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  1. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/05/11/?arc

    sad deaths of the Times "Inter//Face" section, Douglas Adams

    cryptic debut mention of UK Independence Party

    & in modern parlance: Mike & The Mechanics' The Living Years, but it's The Shangri-Las' Leader Of The Pack
    youtube.com/watch?v=gOFcMedjNQk

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  2. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/05/04/?arc

    The Reg & Industry Standard pranked by dummy URL trick
    web.archive.org/web/2001050521

    Tim Robbins plays sinister surveillance-obsessed Bill Gates-alike in...
    youtu.be/k3TwIJjyjPM

    & MS gets serious about security
    web.archive.org/web/2001050400

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  3. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/04/27/?arc

    @edfelten et al defeat audio watermarks, silenced by RIAA

    Lucozade renamed Lara(Croft)-zade

    "Large Global Anti-Capitalism Protests Put Smaller, Local Protests Out Of Business"
    web.archive.org/web/2001060315

    & "..one Cheggers made earlier"

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  4. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/04/20/?arc

    netimperative.com & Attachments' in-show site
    web.archive.org/web/2011072521
    battle on longer than expected

    + following
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Show
    comic Bob Mills gets 2nd series of similarly Larry Sanders-y BOB MARTIN:
    youtu.be/lR5ZWi0F4Jw

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  5. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/04/06/?arc

    RMS' odd behaviour fairly well-known 27 years ago
    zork.net/pipermail/crackmonkey

    gamers conned by bargain deals - on PlayStation 2

    Harlan Ellison's anti-piracy campaign - "I Have No Caps Lock Key, And I Must Scream"
    web.archive.org/web/2001041821

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  6. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/03/30/?arc

    Mike Magee quits @theregister, launches The Inquirer (later sold to VNU)
    web.archive.org/web/2005050204

    not an April Fool - Avon quits Blake's 7: The Movie
    hermit.org/Blakes7/news/MovieN

    & state-of-the-art JS encryption:
    web.archive.org/web/2001021610

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  7. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/03/23/?arc

    debut mentions of:
    no free Tacos for deorbiting Mir
    web.archive.org/web/2001040519

    The Ted Nelson-esque nongnu.org/gzz/

    Bandle Bobble
    remix.kwed.org/files/RKOfiles/

    "Jammy [pyjama] Day"

    plus: Foot & Mouth v - Jerry & Margo?

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  8. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/03/16/?arc

    Cheltenham cancelled, election postponed & 6m culled by viral outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease - was Pope to blame?
    web.archive.org/web/2001040612

    & who said it - Eric S Raymond's dating tips, or The Eagle's "Doomlord"?
    catb.org/~esr/writings/sextips

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  9. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/03/09/?arc

    BBC on trail of a "web bug"
    news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1

    that's following a "cyberwoozle"
    news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1

    that's chasing (the same?) web bug
    news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8

    & Craig Charles/ Jeremy Clarkson sadly not available to host Spaced's "Robot Club"
    youtu.be/VjxtXau0924

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  10. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:1999 ntk.net/1999/09/10/?arc
    Scottish Executive site hacked
    web.archive.org/web/2000091820

    Wired adapts "this tiny startup..." template to PERPETUAL MOTION
    web.archive.org/web/1999112813

    Jacqueline "Servalan" Pearce in 1st Daphne & Celeste video
    youtu.be/_98h4HQUaWo?t=2m5s

    & muted Somerset celebrations for Space: 1999's original #BreakawayDay

    #onthisdayinntk #breakawayday
  11. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:1999 ntk.net/1999/09/10/?arc
    Scottish Executive site hacked
    web.archive.org/web/2000091820

    Wired adapts "this tiny startup..." template to PERPETUAL MOTION
    web.archive.org/web/1999112813

    Jacqueline "Servalan" Pearce in 1st Daphne & Celeste video
    youtu.be/_98h4HQUaWo?t=2m5s

    & muted Somerset celebrations for Space: 1999's original #BreakawayDay

    #onthisdayinntk #breakawayday
  12. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:1999 ntk.net/1999/09/10/?arc
    Scottish Executive site hacked
    web.archive.org/web/2000091820

    Wired adapts "this tiny startup..." template to PERPETUAL MOTION
    web.archive.org/web/1999112813

