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I always found it interesting that sqlite was released into the public domain only a few days after 9/11. Surely, this was not a coincidence.
by pmcollins 5y ago
I always found it interesting that sqlite was released into the public domain only a few days after 9/11. Surely, this was not a coincidence.
- yreg 5y agoWhat are you implying? I'm missing the connection.
- leros 5y agoSQLite feels older to me than that. Weird
- fartcannon 5y agoKids born after 9/11 can drink in most countries at this point. Some will have graduated university and are working among us.
- loeg 5y agoAnd a lot of kids born before 9/11 don't remember it, and they're in the workforce now.
- yongjik 5y agoRecently saw a Reddit thread with "Were the twin towers famous before they fell?" Felt old.
- TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
- Zandikar 5y agoAnd just to follow up for anyone who may genuinely be wondering: Yes. Yes they were. Not quite as ubiquitous or well known as "9/11" is today, but they were up there with the statue of liberty as far as Icons of NYC and to a slightly lesser extent icons of the USA. They were, as they say, a big deal, even before they fell.
- gjs278 5y ago
- voidfunc 5y ago100% agree. I'd argue they were the #2 landmark in NYC after The Statue of Liberty at the time. 1. Statue of Liberty, without question. 2. Twin Towers - showed up in just about shot of NYC put into mainstream media from the date of inception until destruction. 3. Empire State Building - Yes it is really recognizable but never got the media exposure of the WTC. After that things get a little muddier. If I'm doing a top-5 I probably do something Times Square and Rockefeller Center to round out the big-5 pre-9/11.
- gojomo 5y agoOf course the Statue of Liberty & Empire State Building were the undisputed 1/2 (in either order) NYC landmarks for many decades before the WTC arrived. The Empire State Building had been the tallest building in the world for almost 40 years, from 1931-1970. It was arrival of the taller WTC twin towers in 1970, & to a lesser extent the proliferation of other midtown skyscrapers, that gradually chipped away at the Empire State Building's literal & figurative prominence.
- voidfunc 5y agoSorry, should have been clearer - the ESB absolutely held the #2 spot pre-WTC, but the WTC overtook the ESB in attention and recognition mostly due to its prominent featuring in mass media which really ramped up and has been the top cultural export from NY and the US since the 70's. There wasn't a movie made about NYC that didn't at some point feature the WTC in it either as part of the background shot.
- denton-scratch 5y agoChrysler building?
- gojomo 5y ago