Hacker News Way Back Machine

• EtherPad Back Online Until Open Sourced · 276 points · by aaroniba · 68 comments
• USB wall outlet - new standard for DC plugs? · 122 points · by jonnytran · 67 comments
• Java is pass-by-value, Dammit (and so are Ruby and Python, Dammit) · 108 points · by raganwald · 73 comments
• Adieu google · 107 points · by epi0Bauqu · 71 comments
• Beautiful plots of roots of polynomials · 102 points · by fogus · 16 comments
• The death of if/else cascades, a lightweight alternative · 85 points · by kyleburton · 51 comments
• Rithmomachy · 79 points · by fogus · 8 comments
• The looming crisis in human genetics · 63 points · by rms · 62 comments
• Xmonad + bluetile = making tiling windowing accessible to new users · 59 points · by dons · 14 comments
• Chromoscope - the Milky Way at many wavelengths · 58 points · by michael_nielsen · 12 comments
• Visualization of the Grammars of Ruby, Java and Javascript · 56 points · by r11t · 15 comments
• Web forms design guidelines: an eyetracking study · 55 points · by nreece · 11 comments
• Clarity - an open source web interface to grep and tail · 51 points · by xal · 7 comments
• Darpa announces Network Challenge winner (MIT Red Balloon Challenge Team) · 49 points · by jeremyawon · 17 comments
• Ask HN: Ask to be acquired? · 47 points · by MicahWedemeyer · 33 comments
• Pivot (from Microsoft) · 46 points · by vijayr · 57 comments
• The Way We Ate: The Great Scrapple Correspondence of 1872 · 45 points · by blasdel · 7 comments
• Embezzle a bit more of your building’s heat · 43 points · by blasdel · 17 comments
• Is Small Still Beautiful? · 42 points · by r11t · 13 comments
• Single-atom transistor discovered · 41 points · by alexandros · no comments
• Bezos defends model of keeping 65% of (kindle) book revenue · 39 points · by credo · 39 comments
• Ask HN: I'm a programmer. I am always angry at job. Is this normal? · 38 points · by seymores · 54 comments
• ECMAScript 5 is an ECMA standard (despite IBM, Intel voting no) · 38 points · by ejs · 6 comments
• A simple chat server in Node.js · 38 points · by dhotson · 8 comments
• Rise of the Tablog · 36 points · by fogus · 6 comments
• The $0.99 Problem · 35 points · by EvilTrout · 18 comments
• Ask HN: Any startups offering summer internships? · 33 points · by pjw1187 · 21 comments
• The End of the Working Week · 32 points · by chanux · 12 comments
• Ask HN: Start formal group to peer review climate code? · 31 points · by hop · 39 comments
• Amazon loses about $2 for every e-book · 30 points · by prakash · 29 comments
• Ask HN: Examples where you make something people want, but are unable to profit? · 30 points · by apollo · 71 comments
• Programmer Salaries in SF, by Language (2009) · 27 points · by nearestneighbor · 39 comments
• How Hollywood plans to keep prices up as movies go online · 27 points · by AndrewWarner · 23 comments
• Ask HN: going to USA · 26 points · by mfalcon · 38 comments
• Github spamming... · 25 points · by jfd · 15 comments
• Jason Calacanis's Open Angel Forum is accepting applications. · 24 points · by lyime · 7 comments
• Review our webapp- The Uncertain Future (future world modeling) · 24 points · by apsec112 · 19 comments
• Readable Perl (compared to lang*) · 22 points · by tomneo · 25 comments
• A gallery of large graphs · 18 points · by davi · 2 comments
• Free Patents That Will Save Our Galaxy · 17 points · by kqr2 · 8 comments
• A curious SIMD assembly challenge: the zigzag · 16 points · by DarkShikari · 2 comments
• This is the way the World may look like 50 million years from now · 16 points · by billpg · 1 comment
• For Hardware Entrepreneurs, Getting From Idea to Reality Isn’t Easy · 15 points · by malte · 7 comments
• Gonga: Ngaro virtual machine in Go · 15 points · by fogus · no comments
