Hacker News Way Back Machine

• Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? (And some workarounds) · 60 points · by unfoldedorigami · 20 comments
• Scribd launches new platform and iPaper · 53 points · by naish · 35 comments
• Fidel Castro retires · 47 points · by hollywoodcole · 44 comments
• Top 10 Application-Design Mistakes · 38 points · by unfoldedorigami · 5 comments
• Startup School 2008 · 37 points · by jmorin007 · 24 comments
• Memcachedb (db) is a distributed key-value storage system designed for persistence · 35 points · by staunch · 7 comments
• Duncan Watts vs. Malcolm Gladwell: Mathematician turned sociologist challenges "Tipping Point" idea. · 28 points · by fiaz · 7 comments
• Ask YC Poll: Which is your favorite YC startup? · 27 points · by mercurio · 39 comments
• Yahoo Launches World's Largest Hadoop Production Application · 25 points · by toffer · 6 comments
• 8 Big Eating Mistakes You Are Still Making · 24 points · by german · 20 comments
• Aviary - 18 different web-based graphics tools · 23 points · by nickb · 13 comments
• Software Engineering Proverbs · 18 points · by brk · 9 comments
• Parents Rise Up Against A New Approach to Math · 17 points · by kradic · 27 comments
• Wealth and Religion on Flickr [graph] · 16 points · by redorb · 7 comments
• Ask YC: Why hasn't Microsoft acquired Xobni already? · 14 points · by mercurio · 26 comments
• Schneier on lock-in · 14 points · by brlittle · 5 comments
• While Digg gets more mainstream, the story sources diversity is eroding · 14 points · by cawel · 5 comments
• Silicon Valley Losing Middle-Wage Jobs · 13 points · by dskhatri · 14 comments
• Rackspace Offers Cloud Computing with Mosso · 13 points · by mattculbreth · 10 comments
• Design better Web pages with Firefox extensions · 11 points · by auferstehung · 2 comments
• Will YouNoodle Predict Its Own Inevitable Failure? · 11 points · by nickb · 15 comments
• Rental Car IT - as bad as it gets? · 11 points · by bdfh42 · 5 comments
• When trolls had class... · 11 points · by sbraford · 11 comments
• Scribd Steps Up Its Game With iPaper · 11 points · by danielha · 1 comment
• America's economy risks the mother of all meltdowns · 11 points · by gibsonf1 · 3 comments
• The Attention Economy · 10 points · by michael_nielsen · 7 comments
• Google Sued Over Google Sky Feature · 9 points · by auferstehung · 11 comments
• Arc now has a stand-alone interpreter · 9 points · by rms · no comments
• Ask YC: Hard time at a startup · 9 points · by KayJayKay · 6 comments
• Mozilla Messaging · 9 points · by karthikv · 4 comments
• Another DreamSpark perspective: CS major who likes .Net admits he's as lonely as a young Republican · 9 points · by ilamont · 6 comments
• NYT: Microsoft to Authorize Proxy Fight at Yahoo · 8 points · by twampss · no comments
• Erlang - A CEO's View · 8 points · by pius · no comments
• Ex-Apple Team Prepares To Launch Stealth Startup · 7 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Harvard Site Hacked + SQL files Leaked · 7 points · by nextmoveone · 2 comments
• Weekend Apps: Building Web Apps Isn't Just About Coding · 7 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Radical Design, Radical Results · 7 points · by getp · no comments
• How to Hack Into a Boeing 787 · 7 points · by jmorin007 · 8 comments
• What are your favorite reads in the web? (Besides HN) · 7 points · by Fuca · 14 comments
• The Subprime Loan Machine: Software to Screen Home Buyers · 6 points · by dpapathanasiou · 8 comments
• RIM Sues Motorola, Motorola Sues Back: Just Another Lawsuit That Won't Really Effect Either of Them? · 6 points · by AZA43 · 1 comment
• Slam Dunk Startups? · 6 points · by joshwa · 12 comments
• Interview with Daring Fireball's John Gruber · 5 points · by kradic · no comments
• Motorola: Since We're Not Innovating, We'll Litigate Over Patents · 5 points · by cawel · no comments
• Inventor wants to put pop bottle rocket into orbit · 5 points · by nickb · no comments
• Ask YC: what would you show a newcomer to the internet? · 5 points · by Tichy · 17 comments
• A simple Haskell web server · 5 points · by koolmoe · no comments
• Ask YC: Reliable data on JS/Flash availability? · 5 points · by s3graham · 10 comments
• The intersection of mathematics and murder · 5 points · by fleaflicker · 2 comments
• Top 10 Movies For Entrepreneurs · 5 points · by transburgh · 1 comment
