I remember visiting that site from an Arena browser on a remote X-Windows session. It was back when that site was still hosted on Tims NeXT cube on his desk.
I just went through and checked out the site and hit a bunch of the links.. Honestly, with the nature of the data, there really is no reason to have more than the basics. Also, think of what Berkshire Hathaway is about and as far as maximizing everything that they can for the stake and stock-holders, it makes sense. Focus on the investment essentials, not the window dressing online.
There is an it. And then there's another it. And some more its, perhaps.
I don't know what the life of their own is, though. I am also not sure if I do want to know.
But rest assured: It was surely not a mistake.
The its are coming. I, four one, welcome our it overlords!
I like to think they got too many email along the lines of
Sign up with our SEO plan and we will drive up engagement to your site and increase user retention time using the latest technology of (insert buzzword of the day, synthetic testing, machine learning, blockchain, native cloud, hybrid cloud, web2.0 , web3.0, etc).
Fun fact, back in 2018 I emailed them asking if someone would take over once they were not able to have that responsibility, and if so, who. They replied the next day, and just said (copy and pasted from that email):
I remember using telnet to connect to that site so I could run a browser in the session because I didn't have a browser on my computer for some reason. Maybe this was before we had access to browsers.
Not only is it 30 years old, but it has searching built-in since at least 1997, if not the whole time. This puts it in a very special class: first-generation server-side web applications. Looks like it's still rocking cgi-bin.
Their last big cartoon came out seven months ago, and it was a big celebration of the idea of going back to playing on individual websites instead of just being fed the same handful of social media crap.
No idea why this is the 3rd time this has come up now, but I just learned this year that an anti "barney the dinosaur" webpage is among the oldest still active ones, where you can shoot and stab him.
Hate for children's media for being... for children has really come a long way. Now we hate them for legitimate reasons, like peppa pig for being bloody monarchists and Bluey for being Australian.
"I will not grow a goatee. In the old days they made you look diabolic. Now they just make you look like a disaffected member of Generation X." - This site is so old Gen X were still surly youths when it was written.
Since it's my instance and you can probably click to it through my username, I felt like a link would be overkill. But: www.sdf.org.
That was honestly kind of rhetorical, too. It's been something you could connect to since the 80's, and it's still an everyday part of my life, which is related enough to mention even if OP wouldn't call that a website.
Oh. It's a foundation that provided and provides free access to the new and exciting technology of the INTERNET. The most popular thing now seems the be shell connections to machines running historical OS's like Unix. There's also Gopher and dialup and an internet radio station and a bunch of other services. Lemmy isn't even listed on the main site, but obviously it still is online.
Beyond that I have to admit I'm new and don't know it all. The foundation's website itself feels like a mix of a museum exhibit and an actual active front page.
It's surely one of the first sites that I know and use, and it's still alive. I think it's from the 90s. (Looked it up again, their earliest visitor count starts at 1997)
Later we have Metal Archives, but I think Lost Souls Domain was the first website where you look for Metal music informations.
It's the Finnish state organ for giving people their welfare benefits and operating the national health insurance system. So, if you get a child, you get an amount of money per month from Kela for having a child. (Because they want the population to grow).
Or, if you end up unemployed for a longer time, it's Kela that will pay your unemployment benefits.
Of if you break your leg, it's Kela that pays for your hospital care. I don't know how many forms I've already filled on their website :D
I recently had to dig deeper into Regex than I thought one could dig into Regex and found this website that claims it’s from 2003: https://www.regular-expressions.info/
Sluggy Freelance and Schlock Mercenary have both been around a while and both have (or had, when I still had time to read webcomics) stellar reputations for reliability.
I was going to mention User Friendly, but sadly that appears to be down. I think it was last time I checked, too, so I'm guessing it's a lost cause.
The website, according to it and wikifur was founded in 1999 ( allegedly September 23rd according to the website ).
