Found this old copy of my Netscape home page in the internet wayback machine archives. This one was from around 2000. There's an older one or two - but the wayback machine seems to start in 1996, and it took a couple of years for weblinks to spread enough that the crawlers could get out to the edges. Also, on the real early pages, the crawlers didn't try to save images, so you can't see much.
That's OK, I've got some even older home pages on disk that I might dredge up one of these days. I think the oldest HTML page I've got is from around 1994. For your information, before 1994 the 'web' was a buggy program from Switzerland which had three or four worldwide links. 'Home page' had yet to enter the vocabulary. I don't know if resurrecting any of these ancient scrolls would serve any useful purpose.
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"...stupid creatures unworthy of the name `sophonts.' Foolish, pre-sentient
upspring of errant masters. We slip away from all your armed might, laughing
at your clumsiness! We slip away as we always will, you pathetic creatures.
And now that we have a real head start, you'll never catch us! What better
proof that the Progenitors favor not you, but us! What better proof..."
The taunt went on. Krat listened, enraged, yet at the same time savoring
the artistry of it. These men are better than I'd thought. Their insults
are wordy and overblown, but they have talent. They deserve honorable, slow
deaths.
- David Brin, Startide Rising
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