Hacker News Way Back Machine

• Some Heroes · 116 points · by mqt · 91 comments
• Programmer Destroys Seven Billion Dollar Industry With A Single Software Application · 82 points · by iamelgringo · 39 comments
• Source: Google To Launch BigTable As Web Service · 38 points · by sant0sk1 · 6 comments
• Great Presentation on MetaProgramming. Talks about pg/ycombinator/lisp/ruby. [video] · 30 points · by luccastera · 19 comments
• How Stereotyping Yourself Contributes to Your Success (or Failure) · 29 points · by tarkin2 · 14 comments
• Daring Fireball: Firefox 3 vs. Safari 3 · 27 points · by sant0sk1 · 17 comments
• Coming soon: superfast Internet · 27 points · by nickb · 16 comments
• Ask YC: Who are YOUR heroes? · 25 points · by edw519 · 63 comments
• Cheap solar power poised to undercut oil and gas by half · 23 points · by edw519 · 22 comments
• Microsoft: Yahoo! has 3 weeks to decide · 22 points · by raghus · 7 comments
• Loopt on NBC Nightly News [video] · 20 points · by mattculbreth · 12 comments
• FontStruct: Build, Share, Download Fonts · 14 points · by pius · 1 comment
• Ask YC: Choosing advisors for your Startup? · 13 points · by dustineichler · 22 comments
• The 8 Essential Tools for Programmers · 13 points · by thinkingserious · 12 comments
• Something Important Is On The Horizon In The Music Business · 12 points · by prakash · 8 comments
• Open source will quietly take over · 11 points · by edw519 · 3 comments
• Ask YC: What editor/ide do you use to hack javascript? · 10 points · by vikram · 31 comments
• Perens warns that a vendor-dominated OSI board might be tempted to offer a seat to Microsoft · 10 points · by ahold · no comments
• I need your signature to help me protect Open Source · 9 points · by pius · no comments
• .CSV: The dangers of "human terrain mapping" · 9 points · by tarkin2 · 2 comments
• Ask YC: 4th Roommate in Silicon Valley in Startup House · 8 points · by jasonlbaptiste · 5 comments
• Decisions Without Data are Guesses · 8 points · by jfarmer · 9 comments
• Infochimps.org: Free Redistributable Rich Data Sets · 8 points · by dood · 1 comment
• Ask YC: Software Engineering in Startups · 7 points · by aflag · 7 comments
• Technology and Courage [pdf] · 6 points · by pius · 2 comments
• ISPs tracking online habits of at least 100,000 users via packet inspection. · 6 points · by timr · 6 comments
• Why home ownership causes unemployment · 5 points · by nostrademons · no comments
• YC: more competition ... Highland Capital Puts Out the Call for Student Entrepreneurs and Interns · 5 points · by kmer · no comments
• Scientists devise software that can interpret attractiveness · 5 points · by pius · 1 comment
• REST: Nouns and Resources · 5 points · by raghus · no comments
• Lawsuit Claim: Students' Lecture Notes Infringe on Professor's Copyright · 4 points · by edw519 · 1 comment
• 8 Tips for Increasing Your Average Sale · 4 points · by gongfudoi · no comments
• Feynman: Personal observations on the reliability of the Shuttle · 4 points · by bootload · no comments
• LaTeX to gif web service for embedding maths formulas in web pages · 4 points · by Tichy · no comments
• Netbeans 6.1 now has great JavaScript support. · 4 points · by luccastera · 1 comment
• Concentrating On The Important Things - Solar Thermal Power · 4 points · by iamelgringo · 2 comments
• Merlin Mann shows off some Steampunk DIY · 4 points · by pius · no comments
• Advanced JavaScript Debugging Techniques · 3 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Michio Kaku on types of impossibility · 3 points · by ivankirigin · 1 comment
• Computer system makes best sports bets · 3 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Data dredging · 3 points · by pius · no comments