    Jacqueline "Servalan" Pearce in 1st Daphne & Celeste video
    youtu.be/_98h4HQUaWo?t=2m5s

    & muted Somerset celebrations for Space: 1999's original #BreakawayDay

    #onthisdayinntk #breakawayday
  13. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:1999 ntk.net/1999/09/10/?arc
    Scottish Executive site hacked
    web.archive.org/web/2000091820

    Wired adapts "this tiny startup..." template to PERPETUAL MOTION
    web.archive.org/web/1999112813

    Jacqueline "Servalan" Pearce in 1st Daphne & Celeste video
    youtu.be/_98h4HQUaWo?t=2m5s

    & muted Somerset celebrations for Space: 1999's original #BreakawayDay

    #breakawayday #onthisdayinntk
  14. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:1999 ntk.net/1999/09/10/?arc
    Scottish Executive site hacked
    web.archive.org/web/2000091820

    Wired adapts "this tiny startup..." template to PERPETUAL MOTION
    web.archive.org/web/1999112813

    Jacqueline "Servalan" Pearce in 1st Daphne & Celeste video
    youtu.be/_98h4HQUaWo?t=2m5s

    & muted Somerset celebrations for Space: 1999's original #BreakawayDay

    #onthisdayinntk #breakawayday
  15. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK: 2001 ntk.net/2001/03/02/?arc

    1st (often last) mentions of:
    Claude Shannon RIP

    the Isle of Man's very own Data Protection Registrar

    ...vs the battle to be London's official vampire slayer
    rationalwiki.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Manchester

    & Unlambda + Erlang:

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  16. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/02/23/?arc

    debut mentions of:
    Bearshare/Limewire

    Prime-like? ZapItOver (née WapItOver) .com

    Wales' en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester_I

    Barcelona's ever-catchy I Have The Password To Your Shell Account
    youtu.be/PWVGdMPuwVo

    & "All Your Base" meme - vs Iraq's no-fly zone taner.net/AYB/allyourbase-sadd

    #onthisdayinntk
  17. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/02/16/?arc

    Future Publishing closes MP3 Magazine, Arcade, Cult TV & "Connect" (us neither)

    maybe try Ruby while waiting for Perl 6 aka Raku, due around 2015?

    & early days of "Copyright Infringements Mil Millington/ The Daily Mail Have Argued About"

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  18. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/02/09/?arc

    a young(ish) Julian Assange proposes crypto to confound - then-theoretical - captors
    web.archive.org/web/2001030818

    Arnie "ponders" California governor bid

    ...neither quite as frightening as - you've guessed it:
    web.archive.org/web/2001020721

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  19. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/02/02/?arc

    @billt backs Net Proficiency Test
    web.archive.org/web/2001041913

    final mention of Erich von Daniken - currently residing in the Was God An Astronaut? file

    & KPMG heralds a new "golden age" of dire CORPORATE ANTHEMS
    youtube.com/watch?v=NCvKXgp-Aw

    #onthisdayinntk
  20. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/01/26/?arc

    quirky h2g2.com Wikipedia-alike sold to BBC, resold in 2011 to "the owners of Lycos Chat"

    debut mentions of:
    Bonsai Kitten
    @bruces's Viridian
    @theregister's society/gossip correspondent Kieren McCarthy

    & SchNEWS hassled by [its own] PCs

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  21. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/01/19/?arc

    MI6 memoir The Big Breach published in Russia, then confusingly in UK by directory-enquiries dissidents 192 .com

    inventor of then-unannounced Segway aims to manage expectations
    zdnet.com/article/inventor-gin

    & putative Rama movie - "My God, it's full of stars!"

    #onthisdayinntk
  22. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/01/12/?arc
    final mentions of:
    RedHotAnt unmetered (/illegal) ISP
    DoBeDo Island
    Terry's Chocolate Raspberry
    Indigo Children
    3D0 Magazine
    web.archive.org/web/2000082402
    hahabonk .com
    designweek.co.uk/issues/11-may
    & RMS' intergenerational grudge-bearing skills:

    #onthisdayinntk
  23. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/01/05/?arc

    A Wiccan's guide to working at Menwith Hill - sadly lost to the mists of time? - prophetically anticipates hitting locals with cars

    Inside other NSA sites
    web.archive.org/web/2020010315

    & Dr Who audio reboot speculation hits fever pitch:

