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That reminds me of a book I had in the early days of the web which contained a list of the websites at the time!
by robflynn 5y ago
That reminds me of a book I had in the early days of the web which contained a list of the websites at the time!
- dmd 5y agoHow about a list of all the email addresses in the world? https://openlibrary.org/books/OL1635233M/%21_a_directory_of_electronic_mail_addressing_and_networks https://openlibrary.org/books/OL1635233M/%21_a_directory_of_...
- aspenmayer 5y agoYahoo was hand curated in the early days. Wildest timeline.
- robflynn 5y agoYup! My best friend growing up used to report typos and would send copy corrections and stuff to them back during those days. So crazy to think about that all being done by hand back then.
- MrDresden 5y agoI remember seeing those address books in my university c.s library back in '07. Many a late night was spent in the library looking up those addresses and seeing if some where still available.
- MrFoof 5y ago“The Internet Yellow Pages.” You weren’t the only one to have it.
- bsenftner 5y agoA former coworker wrote that book. When it came out he had a little party where he declared it obsolete already.
- noefingway 5y ago"The Network Information Service (NIS) was formerly known as Sun Yellow Pages (YP). The functionality of the two remains the same; only the name has changed. The name Yellow Pages is a registered trademark in the United Kingdom of British Telecommunications PLC, and cannot be used without permission."