What was that site?

[Jason Cross]

I remember some years ago reading a site, which is no longer around, that had questions answered by popular cartoon and game characters. CATS, Thundercleese, Master Onion, etc. Hell, I think it was made by a QT3er.

I wanted to relive the funny with the internet archive or something, but I can't for the life of me remember the site name or URL.

Help, QT3 hive mind!

[Matthew Gallant]

That was me.

http://www.truemeaningoflife.com/archive.html

Do me a favor and skip the first couple months.

[Jason Cross]

That's it! Thanks, Matt.

You know, a person could resurrect that with some nice modern software like Movable Type or whatever, throw in some google ads, and make a pretty nice sum of money.

What with reddit and digg and the gaming blogs eager to lap up whatever the latest meme is and stuff.

I know I would visit every day.

[Angie Gallant]

Fun fact: TMOL is the first hit on a google search for "cock hardening situation" (http://www.google.com/search?q=%22cock+hardening+situation%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a).

[Matthew Gallant]

That's it! Thanks, Matt.

You know, a person could resurrect that with some nice modern software like Movable Type or whatever, throw in some google ads, and make a pretty nice sum of money.

What with reddit and digg and the gaming blogs eager to lap up whatever the latest meme is and stuff.

I know I would visit every day.
It seems like a moral gray area to me-- using other people's characters to make money. It may (or may not) qualify as fair use, but I was doing it mostly because I enjoyed Forum 2000 and the Conversatron so much and thought it would be fun. It was! For a while.

Besides, while it seemed to be very attractive to a very niche audience, most people didn't care for it. I got linked on Penny Arcade on two separate occasions, and both times it was pretty much a one-day spike in traffic. Which didn't even crash my cheapo vhost plan.

[Adree]

It seems like a moral gray area to me-- using other people's characters to make money. It may (or may not) qualify as fair use, but I was doing it mostly because I enjoyed Forum 2000 and the Conversatron so much and thought it would be fun. It was! For a while.

Besides, while it seemed to be very attractive to a very niche audience, most people didn't care for it. I got linked on Penny Arcade on two separate occasions, and both times it was pretty much a one-day spike in traffic. Which didn't even crash my cheapo vhost plan.

Forum2000 was waaaaaay better!

[Alan Au]

Forum2000 was waaaaaay better!
The Gurus Respond:
http://truemeaningoflife.com/pictures/bb.jpgNonsense, Forum2000 is a derivative of True Meaning of Life. Report to Room 101 for re-education.

http://truemeaningoflife.com/pictures/seeker.jpgActually, it's the other way around. True Meaning of Life is a derivative of Forum2000.
http://truemeaningoflife.com/pictures/bb.jpgThat's what I said.
http://truemeaningoflife.com/pictures/lambek.jpgDid someone mention derivatives?


- Alan

[Adree]

Wasn't there a third one too?

[Not One Of Us]

Wasn't there a third one too?

The Hateatron.

[AndrewM]

Wasn't there a third one too?

Conversatron? Amazingly, there is actually a whole wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q&A_website) on these types of websites.

[Pogo]

FFS, I was going to go to sleep by qt4, and this discovery that TMOL has an archive is going to keep me up for at least another hour. I always loved reading this site, and plan to show it to my children, so keep that archive up for another 20 years or Matt, thanks.

[Wholly Schmidt]

Man, I loved me some conversatron.

[ScurvyPig]

http://truemeaningoflife.com/oldwisdom.php?topid=48495&responses=2

How the Hell did you snag Angie? You are a blessed man.

[Angie Gallant]

I helped. (http://truemeaningoflife.com/oldwisdom.php?topid=24099&responses=4)

[dwinn]

YES, BUT NOT FOR THE REASON YOU THINK.

[Alan Au]

YES, BUT NOT FOR THE REASON YOU THINK.
The Gurus Respond:
http://truemeaningoflife.com/pictures/v.gifYOUR CAPS LOCK KEY SEEMS TO BE BROKEN.
http://truemeaningoflife.com/pictures/master_onion.jpgOh, like you're one to talk.
- Alan

[salwon]

It's freshman year all over again. I blame TMOL directly for my first semester GPA.