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Re:The Useless Web by dexen on Friday November 30, 2012 @11:02AM (#4853759)
http://HasTheLHCDestroyedTheEarthYet.com/

    <script type="text/javascript"> 
      //Technically, this will be accurate...
      try {
        document.write("NO");
      } catch(err) {
        document.write("YES");
      }
    </script>

IIRC, the /robots.txt (now sadly missing) used to read, ``the robots will not save you''.
Re:The Useless Web by liamzebedee on Friday November 30, 2012 @05:36PM (#4855859)
http://ducksarethebest.com/

  <!-- jQuery? more like crayQuery -->
Re:The Useless Web by nateabele on Friday November 30, 2012 @10:22AM (#4853543)
I disconcur with the evaluation criteria. It took me to this website, which is anything but useless: http://heyyeyaaeyaaaeyaeyaa.com/
Re:The Useless Web by ht_th on Friday November 30, 2012 @10:29AM (#4853573)
Agreed. I got to play with http://www.koalastothemax.com/
Re:The Useless Web by sdoering on Friday November 30, 2012 @10:31AM (#4853584)
That one really stuck... 5 Minutes later, i was still staring at the screen and hitting reload for another round...
Re:The Useless Web by bonobo on Friday November 30, 2012 @04:03PM (#4855426)
That one was my favorite, I spent half an hour uncovering the picture of a kitten. Sadly it was not a koala as advertised.

It's comparable to bubble wrap IMO.

Re:The Useless Web by LefterisJP on Friday November 30, 2012 @10:46AM (#4853669)
I also got the same website. Damn it's stuck in my mind right now
Re:The Useless Web by BCM43 on Friday November 30, 2012 @11:10AM (#4853794)
For those without flash, what does it do?
Re:The Useless Web by tholman on Friday November 30, 2012 @12:16PM (#4854181)
It actually checks for flash support, and removes any flash websites from the potential list... so its a good experience all-round.
Re:The Useless Web by aw3c2 on Friday November 30, 2012 @11:36AM (#4853934)
Plays some stupid He-Man cartoon music video.
Re:The Useless Web by bonobo on Friday November 30, 2012 @04:04PM (#4855437)
Re:The Useless Web by arscan on Friday November 30, 2012 @10:45AM (#4853662)
Based on the handful of sites that it sent me to, I'd rename this "The Creative Web".
Re:The Useless Web by sharkweek on Friday November 30, 2012 @12:25PM (#4854229)
The internet is still pure magic to me. Sure I have understanding of the tech but the personality and connectivity is just overwhelming when I pause and really think about it. Sure there's plenty of junk, but it's all part of a huge overall societal benefit.
Re:The Useless Web by motters on Friday November 30, 2012 @11:00AM (#4853753)
Not forgetting http://zombo.com/
Re:The Useless Web by Dove on Friday November 30, 2012 @03:17PM (#4855220)
Wow. About every three years I find out that zombo.com still exists, and am surprised and delighted all over again.
Re:The Useless Web by powrtoch on Friday November 30, 2012 @01:41PM (#4854683)
There's a "submit" link at the bottom, which is probably the coolest thing about this.
Re:The Useless Web by ctdonath on Friday November 30, 2012 @11:02AM (#4853758)
"Strange how much human progress and achievement comes from contemplation of the irrelevant." - Scott Kim
Re:The Useless Web by jacquesm on Friday November 30, 2012 @01:55PM (#4854778)
If you're short on time don't buy his book inversions. And if you know someone who is short on time then don't buy it for them as a Christmas gift either.
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Re:The Useless Web by seiji on Friday November 30, 2012 @11:58AM (#4854064)
Good old days? Have you seen the source of this page?
Re:The Useless Web by elimisteve on Friday November 30, 2012 @03:55PM (#4855384)
From the title, I was hoping to read a crushing indictment of web developers for mostly creating useless crap.

Sadly, it's more like the opposite: a shiny button inviting us all to view useless crap.

