"In 1996, the New York Times website was dead set on getting users to sign up to access any Web content at all." They've since opened up most of their site, bu

"In 1996, the New York Times website was dead set on getting users to sign up to access any Web content at all." They've since opened up most of their site, but it's so frustrating that a good chunk of their content still requires you to sign-up.