• Microsoft To Announce WorldWide Telescope On February 27 (is this what Scoble was raving about?) · 4 points · by rms · 1 comment
• mysql in-memory table as a cache? · 4 points · by johnrob · 9 comments
• They Shoot Browsers, Don't They? · 4 points · by jmorin007 · 1 comment
• It's official: HD-DVD is dead · 4 points · by dmnd · no comments
• ASK YC: Do you know a good book to learn embedded system programming? · 4 points · by VinzO · 4 comments
• Mozilla Messaging Launches To Fix Email - Will It Be Enough? · 4 points · by transburgh · no comments
• Most Common Entrepreneurial Myths · 4 points · by myasmine · no comments
• The 4-Stages of Testing Your Web Product · 4 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Fitting Leopard's Spaces to a "Task Partitioning" Usage Pattern Rather Than an "App Partitioning" One · 4 points · by pius · 2 comments
• The Wealthy Use Google, The Poor Use Yahoo · 4 points · by jdueck · 2 comments
• Mysterious chip start-up to take on Intel in mobile space · 4 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Microsoft steps up its fight for Yahoo · 4 points · by matstc · 1 comment
• You Used Python to Write WHAT? Pros/Cons of Python in the Enterprise · 4 points · by estherschindler · no comments
• New BotSniffer better able to detect foul stench of botnets · 3 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Next-gen Intel notebook chips to exceed 3.0GHz · 3 points · by jmorin007 · 2 comments
• The Complete List of XAML Tools · 3 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• 10 best CSS hacks · 3 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Succinct, sensible coding style: WebKit (Safari) · 3 points · by makecheck · no comments
• Want to Get Rich? Be (Moderately) Happy · 3 points · by nreece · 2 comments
• The newsroom of the future: physical or virtual? · 3 points · by matstc · no comments
• Ask YC: How Much Time Do you Spend planning? · 3 points · by iamdave · 4 comments
• Microsoft To Give Students Dev Software For Free · 3 points · by brk · 1 comment
• Is the Bar Busy or Not? Check the Webcam · 3 points · by edw519 · 1 comment
• 6 mistakes MicroISVs make. · 3 points · by BobWalsh · no comments
• Wordpress.com Down · 3 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Google 10K: Warns On Near-Term Revenue · 3 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Meet Microsoft's Source Fource -- Developer Action Figures · 3 points · by mqt · 3 comments
• History of Lambda-Calculus and Combinatory logic · 3 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Assassination Politics · 3 points · by byrneseyeview · 1 comment
• HOWTO debug silent data corruption · 3 points · by ntoshev · no comments
• After Stumbling, Facebook Finds a Working Eraser · 2 points · by garbowza · 1 comment
• 75% of Local web design companies ignore disabled people · 2 points · by jmorin007 · 2 comments
• Andy Kaufman lives · 2 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• 5 Top reasons why “webmasters” are doing Google’s dirty job · 2 points · by theoswan · 2 comments
• The Power of Whimsy · 2 points · by kradic · no comments
• Theory and Practice · 2 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• What would happen if you drank nothing but whiskey for 30 days? Super-size me (with whiskey) · 2 points · by ghiotion · 2 comments
• Russians hijacked American science to make Artic dive · 2 points · by ckinnan · no comments
• Google’s huge data centers: the IT failures question · 2 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Top 10 Ways to Motivate Geeks · 2 points · by muriithi · no comments
• Mysteries of computer from 65BC are solved · 2 points · by nreece · no comments
• Scientist postulates 4 aspects of 'humaniqueness' differentiating human and animal cognition · 2 points · by ingenium · 1 comment
• Bungee Launches PaaS for Building Web Apps in the Cloud · 2 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Consistency and Homogeneity of the Blog Layout · 2 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Design by contract (Programming by Contract) · 2 points · by gibsonf1 · 3 comments
• Thoughts about equity in a startup partnership? · 2 points · by jchum · 2 comments
• Some rudimentary control flow analysis · 2 points · by dharmatech · no comments
