Tag: Internet Age Quests

Solution: Understand “Eternal September” as the notion that ever since AOL opened Usenet to its users in September 1993, the influx of new users never stopped, effectively making it always feel like September (the time when new college freshmen would join).

Solution: Explain Godwin’s Law: as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison to Hitler or Nazis approaches 1.

Solution: Recognize the ‘Konami Code’ as a common trigger for web Easter eggs (Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A).

Solution: Find out that symbolics.com was the first .com domain name ever registered.

Solution: Identify “Me at the zoo” as the first YouTube video (uploaded by co-founder Jawed Karim) and its content.

Solution: Learn about Google’s 2014 Easter egg file “killer-robots.txt” that told the T-800 and T-1000 not to terminate Google’s founders.