and not left in to provide legacy support ;)
  - jandrese 7y ago
    It looks like every billboard from the bad part of town collapsing into a crassly commercial singularity.
  - soulofmischief 7y ago
    To be fair, the website was launched in 2005.
- tschwimmer 7y ago
  Truly a thing of beauty.

The ones I checked were all available. The real question is, will the pixels be reloaded differently if you buy a domain and place a different image there.

by lhoff 7y ago

The ones I checked were all available. The real question is, will the pixels be reloaded differently if you buy a domain and place a different image there.

fheld 7y ago

no, the pixels stay

aidos 7y ago

I don’t think so. From memory it’s just a big collection of images that were all provided over email and manually added to the page (we got a space just for a laugh at the time).

kijin 7y ago
It's a giant image map (thousands of <area> tags) based on a single 1000x1000px image, which is hosted directly on the million dollar homepage.

lifthrasiir 7y ago

Well, it is a 15-year-old static image. It won't be changed. Judging from a pastebin linked from a neighboring comment however, most domains are quite specific enough that pixels can be left as is (you can't really use "clinicalimaging.net" for something other than, well, clinical imaging). In the other words you are really buying a domain and its historical legacy including pixels.

soulofmischief 7y ago

Unfortunately no, the image is static: http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/index_files/image-map.png http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/index_files/image-map.p...

Fnoord 7y ago
My eyes. Hurt. Thanks for the reminder that the 90s of web browsing wasn't the panacea which appeared through my rose-tinted, nostalgia-enabling glasses.
- pavel_lishin 7y ago
  Doesn't look significantly worse than a regular website with the adblocker turned off, tbh. At least the Million Dollar Homepage isn't animated, and doesn't auto-play sound.
  - dredmorbius 7y ago
    <marquee> Both features were used <blink>heavily</blink> at the time. </marquee>
    - ry_ry 7y ago
      My favourite Easter egg: <marquee> still works in Chrome. At least I hope it's an Easter egg, and not left in to provide legacy support ;)
- jandrese 7y ago
  It looks like every billboard from the bad part of town collapsing into a crassly commercial singularity.
- soulofmischief 7y ago
  To be fair, the website was launched in 2005.
tschwimmer 7y ago
Truly a thing of beauty.