Hacker News Way Back Machine

• Microsoft Withdraws Yahoo Bid; Walks Away From Deal · 78 points · by raghus · 58 comments
• "The switch had two positions... ‘magic' and ‘more magic'. " · 40 points · by iamelgringo · 8 comments
• Game development with Lisp, how to acquire knowledge (from manuals), and other random thoughts · 30 points · by palish · no comments
• Big and bad · 30 points · by kradic · 20 comments
• The End of Ballmer? · 26 points · by aneesh · 29 comments
• Twelve commandments for Beautiful Python code · 25 points · by edw519 · 13 comments
• Take that, license plate scanners! · 24 points · by pchristensen · 6 comments
• Ask YC: PhD, yes or no? · 22 points · by abless · 41 comments
• The Power of the JVM · 21 points · by luckystrike · 7 comments
• Good book for economics · 19 points · by signa11 · 35 comments
• Yes I am, Stan. Me too. Deeply frustrated with Firefox. · 17 points · by rovivor · 25 comments
• Yahoo Prepares For A Black Monday · 17 points · by mqt · 8 comments
• Friends May Be the Best Guide Through the Noise · 16 points · by paul · 6 comments
• Ask YC: Masters in CS? Or no? · 16 points · by maneesh · 27 comments
• It pays to get inside your opponents' heads rather than their hearts · 16 points · by tyn · no comments
• Ask YC: What tools do you use for notifications of server/site uptime? · 16 points · by shafqat · 22 comments
• Any that look familiar? - "Hello World" in 366 Languages · 15 points · by edw519 · 3 comments
• Announcing Teh - the minimalist blog tool using Google App Engine · 14 points · by edw519 · 7 comments
• Email From Steve Ballmer To All Microsoft Employees · 13 points · by markbao · 3 comments
• Purely functional (retro) game programming. · 13 points · by euccastro · 7 comments
• Ask HN: Any users of SimpleCDN? · 13 points · by thorax · 8 comments
• Long-awaited electric sports car rolls out · 11 points · by epi0Bauqu · 15 comments
• Long lasting house for under $1000 · 11 points · by kirubakaran · 1 comment
• The New Economics of Semiconductor Manufacturing · 10 points · by prakash · 1 comment
• Ask YC: Why doesn't Google use better technology to build its services (e.g., Flash)? · 10 points · by amichail · 49 comments
• Concurrency with Python, Twisted, and Flex · 9 points · by foemmel · 2 comments
• Microdobe? · 9 points · by ashu · 9 comments
• Microsoft now has $50 billion burning a hole in its pocket · 8 points · by breily · 2 comments
• Cuba allows sale of computers to public for the first time · 8 points · by dangoldin · no comments
• Warren Buffett to investors: Think small · 8 points · by kungfudoi · no comments
• The Entrepreneur's Checklist · 7 points · by socalsamba · no comments
• Yahoo’s Tough Week Ahead · 6 points · by noname99 · 1 comment
• HTTP Caching Done Right · 6 points · by kirubakaran · no comments
• Students and Startups: Notes From Talk at MIT Underground 2008 · 6 points · by epi0Bauqu · no comments
• Load Balancer Update · 6 points · by prakash · no comments
• Paul Nylander's visualizations of interesting functions · 6 points · by kradic · no comments
• WSJ:Professor Randy Pausch (A Final Farewell - Encore) · 5 points · by pbnaidu · 2 comments
• Ask PG: What are your thoughts on The Underground Myth? · 5 points · by j2d2 · 4 comments
• How to explain rss to normal people. · 5 points · by drinko · 7 comments
• The Interrupters: Blocking the Transmission of Violence · 5 points · by curtis · 2 comments
• An interview with Russell Keith-Magee - Django core contributor · 4 points · by shabda · no comments
• Best Ways To Break Unhealthy Habits · 4 points · by epi0Bauqu · no comments
• Long-awaited electric sports car rolls out · 4 points · by transburgh · no comments
• Omnidrive: Lessons In Angel Investing And Entrpreneurial Tenacity · 4 points · by drm237 · no comments
• Where do all the neurotics live? · 4 points · by iamelgringo · 3 comments
• What to Do About That Big Project You’ve Been Putting Off · 3 points · by danw · no comments
• Microsoft walks away from Yahoo offer · 3 points · by dusklight · no comments
• Interactive Python shell with Flex Using Google App Engine · 3 points · by kirubakaran · no comments
• "Browsers enhance the abilities of content creators, instead of directly enhancing your experience" · 3 points · by cousin_it · no comments
• Joel Stein invents formula for influence · 3 points · by nickb · no comments
• Purdue set for supercomputer 'barn-raising' · 3 points · by rockstar9 · no comments
• Extracting the structure of networks · 2 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Cubans line up to buy their first legal PCs · 2 points · by markbao · no comments
