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Geocities is shutting down today

2009-10-25, 10:51 PM #1

Pommy

Lommy Dommy

Posts: 5,773

[url]www.geocities.com[/url]

[url]www.xkcd.com[/url]

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2009-10-25, 11:08 PM #2

Anakin9012

The humor went right over his head

Posts: 1,274

I remember some GeoCities websites. Mostly JK sites similar to the XKCD home page.

2009-10-25, 11:13 PM #3

Admiral Zarn

Has an AM Radio

Posts: 1,219

Part of the internet has died today.

I can't wait for the day schools get the money they need, and the military has to hold bake sales to afford bombs.

2009-10-25, 11:29 PM #4

BombayZeus

NDNmojo.

Posts: 1,203

I remember hosting my ****ty websites of Geocities back in the day...

RIP

2009-10-25, 11:35 PM #5

JediKirby

GoY's Pessimistic Soy Boy Toy

Posts: 17,361

This is what it would have felt like if we had killed the birds instead of giving them to my Grandfather. Sure we didn't want those stinky, dirty, loud things in our house anymore but... kill em?

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2009-10-25, 11:47 PM #6

DSettahr

to wound the autumnal city.

Posts: 5,313

Hmm... I dont think I ever had a GeoCities website. If I recall correctly, my first website was hosted on dencity.com. (A quick check shows that dencity no longer exists)

2009-10-25, 11:54 PM #7

DrkJedi82

0x666

Posts: 12,303

i stopped using geocities when they took ftp access away from free accounts

last week i had to help my mom move her website off of geocities

and no i won't be posting any links because it maintains that average geocities site look and it's embarassing

eat right, exercise, die anyway

2009-10-26, 12:03 AM #8

Stormtrooper

Loves His Stormie

Posts: 2,068

Yeah, i noticed that awhile ago. Went on and copied all the stuff I had from my old account a few weeks ago. Had some screenshots and pictures that I didn't want to lose.

All i can say is... Good Riddance.

2009-10-26, 12:26 AM #9

Jaiph

Captain Tight Pants

Posts: 1,750

Originally posted by Admiral Zarn:

Part of the internet has died today.

Yeah no it's more like having your appendix removed. Something useless that should not be of use in a healthy human being.

The only thing geocities ever gave me was sore eyes.

2009-10-26, 12:49 AM #10

Sarn_Cadrill

Mr. Know-Alot

Posts: 7,470

I can't save my stuff from there cause it's blocked on the ship. I saw about that. Does anyone have my gangsta pic?

[url=www.geocities.com/sarn_cadrill/1337sc.jpg]someone go salvage it:[/url]

(i think that link is correct)

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

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2009-10-26, 6:11 AM #11

alpha1

Posts: 2,998

heh, i remember those sorts of websites. though most sites that I visited were reasonably well designed (though a few of them had the problem where everything was in some kind of mess up frame where no matter what link you clicked on, your browser was still at the same URL (even external links).

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2009-10-26, 6:14 AM #12

Jep

Jep Bartholomew Francisqué de Minguo El Inigo Montoya Padré the Third

Posts: 10,237

Wow, geocities was the first place I ever registered for on the internet, back when I was but a wee teenager with a crappy JK clan website named "Uber Empire" made in Microsoft Publisher.

Wow I suddenly feel old.

Was cheated out of lions by happydud
Was cheated out of marriage by sugarless

2009-10-26, 6:16 AM #13

Murc XIII

Get to know him!

Posts: 1,663

Originally posted by Sarn_Cadrill:

Attachment: 22893/1337sc.jpg (35,376 bytes)

2009-10-26, 6:17 AM #14

kyle90

Laser Lover

Posts: 8,450

Frames! Frames within frames! Animated starfield backgrounds! Spinning e-mail GIFs! Guest books! Visitor counters! Embedded MIDIs! Comic Sans, Comic Sans, and more Comic Sans! "Under Construction" signs!

All these moments will be lost in time, like tears... in rain.

Stuff

2009-10-26, 6:27 AM #15

Sarn_Cadrill

Mr. Know-Alot

Posts: 7,470

Originally posted by Murc XIII:

*cheer*

Now wife, save that to my desktop, please.

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Lassev: I guess there was something captivating in savagery, because I liked it.

2009-10-26, 7:33 AM #16

Jodo_Kast_BHG

Utica Club Ale for life

Posts: 348

Damn I thought it had already shut down! I should probably try to go save all my old files saved there...

2009-10-26, 7:37 AM #17

Nikumubeki

NIKVMVS-REX-TODOA

Posts: 17,541

I think I had an Angelfire account at one point.

Anyhow, good riddance

[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/garosaon/bandwidth/pommysmiley.gif]

(That gif probably had nothing to do with Geocities, though)

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2009-10-26, 9:06 AM #18

Jodo_Kast_BHG

Utica Club Ale for life

Posts: 348

Homestead was pretty hilarious as well.

2009-10-26, 9:26 AM #19

Pommy

Lommy Dommy

Posts: 5,773

Originally posted by FastGamerr:

I think I had an Angelfire account at one point.

Anyhow, good riddance

[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/garosaon/bandwidth/pommysmiley.gif]

(That gif probably had nothing to do with Geocities, though)

O_o where did you find that

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2009-10-26, 9:26 AM #20

JediKirby

GoY's Pessimistic Soy Boy Toy

Posts: 17,361

Oh man, Thanks Murc, I cried laughing.

