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Word: edt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...example, at "Mon Oct 25 17:35:22 EDT 1999", did "bob53" ph "aasmith"? (All the usernames from here on in have been replaced with pseudo-usernames). What did "minitrof" have to ytalk about with "emclurm" yesterday afternoon? They were chatting for an awfully long time. Does "dewed" have a secret crush on "prinik"? Or is such repeated use of the finger command signify something more benign...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, | Title: Digital Voyeurism | 10/27/1999 | See Source »

Server problems brought down eBay's online auctions for more than five hours Monday, making it impossible to post bids or new auction items from roughly 8:30 a.m. EDT to 2 p.m. EDT. The outage affected nearly two million on-going auctions, and is just the latest in a string of service snafus that have marked the length of eBay's hyper-growth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: eBay Crash Halts Bidding for Five Hours | 5/4/1999 | See Source »

Just the past Friday eBay experienced similar server problems, with auctions down for two hours (5:30 p.m. EDT to 7:30 p.m. EDT). Early eBay users are accustomed to service interruptions but millions of newer arrivals were left wondering if online auctions really are ready for prime-time. Furious users vented in online message boards like Auction Watch, while Kevin Pursglove, senior director for communications at eBay, told press, "We are always concerned when we have any downtime on the site... We are trying to respond as quickly as we can." On its own announcement board, eBay posted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: eBay Crash Halts Bidding for Five Hours | 5/4/1999 | See Source »

...that, details get sketchy: The pilot reported smoke in the cockpit less than an hour after taking off from JFK; the plane dumped fuel over Novia Scotia and seemed to be preparing for an emergency landing at Halifax airport; it plunged into the ocean shortly after 9:30 p.m. EDT. Swissair quickly ruled out the possibility of a terrorist attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Crash That Shocked an Industry | 9/3/1998 | See Source »

...Free of explicit sex. Free of senseless violence. Free of foul language.? Cynics might add ?Free of profits,? but just in case I?m wrong, remember this for future trivia games: PAX TV?s first program is a sanitized ?Today? show called ?Great Day America.? It starts at noon EDT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tomorrow's News: Monday, August 31 | 8/28/1998 | See Source »

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