Re:The Useless Web by teeja on Friday November 30, 2012 @10:05PM (#4856680)
Some of those are definitely not useless to kids. Remember when you were a kid and some crabby old biddy gave you crap for 'wasting your time'? I do. As for adults and the web: How 'useful' is porno? (Same principle)
Re:The Useless Web by acomjean on Friday November 30, 2012 @06:07PM (#4855973)
The useless pages reborn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Useless_Pages

with memepool.com updating again its like the 90s...

now only if Grant Barret would start posting articles to worldnewyork again, we'd have come full circle. (all thats left is an archive of broken links....)

http://grantbarrett.com/old-format-archives

Re:The Useless Web by gagege on Friday November 30, 2012 @03:01PM (#4855140)
I can't believe http://tunnelsnakes.com/ isn't on there.
Re:The Useless Web by mmailman77 on Friday November 30, 2012 @12:02PM (#4854096)
Re:The Useless Web by mmariani on Friday November 30, 2012 @10:28AM (#4853569)
Where the internet ends? http://www.wwwdotcom.com
Re:The Useless Web by guimarin on Friday November 30, 2012 @03:49PM (#4855353)
endoftheinter.net

and it never ends. there is always something beyond the end of the world.

Re:The Useless Web by tossacct on Friday November 30, 2012 @06:01PM (#4855949)
you're the man now dog - looping audio with gifs

Good example - http://jeffgoldblum.ytmnd.com/

www.ytmnd.com started 2001 - memes and fads. Mostly gradeschool level humor: sophomoric, casual racism, sexism every ism you'd like to mention. Equally hilarious and offensive.

http://yourethemannowdog.ytmnd.com

http://jurassictourettes.ytmnd.com/ - mashup of jurassic park and "tourettes guy", watch the best parts of jurassic park in 10 minutes

http://ytmnd.com/sites/top_rated/alltime

http://ytmnd.com/info/about

Re:The Useless Web by dzuc on Friday November 30, 2012 @06:25PM (#4856033)
I'm impressed with how much consistent traffic this site has been sending my way: http://s3.amazonaws.com/arena_images/56036/original_90541c1f...
Re:The Useless Web by edmond_dantes on Friday November 30, 2012 @03:01PM (#4855144)
Anything that's a subdomain of http://ytmnd.com.

Personal favourite: http://youmakemetouchyourhandsforstupidreasons.ytmnd.com/

Re:The Useless Web by TazeTSchnitzel on Friday November 30, 2012 @03:28PM (#4855285)
Re:The Useless Web by crisnoble on Friday November 30, 2012 @10:54AM (#4853722)
If you want to got to all the useless sites with one button click: http://jsfiddle.net/crismanNoble/jjAaf/embedded/result/

Warning:

1)Put headphones in.

2) Your computer might crash hard.

Re:The Useless Web by nathan_long on Friday November 30, 2012 @10:50AM (#4853694)
Hilarious.

It doesn't fit in with these sites, but my favorite useless site is still Beedogs: http://www.beedogs.com/

The best part is clicking for more beedogs repeatedly and reading what it says.

Re:The Useless Web by p4bl0 on Friday November 30, 2012 @10:54AM (#4853715)
Doesn't work for me (Firefox 10). But the list of URLs is available in the JavaScript here: http://www.theuselessweb.com/js/uselessweb.js.
Re:The Useless Web by nikcub on Friday November 30, 2012 @12:13PM (#4854162)
complete list, clickable:

http://heeeeeeeey.com/

http://www.koalastothemax.com/

http://heyyeyaaeyaaaeyaeyaa.com/

http://eelslap.com

http://www.staggeringbeauty.com/

http://ducksarethebest.com/

http://www.omfgdogs.com/

http://burymewithmymoney.com/

http://www.republiquedesmangues.fr/

http://www.hristu.net/

http://www.ismycomputeron.com/

http://randomcolour.com/

http://www.sanger.dk/

http://www.fallingfalling.com/

http://grandpanoclothes.com/

http://www.rrrgggbbb.com/

http://www.everydayim.com/

http://r33b.net/

http://cat-bounce.com/

http://www.leekspin.com/

http://dandandan.net/

http://sometimesredsometimesblue.com/

http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/

http://www.something.com/

http://www.winkyface.org/

http://isitchristmas.com/

http://hectorsalamanca.com/

http://ninjaflex.com/

http://ihasabucket.com/

http://corndogoncorndog.com/

http://www.oppositeofpoop.com/

http://giantbatfarts.com/

http://chickenonaraft.com/

http://www.nullingthevoid.com/

http://www.pleasedonate.biz/

http://www.itisamystery.com/

http://imaninja.com/

http://willthefuturebeaweso.me/

http://www.drunkronswanson.com/

http://salmonofcapistrano.com/

http://www.watermelonduck.com/

http://www.ooooiiii.com/

http://www.wwwdotcom.com/

http://www.ouaismaisbon.ch/

http://iamawesome.com/

http://beesbeesbees.com/

http://www.pleaselike.com/

http://crouton.net/

http://www.clicktoremove.com/

http://dastardlydigitofdestiny.com/

http://www.muchbetterthanthis.com/

http://www.nelson-haha.com/

http://www.wutdafuk.com/

http://colinsgiraffe.com/

http://trololololololololololo.com/

http://theshortanswer.com/

http://unicodesnowmanforyou.com/

http://www.patience-is-a-virtue.org/

Re:The Useless Web by jgv on Friday November 30, 2012 @01:55PM (#4854780)
a few of these are from artist rafael rozendaal. check his work out here http://newrafael.com
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Re:The Useless Web by tfb on Friday November 30, 2012 @04:41PM (#4855609)
Why would you post this on HN? Flagged. And for those of you who don't know, it's extremely NSFW.
Re:The Useless Web by cdmoyer on Saturday December 01, 2012 @05:58PM (#4859328)
Huh. What am I missing. I see a bunch of sfw images. Unless... Colors are not safe at your work.
Re:The Useless Web by recycleme on Friday November 30, 2012 @12:42PM (#4854337)
Re:The Useless Web by acomjean on Friday November 30, 2012 @05:59PM (#4855945)
I love superbad.

Its been around for a while, and with this reminder I see its been updated.

Re:The Useless Web by undergroundhero on Friday November 30, 2012 @03:31PM (#4855292)
Wow, I got lost in there.
Re:The Useless Web by mkenyon on Friday November 30, 2012 @02:07PM (#4854858)
Photosensitive Seizure Warning!

Wiggling your mouse at http://www.staggeringbeauty.com/ (one of the possible sites) will trigger it.

Re:The Useless Web by sktrdie on Friday November 30, 2012 @10:59AM (#4853747)
Interesting what the http://isitchristmas.com/ site is doing. It's using websockets. Anyone can figure it out?
Re:The Useless Web by jacquesm on Friday November 30, 2012 @01:59PM (#4854804)
I could have really used that in about '85 or so, unfortunately the web wasn't around.

Family relationships were at an all time low and I simply didn't realize the date and showed up for work. The security guard informed quite clearly that I wasn't supposed to be where I was (at my desk, debugging some crappy COBOL program). I was wondering if I'd gotten the time wrong, never once thought to check the date...

Re:The Useless Web by bobbijvoet on Friday November 30, 2012 @11:17AM (#4853835)
My console logs all people visiting the site, and also where they are from. The author also took the time to translate yes and no to various languages. I got 'Nee' for example, that's Dutch for no.
Re:The Useless Web by TazeTSchnitzel on Friday November 30, 2012 @03:32PM (#4855293)
Used the Chrome Inspector. Looks like mouse movement tracking. It's bi-directional too, I see the frames of mouse movement from other people. I think perhaps this was supposed to show fake cursors of other people on the site, but it isn't working?
Re:The Useless Web by halvsjur on Friday November 30, 2012 @04:02PM (#4855423)
That looks like it. Too bad there's no websocket support in Firebug.
Re:The Useless Web by majke on Friday November 30, 2012 @11:39AM (#4853952)
Whatever it does, it's using SockJS to do it :)
Re:The Useless Web by matteodepalo on Friday November 30, 2012 @12:06PM (#4854119)
Awesome, but it misses the epic http://nooooooooooooooo.com/
Re:The Useless Web by FigBug on Friday November 30, 2012 @06:27PM (#4856038)
I submitted my site: http://www.wasteaguid.info
Re:The Useless Web by jwmoz on Friday November 30, 2012 @12:13PM (#4854161)
Some of these are brilliant! http://heeeeeeeey.com/
Re:The Useless Web by TazeTSchnitzel on Friday November 30, 2012 @03:03PM (#4855151)
Re:The Useless Web by sdeyerle on Friday November 30, 2012 @10:51AM (#4853702)
Loved this one - http://heeeeeeeey.com/
Re:The Useless Web by magikbum on Friday November 30, 2012 @03:30PM (#4855291)
Re:The Useless Web by srhngpr on Friday November 30, 2012 @10:48PM (#4856763)
Re:The Useless Web by Stolpe on Friday November 30, 2012 @10:41AM (#4853632)
Ok, that's it. It's now officially f__k this s__t o'clock!
Re:The Useless Web by tommaxwell on Saturday December 01, 2012 @04:22AM (#4857206)
I just sat here for like two hours... Thanks.
Re:The Useless Web by tgrass on Friday November 30, 2012 @10:44AM (#4853659)
Posted in my fb feed. A huge hit.
Re:The Useless Web by jtl09 on Friday November 30, 2012 @10:48AM (#4853681)
it at least can spam your web browser's history mark