• Toshiba drops out of HD DVD war · 2 points · by cawel · no comments
• How to write a 2 minute blog post · 2 points · by eastsidegringo · no comments
• Programming languages evolution tree [picture] · 2 points · by mcxx · 1 comment
• Computer software terms 'unfair' · 2 points · by justinwhitefoot · 1 comment
• Hello, I am a Pythonista and a Rubyist. Both of my languages suck. · 2 points · by pius · no comments
• Free Software Development Tools From Microsoft · 2 points · by jmorin007 · 2 comments
• The Psychology of the Salad Bar · 2 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• iPod shuffle price cut, now $49 · 2 points · by hollywoodcole · no comments
• Feld Thoughts: It's Better to Fail Quickly · 2 points · by brk · 1 comment
• Punk Rock Your Life: The Simple Six-Letter Word That Determines Success · 2 points · by getp · 1 comment
• The 10 Emerging Technologies of 2008 (TR10) · 2 points · by dskhatri · 1 comment
• The care and feeding of social network trolls · 2 points · by brk · 1 comment
• DNA Pollution May Be Spawning Killer Microbes · 2 points · by toffer · no comments
• Complexity Theory: A Modern Approach · 2 points · by dmuino · no comments
• Pratchett fans, Sgt. Colon was on to something: Thieves steal Czech rail bridge · 2 points · by brlittle · no comments
• ISP ordered to turn over 1 email account accidently turns over hundreds · 2 points · by gscott · no comments
• Build a black diamond (establish your target audience and market) · 2 points · by nickb · no comments
• 10 "Stupid" Online Business Ideas That Made A Mint · 2 points · by brlittle · no comments
• DVD Jon launches doubleTwist · 2 points · by skuzins · no comments
• Cost of Customer Acquisition - What Is It? · 2 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• What’s In Your PS1? · 2 points · by jmorin007 · 1 comment
• IM 2.0 · 2 points · by npk · no comments
• SPL: The World’s Simplest Functional Programming Language · 1 points · by jey · no comments
• Seth Levine's VC Adventure: Failure · 1 points · by brk · no comments
• The stagnation of web design · 1 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• The Programming Style Guide they use at Art & Logic Inc. · 1 points · by jdueck · no comments
• When a Murderer wants to Practice Medicine · 1 points · by jyu · no comments
• WikiLeaks, Censorship and the Watchdog Web · 1 points · by cawel · no comments
• Thanks for comments in the RSS feed, can haz points too? · 1 points · by lojic · 1 comment
• "In theory, there’s no difference between theory and practice even in practice." · 1 points · by mercurio · 1 comment
• DIY Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [video] · 1 points · by brlittle · no comments
• Rather than licensing, subscription or ads BlueTie is using "featuretisements" · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• $200 Million for Electric Cars? · 1 points · by dskhatri · no comments
• Harvard Web site hacked, database on file-sharing site · 1 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• February 20th's Eclipse of the Moon · 1 points · by auferstehung · no comments
• SeeSat-L Feb-08 : USA 193 NOTAM released? · 1 points · by auferstehung · no comments
• How to tell if someone is going to rip you off · 1 points · by ctingom · no comments
• Wikileaks to be taken offline · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Prototype XUL JavaScript Framework 1.6.0.2 · 1 points · by agotterer · no comments
• Top papers reference Wikipedia and raise question of its credibility as source · 1 points · by matstc · no comments
• DVD Jon’s Startup Launches with Index Funding · 1 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Probability paradox · 1 points · by jlhamilton · no comments
• The 7-11 Deal: Could Yahoo Japan buy Yahoo? · 1 points · by tomh · 1 comment
• Design by Contract in Common Lisp · 1 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• Gates: Microsoft isn't raising Yahoo bid · 1 points · by davidw · no comments
• CREATIVE STARTUP PEOPLE (Number 5 of a series) : Do you have what they have? · 1 points · by terpua · no comments
• Silicon Valley Losing Middle-Wage Jobs · 1 points · by robg · no comments
• Web hooks to revolutionize the web · 1 points · by bootload · no comments
• Social networking privacy issues · 1 points · by brk · no comments
• iPhone and iPod price drop on the way · 1 points · by brk · no comments