    #onthisdayinntk
  24. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/12/22/?arc

    Demon founder makes News Of The World
    theguardian.com/media/2000/dec

    DVDplus gives customers "power to decide how much [not] to pay"
    theguardian.com/technology/200

    Iraq's 4000 PS2s *probably* not WMDs either
    pcmag.com/news/20-years-later-

    & @mjhibbett plays Xmas party:

    #onthisdayinntk
  25. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/12/08/?arc

    Envision TV Licensing wins "Most Invasive Company" award

    debut mentions of 2nd-gen MP3 sharer Audiogalaxy Satellite, legally problematic forums for Popbitch

    & presumably this tech was neutralised shortly before it became self-aware on "Judgement Day"

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  26. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK: 2000 ntk.net/2000/11/24/?arc
    Furby "hacked"

    LAN Party at Kelvedon Hatch "Secret" Nuclear Bunker

    & from 8:00 - TV's Ben Moor typecast as @danny/ Dave Green hybrid in Al Murray/ Richard Herring pub sitcom
    youtube.com/watch?v=H-gZs_hIYm

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  27. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/11/17/?arc

    made-up .mudpie .seagull .name gTLDs?

    Robin Dunbar: "Mobiles as Lekking Devices Among [Scouse] Males"
    sfgate.com/news/article/Cell-P

    & Church of England's Head of Signal Logistics cancels "potentially offensive" Cranberry Aero
    web.archive.org/web/2001011900

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  28. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/11/10/?arc
    George W Bush election win delayed by a month - Florida recount blamed on hanging chads, absentee ballots, Bill Gates etc

    still online - lyrics (though not live recordings) of ABBA/Cthulhu filk
    khaosworks.org/filk/

    & truth in merchandising from Daphne & Celeste:

    #onthisdayinntk
  29. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/11/03/?arc
    widely-sued Napster forms "strategic alliance" for BMG to (unsuccessfully) try and buy it in 2002

    & "if this wasn't on UKNM, you'd assume it was a troll" - Godado was a UK search engine where users "paid for higher rankings"
    chinwag.com/lists/uk-netmarket

    #onthisdayinntk
  30. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/10/27/?arc
    Steganography may be "3rd biggest threat to US security after biological & chemical attack"?

    debut mentions of:
    Google Ads
    "Zombie Nation" C64 remix hit
    Zadie "White Teeth" Smith

    & list songs: easy to write, hard to pace?
    youtube.com/watch?v=OsuIkCdMkG

    #onthisdayinntk
  31. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/10/06/?arc
    Industry Standard mag optimistically launches European edition, goes bust within a year

    almost-the-last mentions of
    x.com/JulieMarieMeyer
    Anthea Turner's Flake wedding
    Microsoft Netmeeting

    & retro fun for BBC "FutureWorld"
    web.archive.org/web/2000092913

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  32. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/09/22/?arc

    Future Publishing reveal their hotly-awaited "Internet Awards", including:
    Best WAP-enabled Site
    Best Implementation of an Extranet
    &... E-Company of the Year?
    web.archive.org/web/2000101823

    while NASA find "organic material" - right here on Earth!

    #onthisdayinntk
  33. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/09/15/?arc

    brief Tory "Dump The Pumps" fuel protest spreads to other habit-forming hydrocarbons
    web.archive.org/web/2001030212

    hackers "award" Mercury Prize to, among others, Badly Drawn Boy's Hat
    ntk.net/2000/09/15/dohmercury.

    & win "the first product to respect music copyright"

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  34. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/09/08/?arc

    Backspace's post-Clink St dek.spc.org/julian/consume/ community wifi

    "at times [now-deceased Blondie drummer Clem Burke] was playing close to his cardio-vascular capacity"
    web.archive.org/web/2001043023

    & the oddly whiplash-disclaimer-free BOXERJOCKS:

    #onthisdayinntk
  35. Modern Day NTK @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDayInNTK:2005 ntk.net/2005/09/02/?arc

    1st/last mention of UK demo party Sundown - ran till ~2016, evolved into still-going novaparty.org

    @okfn presents World Summit on Free Information Infrastructures
    web.archive.org/web/2005102506

    (& slightly less male-sounding lineup than...)

    #onthisdayinntk