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News Archive for December 21 to January 3, 1999 News is archived for reference purposes. URLs on the Internet change, so some of these links may no longer work.
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Happy holidays!56K.COM newsflashes are on vacation until January 4. Until then, enjoy our festive reindeer games. 1999: The Year in Slow Modem TextEver wonder why 56K.COM has those silly message at the top of the home page? The home page is one big table and takes a while to load on a slow modem connection. Solution: Slow Modem Text, a 56K.COM innovation that gives people something to read while the ads load. Read the best of 1999's Slow Modem Text, with explanations for the jokes you didn't get! A Brief History of the Millennium by Les JonesA recap of the significant events of the last 1,000 years by 56K.COM founder Les Jones, who amazingly wrote this without even cracking a book! As for the people who say that the year 2000 won't be the start of the millennium, we'd like to remind them that no one likes a know-it-all. Besides, if it's good enough for crazed wacko Y2K terrorists it's good enough for us. 
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