• Verizon can ban you for posting off-topic info on forums, chat rooms or facebook · 15 points · by vaksel · 15 comments
• Galileo's Moon Drawings · 14 points · by fogus · no comments
• What Is Genius? · 13 points · by ypavan · 5 comments
• TileGTK, GTK+/GNOME style engine for tcl/tk · 12 points · by pmarin · 2 comments
• Amazon in secret plan to open high street shops · 12 points · by Flemlord · 1 comment
• Collection of Ambiguous or Inconsistent/Incomplete Statements · 10 points · by RevRal · no comments
• The Best-Selling Record of All · 10 points · by wallflower · 5 comments
• StressLinux, the Linux distro for high load stress testing · 9 points · by mikkfamily · no comments
• Lawful spying docs: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, et. al. · 9 points · by wgj · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Front End Development · 7 points · by lachyg · 8 comments
• Group theoretical methods in machine learning [pdf] · 7 points · by TriinT · no comments
• EtherPad - Service Restored · 7 points · by mun411 · no comments
• Ask HN: How do you customize TextMate? · 6 points · by marcamillion · 4 comments
• Proposals for Librelist Moderation Strategies · 6 points · by soundsop · 2 comments
• IPhone Reality Show: app development in 7 days, streaming live · 6 points · by bpung · no comments
• The Science of Success · 5 points · by nreece · no comments
• Arrington's Crunchpad claims seem to stand on shaky legal ground · 5 points · by anigbrowl · no comments
• Lame comment spam management that works · 5 points · by bgray · no comments
• Why Net Neutrality Is Important for Startups, Innovation · 5 points · by hshah · no comments
• U.S. Air Force Reveals Operational Stealth UAV · 4 points · by hko · no comments
• Version 1.0 of the Leiningen build tool for Clojure released · 4 points · by liebke · no comments
• Glossy Tooth Makes Google App Engine Like S3 · 4 points · by andrewarrow · no comments
• Submit to Hacker News « Google Chrome Extensions · 4 points · by AlexChenChina · no comments
• The One-Month Launch · 4 points · by jmonegro · no comments
• MIT Team Finds 10 Red Balloons · 4 points · by keltecp11 · no comments
• Defense Department developing portable hacking device for soldiers · 4 points · by _pius · 1 comment
• The Pragmatic Bookshelf: Magazines · 4 points · by bgray · no comments
• Troubled £12bn NHS IT system to be scaled back · 4 points · by RiderOfGiraffes · 3 comments
• It Seems I have a Podcast Now · 4 points · by JacobAldridge · 2 comments
• Gold and the Central Banks: Game Theory · 3 points · by jganetsk · no comments
• Comparison of FORTRAN and C · 3 points · by chipsy · no comments
• Is Google killing discovery to enhance search? · 3 points · by AnneTheAgile · 2 comments
• Swimming in Data? Benefits of Visualization · 3 points · by nreece · no comments
• How you should respond to user feedback · 3 points · by ihumanable · no comments
• Mininova Traffic Plummets After Going ‘Legal’ · 3 points · by AndrewWarner · no comments
• Are entrepreneurs these days playing it too safe? · 3 points · by gsaines · no comments
• Ask HN: Review my web-app for creating Android apps · 3 points · by benedwards · 1 comment
• Humanure: goodbye toilets, hello extreme composting · 3 points · by TriinT · no comments
• Ask HN: Should URLs in browsers be displayed in fixed-width font? · 3 points · by cool-RR · 8 comments
• Testing Multi Threaded Scala Code · 3 points · by apgwoz · no comments
• All Hail The iPod Touch · 3 points · by hshah · no comments
• The emergence of a legit mobile banking technology · 2 points · by mhil · no comments
• Amazon.com and The Atlantic Will Sell Short Stories on the Kindle · 2 points · by byrneseyeview · 3 comments
• Trilions · 2 points · by daviday · no comments
• The Unofficial Ruby Usage Guide · 2 points · by nreece · no comments