If you like things like transformation scenes in media, this is a site for you. Still being updated to this day. Does have some 18+ stuff, but you'll know right away that it is because they have the thumbnail for that clip tell you it's "R 18+ RESTRICTED".
Edit: just found out you need an account to access restricted R 18+ content... So to you'll be safe enough from that content.
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SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 117 pts · 259d
Can't get older than this one:
https://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html
mech@feddit.org · 14 pts · 259d
Neat. It even includes a table of content for the web.
https://info.cern.ch/hypertext/DataSources/bySubject/Overview.html
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 259d
I remember visiting that site from an Arena browser on a remote X-Windows session. It was back when that site was still hosted on Tims NeXT cube on his desk.
slazer2au@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 259d
I give you Warren Buffets company website.
https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/
The domain was purchased in 1996 It looks like they never updated the layout since.
foodandart@lemmy.zip · 30 pts · 259d
I just went through and checked out the site and hit a bunch of the links.. Honestly, with the nature of the data, there really is no reason to have more than the basics. Also, think of what Berkshire Hathaway is about and as far as maximizing everything that they can for the stake and stock-holders, it makes sense. Focus on the investment essentials, not the window dressing online.
I wish more businesses were oriented this way.
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz · 12 pts · 259d
That’s an apostrophe mistake I haven’t seen before.
Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 259d
There is an it. And then there's another it. And some more its, perhaps.
I don't know what the life of their own is, though. I am also not sure if I do want to know.
But rest assured: It was surely not a mistake.
The its are coming. I, four one, welcome our it overlords!
foodandart@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 259d
Hmmm. Interesting..
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 259d
darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 259d
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 259d
Yep. One appears plural.
0ops@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 259d
Plural and possessive? Which doesn't make sense. Idk
chunes@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 259d
unironically the best corporate site I've ever seen.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 259d
Straight up hard coding in a Geico ad is a strong choice...
I wonder if they change it or Buffet is still getting 1996 page view numbers on a perpetual contract?
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 259d
Which is kind of the general vibe of BH. They've never bought the hype, and have kept going with "boring but practical".
Zak@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 259d
There's an ad on it, which gets past my adblocker since it's a simple hardcoded link and logo.
slazer2au@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 259d
How ads should be. Simple, non tracking.
Zak@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 259d
I notice the page does have Google Analytics, which is the only thing that did get blocked.
kip@piefed.zip · 7 pts · 259d
i love this part, reads like oh yeah well what if you do wanna tell us about our WEB page you fuckin NERD
slazer2au@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 259d
I like to think they got too many email along the lines of
Sign up with our SEO plan and we will drive up engagement to your site and increase user retention time using the latest technology of (insert buzzword of the day, synthetic testing, machine learning, blockchain, native cloud, hybrid cloud, web2.0 , web3.0, etc).
kip@piefed.zip · 3 pts · 259d
dear mr buffet, find enclosed a sample of big dick power pills as a gesture of good will
that's why he makes the big bucks
AlexisFR@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 258d
All the visible content and the copyright is up to date at least!
Morphite88@thelemmy.club · 35 pts · 259d
Everything is possible at Zombocom, est. 1999
fargeol@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 259d
Relevant XKCD : https://xkcd.com/855/
4grams@awful.systems · 7 pts · 258d
Best site on the internet. I was so worried when flash died, big sigh of relief when they went html5.
astanix@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 258d
The best place to test speakers
sanguinepar@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 258d
Makes me so happy that that's still going.
MisterNeon@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 259d
Everybody get up, it's time to slam now! We got a real jam goin' down now!
Welcome to the Space Jam
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 259d
THAT'S what I was looking for!
chtk@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 259d
Relevant Red Letter Media short film: The Great Space Jam.
ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com · 23 pts · 259d
https://www.heavensgate.com/
The website of that big suicide cult. I don't know how old the site actually is but it's very 90s.
AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today · 18 pts · 259d
Fun fact, back in 2018 I emailed them asking if someone would take over once they were not able to have that responsibility, and if so, who. They replied the next day, and just said (copy and pasted from that email):
khannie@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 259d
I wonder who's still paying for it.
Zagam@piefed.social · 15 pts · 259d
If I remember right, there's one dude that "stayed behind" to keep it up and running.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 14 pts · 259d
Uh-huh. What a sacrifice. /s
Zagam@piefed.social · 21 pts · 259d
In fairness, he may be the smartest of the bunch.
khannie@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 259d
f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz · 19 pts · 259d
GameFAQs.com launched November 5, 1995, although it didn't have that name or URL until 1996.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 259d
I just used them last week for a walkthrough on some old GB games I haven't played in 20 years.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 15 pts · 259d
https://info.cern.ch/
843563115848@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 258d
I remember using telnet to connect to that site so I could run a browser in the session because I didn't have a browser on my computer for some reason. Maybe this was before we had access to browsers.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 258d
Webtender - An On-Line Bartender.
https://www.webtender.com/info/c.html
Not only is it 30 years old, but it has searching built-in since at least 1997, if not the whole time. This puts it in a very special class: first-generation server-side web applications. Looks like it's still rocking cgi-bin.
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 258d
Wow! I’ve been using the internet since 1995 and I’ve never heard of this site. Thanks! I’m actually interested in learning about mixing drinks!
Oaksey@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 259d
Honourable mention:
https://homestarrunner.com/
Baggie@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 258d
Homestarrunner.net - "It's dot com!"
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 258d
...Cut!
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 258d
Their last big cartoon came out seven months ago, and it was a big celebration of the idea of going back to playing on individual websites instead of just being fed the same handful of social media crap.
Emulated Flash version on the h*r site - YouTube video version
londos@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 258d
https://youtu.be/kzHs2qaBcI4
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 259d
https://netbsd.org/ registered March 1994
https://perdu.com/ registered June 1996.
Tudsamfa@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 259d
No idea why this is the 3rd time this has come up now, but I just learned this year that an anti "barney the dinosaur" webpage is among the oldest still active ones, where you can shoot and stab him.
Hate for children's media for being... for children has really come a long way. Now we hate them for legitimate reasons, like peppa pig for being bloody monarchists and Bluey for being Australian.
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 258d
Holy crap! I played with that Barney page for hours back in '95. I had no idea it was still up and running!!
Dasus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 257d
I just played for the first time ever.
Realistic af. Even got the older wounds bleeding
azimir@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 259d
Peter's The Evil Overlord List is a treasure of the long before times: http://eviloverlord.com/
Copyright 1997
"The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord"
Mandatory reading for anyone trying to be an Evil Overlord.
showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website · 10 pts · 259d
"I will not grow a goatee. In the old days they made you look diabolic. Now they just make you look like a disaffected member of Generation X." - This site is so old Gen X were still surly youths when it was written.
Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 259d
Love that site!
azimir@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 258d
And now we're surly adults! No goatee anymore, though. They itch too much.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 9 pts · 259d
Does SDF count? It's been going since 1987. Obviously the Lemmy instance is newer, and it's stretching the definition of website a bit.
JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 259d
You ask as if people know what SDF is.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 259d
Since it's my instance and you can probably click to it through my username, I felt like a link would be overkill. But: www.sdf.org.
That was honestly kind of rhetorical, too. It's been something you could connect to since the 80's, and it's still an everyday part of my life, which is related enough to mention even if OP wouldn't call that a website.
njm1314@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 259d
That didn't really answer the implied question.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 258d
Oh. It's a foundation that provided and provides free access to the new and exciting technology of the INTERNET. The most popular thing now seems the be shell connections to machines running historical OS's like Unix. There's also Gopher and dialup and an internet radio station and a bunch of other services. Lemmy isn't even listed on the main site, but obviously it still is online.
