| ▲ | Old'aVista – The most powerful guide to the old Internet(oldavista.com) | |
| 39 points by abnercoimbre 13 hours ago | 4 comments | ||
| ▲ | Svip 23 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |
Perhaps I am imagining it, but I immediately thought it was a pun on AltaVista in that "alt" in German means old. But there is nothing on the site that seems to suggest that that was how the name came about. (Though in that sense, you can argue the original AltaVista already meant "Old'aVista".) The only clue is this line from the FAQ: > The name of the website itself is a wordplay on Altavista. Though, the creator mentions on his own page, that he is a German citizen (due to his grandfather), even though he speaks no German and have never lived there[1]; which could mean that pun is intentional. Not that it is really all that important (like not at all), but I can't help but wonder now... | ||
| ▲ | mattoxic 20 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
That's very cool. But I really need to know how many people have visited the site as well as how long a page will take to download on a 56k modem. | ||
| ▲ | dang 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Related. Others? Old'aVista, a Guide to the Old Internet - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39069910 - Jan 2024 (12 comments) | ||
| ▲ | qubex 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
The nostalgia welled up within me from depths I didn’t know I possessed. | ||