• M4DBI: A new Ruby ORM Library · 3 points · by luccastera · no comments
• Ask YC: Submitting News in Spanish · 3 points · by german · 5 comments
• Aztec Math Decoded, Reveals Woes of Ancient Tax Time · 3 points · by brett · no comments
• Is Computer Science the New Latin? · 3 points · by gongfudoi · 2 comments
• How Stereotyping Yourself Contributes to Your Success (or Failure) · 3 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• Dan Bricklin: From VisiCalc to WikiCalc [video] · 2 points · by edw519 · no comments
• The first business career guide in manga form · 2 points · by rantfoil · no comments
• Interview with Gerald Combs, Creator of Ethereal/Wireshark · 2 points · by dennykmiu · no comments
• Nike+ SportBand Works Without iPod · 2 points · by julianb · no comments
• Walt Mossberg loves AppleTV...and 3G iPhone in 2 months! · 2 points · by raju · no comments
• How to retire at 28 and travel the world (or start a startup) · 2 points · by DaniFong · 1 comment
• Verizon reveals plans for airwaves · 2 points · by drm237 · no comments
• A tale of two geeks · 2 points · by rguzman · no comments
• Using email addresses as OpenID identities (almost) · 2 points · by samueladam · no comments
• Loopt featured on NBC nightly news · 2 points · by Sam_Odio · no comments
• Genetically engineered animals · 1 points · by rms · no comments
• Asia's Top Social Networks Are Profitable · 1 points · by jyu · no comments
• Recession! Abandon Your Startup/Plan? · 1 points · by drm237 · no comments
• 224 mbps for $1.58 per month · 1 points · by kirubakaran · no comments
• RIAA to help enforcing the GPL? · 1 points · by TheBigRedDog · 1 comment
• A $9,000 bargain TV · 1 points · by gongfudoi · no comments
• Philippines Faces IT Skills Shortage · 1 points · by gongfudoi · no comments
• Will doctors now prescribe a few hours of “Manhunt” in lieu of anti-anxiety meds? · 1 points · by amichail · no comments
• Why Do So Many People Freak Out When They See 'Free' As Part Of A Business Model? · 1 points · by konsl · no comments
• Poorbuthappy - Free, detailed travel guides written by travelers. · 1 points · by pius · 1 comment
• Slowly Grasping Online Advertising Model · 1 points · by jasonb05 · no comments
• Health Database Was Set Up to Ignore ‘Abortion’ · 1 points · by gscott · no comments
• Who Is Monitoring Your Domain Searches? · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Couple Sues Google for Posting House Pix · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Nick Bradbury: Throwing Away Your Code · 1 points · by nbradbury · no comments
• Microsoft might lower its bid for Yahoo · 1 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• What is the best book on "Software as a Service (SaaS) · 1 points · by seshagiri · 3 comments
• How to ask questions the smart way · 1 points · by rantfoil · no comments
• Vulnerable Vulnerability Databases · 1 points · by gongfudoi · no comments
• I ran a flop house in the Canary Islands, and you can too · 1 points · by DaniFong · no comments
• Gates: Windows 7 may come 'in the next year' · 1 points · by drm237 · 2 comments
• Microsoft Screws Yahoo Board’s Weekend; Gives Three Weeks To Decide · 1 points · by vikrantsharma1 · 1 comment
• Microsoft Sets Three Week Deadline for Yahoo! In Public Letter · 1 points · by muriithi · no comments
• Happy 3rd BirthDay YC · 1 points · by Mistone · no comments
• Vendor disk failure rates: Myth or metric? · 1 points · by timr · no comments
• Ask HN: being accused of running sockpuppets, what would you do? · 1 points · by gaika · 3 comments
• Product Development, Process Velocity, Team Dynamics and Challenges · 1 points · by gongfudoi · no comments
• NOBEL2: the next-generation optical broadband network · 1 points · by gongfudoi · no comments