• Microblogging should be decentralized · 2 points · by bootload · no comments
• The Myth of the Lone Programmer · 2 points · by nreece · no comments
• Make Big Promises; Overdeliver · 2 points · by breily · no comments
• What's Next for Yahoo? Merging With AOL Still My Pick · 2 points · by transburgh · no comments
• Blippr: Radically Short Ratings and Reviews [beta] · 2 points · by swdesignguy · no comments
• What can PostgreSQL learn from MySQL? · 2 points · by nreece · no comments
• Prepping for Warren Buffett: The Art of the Elevator Pitch (Videos) · 2 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Why I follow thousands of friends on Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed and Seesmic · 2 points · by bootload · no comments
• Robobug goes to war: Troops to use electronic insects to spot enemy 'by end of the year' · 2 points · by bootload · 1 comment
• Ask YC: what happens when the business fails? · 1 points · by xenoterracide · 1 comment
• Ask YC: Employee as a partner · 1 points · by quicksilver1024 · 5 comments
• Ruby on Rails routing demystified · 1 points · by raju · no comments
• Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid, rebuffing higher sale price · 1 points · by michjeanty · no comments
• Ask YC: Prediction market to determine how likely HN contributors are likely to succeed? · 1 points · by amichail · 10 comments
• Yahoo! Issues Statement in Response to Microsoft · 1 points · by markbao · no comments
• Yahoo Responds. · 1 points · by noname99 · no comments
• Build Your Own Multi-touch pad · 1 points · by dangoldin · 1 comment
• The cost of infrastructure. · 1 points · by humanlever · no comments
• Yahoo still in talks with other partners · 1 points · by epi0Bauqu · no comments
• Good Experience: The flip side of customer experience · 1 points · by prakash · no comments
• Gel 2008 - Recap · 1 points · by prakash · no comments
• Summary of the MS/Yahoo Hullabaloo · 1 points · by markm · no comments
• Urgent Changes Are Needed To Facebook Messaging · 1 points · by rms · no comments
• Ask YC: Identifying a troll · 1 points · by js440 · 3 comments
• Computer keyboards can harbour more filth than the average toilet seat · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• "Manhattan Project": The government's new cyber-security · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Hadoop vs GridGain · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Wolfenstein 3D in JavaScript · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• BRASIL2008 · 1 points · by brasil2008 · no comments
• Eric Go Dot Net · 1 points · by galvingo · no comments
• O'Reilly published Lisp book · 1 points · by sprachspiel · no comments
• Phun (2D physics sandbox) released for MacOS! · 1 points · by febeling · no comments
• The Perfect SpamSnake - Ubuntu 8.04 LTS · 1 points · by joschi · no comments
• Q&A: Microsoft ends Yahoo bid · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Will they be laughing at this in 42 years? - Imagining the tech world in 2050 · 1 points · by edw519 · 1 comment
• Funny Side of Linux · 1 points · by pavs · no comments
• America's Most Congested Cities · 1 points · by epi0Bauqu · no comments
• Startup Sezmi provides new way to deliver TV content · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• How To Make Wifi Signal Booster · 1 points · by fiaz · no comments
• Noumenal Null: Null vs. Pure Reason · 1 points · by johnm · no comments
• Ask YC: Site usage data for math modeling exercise? · 1 points · by nwinter · 2 comments
• The Big Book of Getting People to Link to You · 1 points · by danw · no comments
• Python Robotics · 1 points · by kirubakaran · no comments
• Rockstar Python / Rails Programmer at A Newly Accepted Y Combinator Company · 1 points · by muriithi · no comments
• The Mac in the Gray Flannel Suit · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Web 3.0 = online markets that are the best hope for U.S. wage-earners vs. the Fed · 1 points · by lamaw · 2 comments
• Leaving Las Yahoo: Microsoft's $5 Billion Mistake? · 1 points · by nickb · no comments
• Does OSS Work for Business Users? · 1 points · by kajecounterhack · 1 comment
• TweetWheel - Twitter Friend Network Visualization Tool · 1 points · by abecciu · no comments
• OpenCog AGI Framework · 1 points · by troystribling · no comments
• Reading List for AGI Research · 1 points · by troystribling · no comments
• Lenovo IdeaPad U110 overview and video - Engadget · 1 points · by berecruited · no comments
• The Long Way To Mainstream · 1 points · by rockstar9 · no comments
• My thoughts on the New Digital Divide - Building Web Services for the Mainstream · 1 points · by shafqat · no comments