• Evidence of Neolithic Cannibalism · 2 points · by nreece · no comments
• MIT red balloon team wins DARPA network challenge · 2 points · by _pius · no comments
• Anatomy of Credit Card Numbers · 2 points · by nreece · no comments
• MIT team wins International Aerial Robotics Competition · 2 points · by dskhatri · no comments
• What's coming in Django 1.2 (presentation notes) · 2 points · by niels · no comments
• Emacs Lisp interpreter in JavaScript · 2 points · by fogus · no comments
• How to begin playing with Rails 3 · 2 points · by oscardelben · no comments
• Predict This Year's Supreme Court Rulings · 2 points · by johnmyleswhite · no comments
• Next Jump Uses Data to Turn Online Browsing Into Buying · 2 points · by dpapathanasiou · no comments
• Scam Site Video Professor Trying To Raise $10 Million · 2 points · by vrobancho · no comments
• Some Rules & Restrictions May Apply: Inquiry into contracts & the Next Big Thing · 2 points · by ypavan · no comments
• Doing something big vs enriching yourself · 2 points · by _pius · no comments
• Ask HN: There's no way I can remove Adsense from my feed · 2 points · by oscardelben · no comments
• Federal bailout czar's new life as a recluse · 2 points · by gscott · no comments
• Differentiating Worthiness and Sexiness for Product's Sake · 2 points · by nameless_noob · no comments
• Pseudo-Phantoms · 2 points · by toni · no comments
• Beau Lotto on the Visual Cortex (TED talk, 20 mins) · 2 points · by akkartik · no comments
• The Body Language of Feet · 2 points · by indiejade · 1 comment
• Bankocracy · 2 points · by bensummers · 1 comment
• Compsci projects · 2 points · by mariorz · 1 comment
• Copying birds may save aircraft fuel · 2 points · by Rexxar · no comments
• On standard English, African American Vernacular English (AAVE), and efficiency · 2 points · by jseliger · 1 comment
• If you have a tablet, please help · 1 points · by colabopad_edd · no comments
• How to Find the Perfect Freelance Designer · 1 points · by iisbum · no comments
• We are all connected in the Symphony of Science · 1 points · by merubin75 · 1 comment
• Using Tomcat with Apache httpd · 1 points · by abennett · no comments
• Mono Tools for Visual Studio now available · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Intel demos 48-core cloud-datacenter-on-a-chip · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Digital Folklore · 1 points · by EAMiller · no comments
• Five Publishers to Build Digital Storefront for Print · 1 points · by hko · no comments
• Ask HN: How to block proxies like hotspot shield? · 1 points · by DanBlake · 1 comment
• Gifts and the Knowledge Problem · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• Scientific Calculator Hacking Tips · 1 points · by tomneo · no comments
• Notes on Publishing Using Lulu · 1 points · by gnosis · no comments
• Are Common Lisp and C++ in the same boat re. large number of lang features? · 1 points · by garnet7 · no comments
• Etherpad team post: listening with really big ears · 1 points · by tim_sw · no comments
• Volume discounts - These guys are doing it wrong · 1 points · by johnl · no comments
• Using Google DNS the right way: Combining DJB’s dnscache & Google’s DNS · 1 points · by prakash · no comments
• Ask HN: How have you dealt with the sharp edges of the Macbook Pro? · 1 points · by marcamillion · 1 comment
• Idea to Business in 30min [video] · 1 points · by prabodh · no comments
• Vint Cerf: Connecting with an Internet pioneer, 40 Years Later · 1 points · by bootload · no comments
• Google acquires AppJet. Maybe Wave will become usable now · 1 points · by mun411 · no comments
• Why the magazine industry is suddenly crowing about tablets · 1 points · by vrobancho · no comments
• Large Hadron Collider status page · 1 points · by JCThoughtscream · 1 comment
