Web Singletons? 254
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?
Zombo (Score:4, Funny)
Everyone knows about Zombo [zombo.com] of course. You could waste hours there without even thinking about it.
There can be only one... (Score:5, Funny)
Timecube.
Unique and a waste of time.
What site is this again? (Score:5, Funny)
And does anything approach the singular time-wasting abilities of IMDB or Wikipedia?
looks up at teh awesome bar (cough).
looks at uid.
sighs.
I hope it's unique! (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, for time wasting (Score:5, Funny)
You mean like Google? (Score:4, Funny)
Singletons (Score:5, Funny)
I hear that eharmony is a good place to find singletons.
Uh... (Score:5, Funny)
You must be new here.
Re:There can be only one... (Score:5, Funny)
Wrong; not a singleton: http://www.thymecube.com/ [thymecube.com]
Re:For timewasting (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I'm Sorry, but . . . (Score:5, Funny)
Usually, I'd rather be right than happy.
Which twitter? (Score:4, Funny)
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).
Are you talking about the microblogging service with a dozen clones or the Slashdot poster with a dozen clones [slashdot.org]?
Time-wasting singleton? (Score:4, Funny)
This does -idle.slashdot.org [slashdot.org].
Re:What? (Score:5, Funny)
He isn't a douchebag, just a simpleton.
Re:I hope it's unique! (Score:5, Funny)
LHC destruction monitor (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I'm Sorry, but . . . (Score:5, Funny)
They do if you have any sense.
Re:What? (Score:3, Funny)
Singleton is a township in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia. Famous for its wineries and mining. It's a nice place. Friendly people. And it has one of the worlds largest sundials.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singleton,_New_South_Wales [wikipedia.org]
No, no, you got it wrong (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What site is this again? (Score:2, Funny)
It is one of those new-fangled words the youth use. See: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=yo [urbandictionary.com]
Now, keep it down over there or I'll call the cops.
Re:Slashdot (Score:3, Funny)
Not true. Look at yesterday's slashdot.
Odds are a number of today's stories are repeated on there.
Therefore, slashdot is not a singleton.
QED.
How about... (Score:2, Funny)
http://www.palinaspresident.com/ [palinaspresident.com]
I've been back to visit it every day for entertainment and don't know of anything like it :)
Re:I hope it's unique! (Score:3, Funny)
For what it's worth, it's almost exactly what it sounds like.
Re:What? (Score:5, Funny)
(Archive the archive (the archive (the archive (the archive))))
Singletons? (Score:3, Funny)
I can honestly say that I know quite a few web simpletons, but no singletons.
Re:What? (Score:2, Funny)
so you mean he has zero or one brain cells ?
Re:What? (Score:5, Funny)
Both of them?
Re:Singletons (Score:2, Funny)
No, I'm New Here (Score:0, Funny)
No, I'm New Here
Singular? (Score:3, Funny)
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
By listing two sites with this "time-wasting ability", you have proven two things:
1) That it's not singular
2) That you have a poor grasp of English
Plus I think way more people waste their time on Slashdot.