In case anyone was wondering what the service was:
"It was a web site where sellers offered items for sale at fixed prices. The items available on half.com are limited to books, textbooks, music, movies, video games, and video game consoles."[0]
It curiously is also the reason why a town in Oregon was named "Half.com" for an entire year in '99[1]. Man, those dot-com days...
Hahaha that's the best 99 throwback I've seen a long time! Funny part is the web is just as influential as they thought it would be someday, just in a different way than many expected.
Seems like the hype cycle brings out all the crackpots. Once everything explodes businesses come in and start welding the pieces to existing processes. That's when most of the real potential is realized.
Seems like the hype cycle brings out all the crackpots. Once everything explodes businesses come in and start welding the pieces to existing processes. That's when most of the real potential is realized.