the oldest ATOT thread in existence

[brianmanahan]

i have done some cyber-archeology and i believe this is the oldest remaining ATOT thread:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=335330

"~~ROCK SOLID~~LEGION~~ROCK STABLE~~", by Johnlee, on 2000-05-22

and this is the oldest thread in any subforum: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=335328

 

[Platypus]

RIP oldest open thread, when someone inevitably necros it because of this thread.

 

[xeemzor]

It's interesting to see how posts have evolved over time. That thread almost looks like someone's facebook feed.

 

[rudeguy]

RIP oldest open thread, when someone inevitably necros it because of this thread.

What kind of dick would do that?

 

[JTsyo]

Hey Jenni, ICQ me baby!!!

Wow that seems ancient.

 

[brianmanahan]

What kind of d**k would do that?

omg rudeguy

you deserve a ban for that necro, and another ban for swares

 

[brianmanahan]

oh wait! i found a listing of posts (but not the posts themselves) that is from 2000-01-26 on anandforums.gisytech.com

 

[Red Squirrel]

Wow May 2000. I think I would have been finishing my last year of elementary then. It feels like 2000 was not that long ago, but it was 15 years ago. Crazy how time flies.

I figured this would be the oldest thread:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=3

But it's not. How is a thread with lower id newer than one with higher ID?

There are two threads before that but they are probably in the mod forum.

Guess threads may have gotten new IDs between the various forum changes. Pretty sure there's some 1995 threads if you go even deeper, but they're broken.

 

[rudeguy]

Russ

 

[brianmanahan]

Russ

russ for president

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=338903

 

[brianmanahan]

Russ

did something happen to him, or did he just fade away?

i tell you what's sad... when a guy quits posting at 9999 posts D:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=421198

 

[Platypus]

he left because of the direction this board went around that time.

 

[rudeguy]

did something happen to him, or did he just fade away?

i tell you what's sad... when a guy quits posting at 9999 posts D:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=421198

He can be asked directly. I don't speak for other people.

 

[brianmanahan]

He can be asked directly. I don't speak for other people.

i thought he might have died

 

[manimal]

so what rbm is H8tank now?

 

[brianmanahan]

in this tragic thread, rossman learned that outpost.com wasn't overnight shipping for free anymore

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=455991

and people were talking about spending their flooz bucks :awe:

 

[brianmanahan]

in this thread, dave warns us that if google were to IPO, they would be insanely overvalued

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=1230133

 

[Markbnj]

Ah, now I understand.

 

[brianmanahan]

Ah, now I understand.

please don't lock it! D:

just ban rudeguy instead, it's the only way to be sure :awe:

he apparently doesnt respect things that are sacred

 

[manimal]

please don't lock it! D:

just ban rudeguy instead, it's the only way to be sure :awe:

he apparently doesnt respect things that are sacred

instead of banning you guys should start changing their names to something embarrasing.


In this case change his name to necromonger or something


if someone swears too much change their name to bagofdicks or something similar

 

[Mai72]

Wonder what happened to ole JohnLee?

 

[brianmanahan]

Wow May 2000. I think I would have been finishing my last year of elementary then. It feels like 2000 was not that long ago, but it was 15 years ago. Crazy how time flies.

i know! in some ways, i feel no different now than i did in 2000. but i was just starting college then and knew jack squat about software development, so that has changed a lot.

i am still just as bad with the ladies though... 2 dates in 15 years, thats an ATOT record low i am sure. :\

I figured this would be the oldest thread:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=3

But it's not. How is a thread with lower id newer than one with higher ID?

its weird but i have seen it happen when primary key index generators start at a certain point then getting reset to fill empty space at a later date.

There are two threads before that but they are probably in the mod forum.

yeah i am guessing so :'(

Guess threads may have gotten new IDs between the various forum changes. Pretty sure there's some 1995 threads if you go even deeper, but they're broken.

you mean 1999? pretty sure anand didnt start the forums until then.

 

[brianmanahan]

when applying the same thing to users, it looks like Jason Clark was the first real user to join the new AT forums

http://forums.anandtech.com/member.php?u=5

and harvey is a close 2nd!

http://forums.anandtech.com/member.php?u=6

and russ was a close 3rd

http://forums.anandtech.com/member.php?u=7

 

[Carson Dyle]

Harvey is still active. Wonder if the others are even still alive.

My earliest recollections of AnandTech were articles that they posted about installing or upgrading hardware in a computer data center in Pittsburgh. They went into some detail about things like load balancing and distribution of tasks among servers. It was pretty interesting for the time. I seem to recall that they made a yearly pilgrimage to Pittsburgh to upgrade most of the servers every year and would then document it in an article.

 

[Markbnj]

please don't lock it! D:

just ban rudeguy instead, it's the only way to be sure :awe:

he apparently doesnt respect things that are sacred

Despite the awesome powers granted to a full Moderator Emeritus, I shall allow it to live.