• Collaborative tools for artists - startup beta · 1 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• US Judge censors WikiLeaks.org by ordering DNS records removed · 1 points · by izak30 · no comments
• Hackers able to reroute Net traffic / Rogue servers orchestrate attacks · 1 points · by gibsonf1 · 1 comment
• Review: Floating world comes into closer focus · 1 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• Toshiba Exits HD DVD Business, Ceding Market to Sony's Blu-ray · 1 points · by german · no comments
• Word of mouth · 1 points · by freikwcs · no comments
• Startup mistakes - (This site is one of them) · 1 points · by drm237 · no comments
• Google’s annual report by the charts · 1 points · by raju · no comments
• The Analog Cellphone Timeline · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Scientists point out our flock mentality · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• What happens now the next-gen DVD format war is won? · 1 points · by justinwhitefoot · no comments
• Retrieve a Remote File via Email · 1 points · by hollywoodcole · no comments
• Toshiba to quit HD DVDs, ends format war · 1 points · by justinwhitefoot · no comments
• Microsoft targets Web with Yahoo or alone: Gates · 1 points · by justinwhitefoot · no comments
• BBC TV programmes put on iTunes · 1 points · by justinwhitefoot · no comments
• Internet sex auction sparks paternity row · 1 points · by justinwhitefoot · no comments
• Deep or wide? You decide. (how to present) · 1 points · by german · no comments
• When You Should Ignore Code Metrics · 1 points · by pius · no comments
• Satisfaction is the Message People are the Medium · 1 points · by Mistone · no comments
• Netcat Intro · 1 points · by pavs · no comments
• Pisa - HTML2PDF converter written in Python. · 1 points · by iamelgringo · no comments
• Office Snapshots: Google Mountainview Headquarters · 1 points · by ctingom · no comments
• True Social Software - Part II of Social Network Services of 2010 · 1 points · by JayNeely · 1 comment
• A RescueTime Video Review · 1 points · by manvsmachine · no comments
• VC Fundraising Manual: How Much Capital You Should Raise: Entrepreneur’s Perspective · 1 points · by markpeterdavis · no comments
• Live.com: bigger than Google in September 2008 · 1 points · by getp · no comments
• Android's impact on hold for now · 1 points · by getp · no comments
• Putting startups on the map · 1 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Apple intros 2GB iPod shuffle for $69 · 1 points · by bkrausz · no comments
• Gates: Microsoft isn't raising Yahoo bid · 1 points · by brk · no comments
• Midwage jobs vanish in Silicon Valley · 1 points · by transburgh · no comments
• Welcome to the bar, would you like webcam or non? · 1 points · by jmorin007 · 1 comment
• Live Mongrel Debugging and Recovery · 1 points · by brett · no comments
• Andy Ihnatko Reviews Drobo & Droboshare · 1 points · by brlittle · no comments
• Russix - LiveCD Linux Distro for Wireless Penetration Testing & WEP Cracking · 1 points · by brk · no comments
• Hacking in the real world · 1 points · by nickb · no comments
• Duke U. Set to Deploy World's Largest 802.11n Network · 1 points · by brlittle · no comments
• Asimov: What is intelligence, anyway? · 1 points · by brlittle · no comments
• Share Your iTunes/Winamp Music Over The Internet · 1 points · by ichverstehe · no comments
• Sea cable snappage was sabotage · 1 points · by drm237 · no comments
• 6 Tips for Turning Shoppers Into Buyers · 1 points · by marrone · 1 comment
• New Ways to Pay · 1 points · by marrone · 1 comment
• Tipit.to: Digg for Cash Tips? · 1 points · by Mistone · no comments
• Tip the web with Tipit · 1 points · by cbetta · 2 comments
• Elonex to launch £99 Linux laptop · 1 points · by ichverstehe · 1 comment
• Launch for software which allows sharing music bought on iTunes · 1 points · by cawel · 1 comment
• two rules every developer must know (or why i zone out when my boss drones on about insurance rules) · 1 points · by ghiotion · no comments
• Proof hacking · 1 points · by mk · no comments
• Any multi-threaded interpreters? · 1 points · by mk · no comments
• Ask YC News: Measuring Popularity / Awareness · 1 points · by rrival · no comments
• Is Yahoo sending a message to Pirates? · 1 points · by mindplunge · no comments