Beyond that I have to admit I'm new and don't know it all. The foundation's website itself feels like a mix of a museum exhibit and an actual active front page.
osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org · 5 pts · 259d
Super Dimension Fortress, obviously
https://files.catbox.moe/b7sweb.jpg
Strobelt@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 258d
MAKUROSU!
pyria@kbin.melroy.org · 8 pts · 258d
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club · 8 pts · 259d
https://zorotl.com/
The official page for the alien in the "I'm Blue" music video.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 258d
You blew my mind. I had no idea this didn't originate from Eiffel 65
AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 258d
He wants be be be far away-ay-ay, so he can be be be there at home. And he can see see see you again, oh his native land.
Pazintach@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 259d
Lost Souls Domain
It's surely one of the first sites that I know and use, and it's still alive. I think it's from the 90s. (Looked it up again, their earliest visitor count starts at 1997)
Later we have Metal Archives, but I think Lost Souls Domain was the first website where you look for Metal music informations.
Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 259d
The oldest one I regularly use is this one: https://web.archive.org/web/19961108115333/http://www.kela.fi/
It's the Finnish state organ for giving people their welfare benefits and operating the national health insurance system. So, if you get a child, you get an amount of money per month from Kela for having a child. (Because they want the population to grow).
Or, if you end up unemployed for a longer time, it's Kela that will pay your unemployment benefits.
Of if you break your leg, it's Kela that pays for your hospital care. I don't know how many forms I've already filled on their website :D
But yeah, the site's been around for a while now.
CorneliusTalmadge@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 259d
The modern version looks ass.
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 259d
I recently had to dig deeper into Regex than I thought one could dig into Regex and found this website that claims it’s from 2003: https://www.regular-expressions.info/
AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 259d
theguyintheglass.com (about the poem) was last updated on 1998-10-03 and created on 1997-12-25 according to the footer.
843563115848@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 258d
http://thebear.org/
This still exists. It's Grateful Dead related.
I don't know how to find any date info on it though, sorry.
OriginalUsername7@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 258d
Looks like it was registered in 1998.
https://www.whois.com/whois/thebear.org
stevedice@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 257d
That means Google is older.
BurgerBaron@piefed.social · 5 pts · 259d
http://www.kaillera.com/
This is still operational. Early middleware for online multiplayer in video game emulators. I'm surprised to see a few still use it.
Edit: 2001
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 259d
https://milk.com/
1994, and still quite active
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 258d
My MySpace page. Has ALL the animated dancing banana GIFs you could ever want.
ObM@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 258d
It’s nothing if it doesn’t have a yellow and black sign of a road worker scratching his butt.
toynbee@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 258d
Sluggy Freelance and Schlock Mercenary have both been around a while and both have (or had, when I still had time to read webcomics) stellar reputations for reliability.
I was going to mention User Friendly, but sadly that appears to be down. I think it was last time I checked, too, so I'm guessing it's a lost cause.
bitchkat@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 258d
I have a website that has been up since 1995. I haven't updated in 20 years or so.
ace_garp@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 259d
Yahoo.com always comes to mind for these.
March 1994
AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 258d
For websites I actually use, even if just every once in while:
Shadowlord Inc.
The website, according to it and wikifur was founded in 1999 ( allegedly September 23rd according to the website ).
If you like things like transformation scenes in media, this is a site for you. Still being updated to this day. Does have some 18+ stuff, but you'll know right away that it is because they have the thumbnail for that clip tell you it's "R 18+ RESTRICTED".
Edit: just found out you need an account to access restricted R 18+ content... So to you'll be safe enough from that content.
VirtigoMommy@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 258d
Oliviatremorcontrol.com
No idea the year but it’s a band website that still has Web 1.0 vibes
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 258d
Registered 2002
FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 259d
www.crazyguyonabike.com is an old one that is still running.
odseey@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 258d
serebii.net is one of those sites that surprises me that not only its still up, but also being regularly updated.