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Searching for the Oldest Running Application

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the mine-is-older-than-yours dept.

A columnist from InternetWeek has completed a search for the oldest running commercial software application. His results are interesting (note that he's mostly skipping over mainframe applications, just looking at PC-based apps).

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  1. i'm a luser by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But i still got the first post! Whoohoo

    1. Re:i'm a luser by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Surely, you jest. First Post is reversed for thems who goes not that way. I'm not getting tired, oh no. See, I've been over every inch of the city, going around in circles. There's no way out! It's all a big jhoke.

    2. Re:i'm a luser by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      YOU FAIL IT LUSER!
      <FAIL class=IT>LUSER</FAIL>

  2. Google French Spoof by mieses · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Go to Google and type in "french military victories" and then click on "I'm Feeling Lucky."

  3. mike...care to blow a goat? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Let the censorware guys have the site back.

    1. Re:mike...care to blow a goat? by Seth+Finklestein · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      The oldest running application in the world is harass_michael.pl. I've been running it for more than 2 years continuously. Every second of every day, it sends e-mail to Michael Sims, calls Michael Sims on the phone, and sends abusive faxes to Michael Sims's fax machine.

      It will be discontinued when Michael Sims gives my web site back.

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      I'm not Seth Finkelstein. I still speak the truth.
  4. WILL YOU, UH, SCRATCH MY SCROTUM? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    -PENIS--PENIS--PENIS--PENIS-
    P_______________________8..P
    E__Bow down to the_____#~..E
    N__Lord's penis_______8.',-N
    I_____________________#',-.I
    S__Jesus wants your__8',-..S
    -__anus, and he_____#~',-..-
    P__wants it NOW! ___8_',-..P
    E__________________##',-',-E
    N__An original_____8',-',";N
    I__TrollKore(TM)_____##',-',";I
    S__work of art.___8',-',";.S
    -__By Dessimat0r ##',-',";.-
    P________________8',-',";,.P
    E_______________#'',-',";,.E
    N______________8(',-',";,..N
    I_____________#(',-',";,.,.I
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    I____#=',-',";,._8',-',";,.I
    S___#=',-',";,..(#',-',";.8S
    -__8(',-',YOUR,.(8',-',";s#-
    P_8(',-',MOTHER";#',-',-s8_P
    E_#z',-',LOVES,";8',-..s#__E
    N_8_.,#',"YOU',";~#,..88___N
    I_#.##',-DEARLY,";~8,.8#___I
    S_8##',-+~'',-',-~#'8______S
    -_#.,..-',-',";.'=8#_______-
    P_.8+_',-',";,.'88_________P
    E___888',-',";~8___________E
    N______8#888#88____________N
    I__________________________I
    S____.oO TrollKore Oo._____S
    -_At the head of the game._-
    P__________________________P
    E___irc.freedomirc.net_____E
    N_______#trollkore_________N
    I__________________________I
    S__________________________S
    -PENIS--PENIS--PENIS--PENIS-
    All you cock-loving fuckers out there, here is a special treat for you bastards, take a look at this knob. NOW SUCK IT, MOTHERFUCKERS!

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  5. GM did that exact study. Let me synopsize the resu by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    can you hear me now?

    *_g_o_a_t_s_e_x_*_g_o_a_t_s_e_x_*_g_o_a_t_s_e_x_*_
    g_______________________________________________g_ _
    o_/_____\_____________\____________/____\_______o_ _
    a|_______|_____________\__________|______|______a_ _
    t|_______`._____________|_________|_______:_____t_ _
    s`________|_____________|________\|_______|_____s_ _
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    o______\_____\______//_________(_(__>__\___|____o_ _
    a_______\___.__C____)_________(_(____>__|__/____a_ _
    t_______/\_|___C_____)/______\_(_____>__|_/_____t_ _
    s______/_/\|___C_____)_Hello?|__(___>___/__\____s_ _
    e_____|___(____C_____)\______/__//__/_/_____\___e_ _
    x_____|____\__|_____\\_________//_(__/_______|__x_ _
    *____|_\____\____)___`----___--'_____________|__*_ _
    g____|__\______________\_______/____________/_|_g_ _
    o___|______________/____|_____|__\____________|_o_ _
    a___|_____________|____/_______\__\___________|_a_ _
    t___|__________/_/____|_________|__\___________|t_ _
    s___|_________/_/______\__/\___/____|__________|s_ _
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    x__|__________|_________|____|_______|_________|x_ _
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  6. I am gay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am very, very gay. I am so gay, that I am actually posting on Slashdot, which is a true milestone of homosexuality, since slashdot is truely the gayest site on the internet.

  7. Irwin Taranto by bcrowell · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    In the early 80's, there were these ads in the computer magazines with the headline,

    I'm Irwin Taranto, and I'm craaaaaaaazy!!!

    The idea was that he was going to sell you floppy disks (5"? 8"?) at these prices that were so low, it meant he must be insane.

    Well years later, in my senior year in college, I had a roommate named Roger Taranto. I never connected them until one day he mentioned his dad's name was Irwin. I immediately looked at him and said, "I'm Irwin Taranto, and I'm craaaaazy!" That was his dad.

    I didn't know that Irwin Taranto had been a software developer as well as selling floppies.

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  8. Re:7zip by outsider007 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I patented screwing your mom. But it got revoked for "prior art."

    go home, dad, you've had too much to drink.

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  9. The old app ever.... by Troll_in_Captivity · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...has to Liesure Suite Larry!!

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    Sigs are for hypocrits