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2009-10-26, 9:56 AM #21

Brian

Administrator

Posts: 7,886

There goes 90% of the remaining JK sites.

2009-10-26, 10:06 AM #22

Emon

Imon, umon...everymon!

Posts: 19,022

Guys, I don't think it's shutting DOWN, just not accepting new accounts.

Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.

2009-10-26, 10:14 AM #23

DrkJedi82

0x666

Posts: 12,303

no... it's shutting down and all free accounts will be deleted

today is the last day to back up your content or start paying

this is what you see if you login to a geocities account

Quote:

GeoCities is closing on October 26, 2009.

On October 26, 2009, your GeoCities site will no longer appear on the Web, and you will no longer be able to access your GeoCities account and files.

If you'd like to move your web site, or save the images and other files you've posted online, please act now by downloading your files or upgrading to Yahoo! Web Hosting. See details in the help center or upgrade to Web Hosting now for only $4.99 a month.

also the $4.99 a month is only for the first year ($9.99 a month after) and you have to pay for the whole year at once with no monthly option

IMO nobody should be allowed to say something is $x/month if there is no monthly payment option

eat right, exercise, die anyway

2009-10-26, 11:31 AM #24

Freelancer

Peelancer

Posts: 15,012

Originally posted by Jodo_Kast_BHG:

Homestead was pretty hilarious as well.

But at least it still exists.

"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009

2009-10-26, 11:55 AM #25

Squirrel King

NEVER.

Posts: 5,369

I was always an Angelfire.com guy.

2009-10-26, 12:14 PM #26

Alco

Monty Hall's Favorite Contestant

Posts: 760

I don't see a time, just a date. What time will the sites be unavailable? Midnight?

2009-10-26, 12:15 PM #27

Nikumubeki

NIKVMVS-REX-TODOA

Posts: 17,541

Originally posted by Pommy:

O_o where did you find that

Stuff I salvaged from my 2002 thread archive.

In addition to

[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/garosaon/bandwidth/mwolv2.jpg]

Bloody hell can't really remember who he was...

Star Wars: TODOA | DXN - Deus Ex: Nihilum

2009-10-26, 12:27 PM #28

zanardi

Dictator for Life

Posts: 6,408

I created my first web page with Geocities

"Nulla tenaci invia est via"

2009-10-26, 1:12 PM #29

andreawesome

Where's my Rocket Ship?

Posts: 1,440

Originally posted by Sarn_Cadrill:

*cheer*

Now wife, save that to my desktop, please.

i already had that saved from like a year ago...

I'm proud of my life and the things that I have done, proud of myself and the loner I've become.

2009-10-26, 1:14 PM #30

Jodo_Kast_BHG

Utica Club Ale for life

Posts: 348

Originally posted by Freelancer:

But at least it still exists.

Kudos to Homestead then! I didn't know it was still around. I guess I never heard of it going under either so...

2009-10-26, 1:23 PM #31

roxima

Former Mexican Red Dish

Posts: 2,074

Thank god. Now all those horrible websites I made when I was younger will finally disappear! (Never going to forget my passwords again!)

"Ford, you're turning into a penguin. Stop it."

2009-10-26, 1:39 PM #32

ECHOMAN

"Has it won yet?"

Posts: 17,215

Originally posted by Jep:

Wow, geocities was the first place I ever registered for on the internet, back when I was but a wee teenager with a crappy JK clan website named "Uber Empire" made in Microsoft Publisher.

Noob.

Real men used Microsoft Frontpage.

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2009-10-26, 5:25 PM #33

Jodo_Kast_BHG

Utica Club Ale for life

Posts: 348

I loved Microsoft Frontpage!

2009-10-26, 5:59 PM #34

DSettahr

to wound the autumnal city.

Posts: 5,313

Originally posted by roxima:

Thank god. Now all those horrible websites I made when I was younger will finally disappear! (Never going to forget my passwords again!)

Archive.org made made a huge push to archive as many geocities sites as it could within the last few weeks.

2009-10-26, 6:16 PM #35

Baconfish

ALL GLORY TO THE CONTEST WINNER

Posts: 18,004

[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/Bokoski/Interrob.jpg]

nope.

2009-10-26, 6:23 PM #36

The Ego Has Landed

Posts: 5,876

Good lord, $4.99 a month?

And you probably get some crappy shared server with php3 installed on it.

2009-10-26, 7:12 PM #37

ECHOMAN

"Has it won yet?"

Posts: 17,215

Originally posted by DSettahr:

Archive.org made made a huge push to archive as many geocities sites as it could within the last few weeks.

Like they say, one man's junk is another man's treasure!

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2009-10-26, 8:23 PM #38

stinkey diver

Not holy, just stinky

Posts: 446

Originally posted by Admiral Zarn:

Part of the internet has died today.

Take that there and put it in here

2009-10-27, 6:30 AM #39

GHORG

Not Welcome in The Netherlands

Posts: 1,143

If you want to see a bad jedi knight site in the next 6 or so hours:

http://www.geocities.com/bognorridge/

Did I mention it has midi's, frames, java applets (no flame-things, damn!), 17-year old prose and embedded wav files?

2009-10-27, 6:48 AM #40

Mort-Hog

If moral relativism is wrong, I don't wanna be right.

Posts: 4,192

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