Thread: They were on PH before the internet was invented!!!

Go to "Member Lists", sort them by last visit, then go to the last page. These people apparantly visited in 1969... why is this?

Originally Posted by Left

Go to "Member Lists", sort them by last visit, then go to the last page. These people apparantly visited in 1969... why is this?

Not that I'm computer technical....but I'm sure I've heard that in computer terms 1969 MEANS something.

I was once at a forum ages ago....and something weird happened and the forum went down, and when it re-emerged everything like the dates of all posts read December 31st 1969.

Have we re-entered "The Twilight Zone"?

In 1969 some switch or something was put in use at a university. I thing it's mean purpose there was for people at the uni to get updates on current studies/researches. Don't quote me on any of that tho

Probably the battery that maintains the date on the server was down when that person posted. That would create a false date.

Specifically a sequence like this would create the error.

Server is down for maintenance. When re-booted, the operator did not recognize that the CMOS battery was down and when the machine booted, it had the default date (different for each Bios but usually at least 25 years ago).

Somebody logs in and posts and the log puts in the wrong date...

Was Al Gore on in 1969?

HAHAHAHAAH!! Con I was just about to say that!!

It appears to happen everywhere:

12-31-1969 on forums - Google Search

Originally Posted by conservative

Was Al Gore on in 1969?

Props to this.

Originally Posted by Left

Go to "Member Lists", sort them by last visit, then go to the last page. These people apparantly visited in 1969... why is this?

Move to Conspiracy Theories please...Quick

Originally Posted by Babylon

Move to Conspiracy Theories please...Quick

Haha. Good one.