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Web Singletons?

Posted by timothy on from the magrathea-dot-com dept.

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?

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  1. Here's a semi-unique time waster for 'ya ... by xmas2003 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Watching and turning a bunch of halloween decorations on & off ... ;-)

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  2. Re:What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's "you're" - not "your".

    In any event, what would an "interesting" article on the singleton design pattern as it relates to web apps look like?

    Frankly, I think design patterns are bullshit. Not the concept - the word. Software engineering, as a whole, likes to invent words that really have no business being invented as there are other words that more than adequately do the job.