• Open Source Mailing Lists & Groups · 1 points · by shmichael · no comments
• Page de démarrage Mozilla Firefox · 1 points · by tonton · no comments
• Gladiatus Server 1 · 1 points · by tonton · no comments
• IPhone sync on Linux · 1 points · by hyyypr · no comments
• Reducing image size by eliminating literal tables from code heap entries · 1 points · by fogus · no comments
• Startups Needs to Give you More than Money · 1 points · by jradoff · no comments
• Science - Idealistic Vs Signaling - First Draft · 1 points · by billswift · no comments
• Amino acid recipe could be right for long life · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Data Analysis of Tree Rings: why open science is vitally important · 1 points · by yummyfajitas · no comments
• StressLinux 0.4.136 - Review and Commentary - Linux Critic · 1 points · by sinbsd · no comments
• Poll: how many people click on the pdf, [scribd] or use a script? · 1 points · by diN0bot · 2 comments
• Sentenza (Windows WebApp development kit for iPhoneOS) · 1 points · by jmonegro · no comments
• Go Hack Yourself · 1 points · by messel · no comments
• Unwinnable afghanistan · 1 points · by flavio87 · no comments
• Thoughts on the Brain Drain · 1 points · by wglb · no comments
• Them Crooked Photo Contracts | Boudist Photos · 1 points · by billpg · no comments
• Manufacturing areas lead surprising jobs comeback · 1 points · by jganetsk · no comments
• Recent GTkSourceView/GEdit changes · 1 points · by sandaru1 · no comments
• Mapping the geographies of Wikipedia · 1 points · by martian · no comments
• Crisis in Cosmology · 1 points · by ftl · 1 comment
• Evolutionary response of black snakes to cane toads · 1 points · by davi · no comments
• Technical Analysis Basics: Trends and Trading Ranges · 1 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Keep track of configuration changes using etckeeper · 1 points · by cmelbye · no comments
• Questions for a language designer [2003] · 1 points · by j_baker · no comments
• Tell HN: Open Angel Forum Los Angeles - Application form · 1 points · by aditya · no comments
• Raven : Build Java projects with Ruby · 1 points · by r11t · no comments
• How Foursquare is Changing Social Media Marketing · 1 points · by hshah · no comments
• Convert .NET 2.0 DLLs to 4.0 without recompiling · 1 points · by xpaulbettsx · 1 comment
• 5 Pet Peeves Developers Have With Designers (and How to Avoid Them) · 1 points · by hshah · no comments
• Hackers target Facebook Account Recovery · 1 points · by themindhack · no comments
• Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge · 1 points · by JakeIsAVirus · 2 comments
• A case where strong typing impeded learning · 1 points · by mwsherman · no comments
• What Gamers Think About Microtransactions · 1 points · by waterlesscloud · no comments
• Intent Is The Problem · 1 points · by davidw · no comments
• Is 2 Minutes Too Fast? · 1 points · by melvinram · no comments
• Bloomberg Technology Embraces Baseball · 1 points · by neilc · no comments
• Bluetile - a modern tiling window manager with a gentle learning curve · 1 points · by trimski · no comments
• Medical devices lag in iPod age · 1 points · by aho · no comments
• Basics of using Twitter’s API · 1 points · by prabodh · no comments
• Arthur Prior · 1 points · by infinity · no comments
• How Many Disabled Web Users Are There? · 1 points · by toni · no comments
• SQL SERVER – Azure Start Guide – Step by Step Installation Guide · 1 points · by SamAtt · no comments
• First steps with ECL · 1 points · by wglb · no comments
• How will electronic writing affect the form of literature? · 1 points · by tdonia · no comments
• 10 Red Balloons Found · 1 points · by breck · no comments
• The Many Worlds Law · 1 points · by breck · 2 comments
• [2006] A fundamental way newspaper sites need to change · 1 points · by freejoe76 · no comments