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Web Singletons?
tcmb writes "There are an uncounted number of web mail and picture sharing services, there are more than enough web sites for online bookmark management and friend-finding, but as far as I know there is only one Internet Archive. Which are the true web singletons, services that exist only once in this form?" And does anything approach the singular time-wasting abilities of IMDB or Wikipedia?
Try http://www.sickipedia.org/
Or not.
If I had an Ass, I'd call it Fanny Bottom, then I could slap my Ass; Fanny Bottom, on the Arse.
A lot of stuff that doesn't quite make it onto the regular Wiki is found here.
It also hosts some very concise, fictional world Wikis, like Wookiepedia [Star Wars]. and Memory Alpha [Star Trek].
If each mistake being made is a new one, then progress is being made.
Well a singleton is a software design pattern designed to allow exactly zero or one instances of a class to exist (typically a database connection). But whoever thought the term applies to the services provided by web apps is just an idiot. Especially since as soon as anyone creates something new and vaguely useful, a dozen clones pop up within a week and do it better (though tend to fail anyways, since they never get the initial market share or publicity of the original - see: twitter). The only organizations that could create a "singleton" web app, if you really feel the need to misuse the term that thoroughly, are major patent trolls.
How are sites slashdotted when nobody reads TFAs?
Check out Australia's web archive run by the National Library of Australia: http://pandora.nla.gov.au/
It may not be the same size yet, but many of the web app clones have the same issue as well. Its scope is also different as well - aiming at Australian content, but again many clones limit their scope as well.
I always wondered where this setting was...
I lost interest when it seemed like very few of the bills I entered were later tracked.
...the future crusty old bastards are already drinking the Kool-Aid.
The word "singleton" wasn't invented to describe the design pattern, douchebag. It means there is only one of something and is used correctly in TFS.
Chernobyl 'not a wildlife haven' - BBC News
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/singleton
SourceForge stands pretty much singular in its function.
Um... Freshmeat.net?
Actually, it was first recorded by Three Dog Night in 1969 and written by Harry Nilsson. allmusic
How about the former DejaNews now renamed GoogleGroups? It allows posting to the Usenet without charge, and I'm not aware of any other service that allows free (key word) Usenet browsing/posting.
FOX NEWS.com should be BANNED from television and internet. Have the Congress take it over and give us Truespeak.