# Anybody remember the website that promised no updates. Is it still there? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 6, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-the-website-that-promised-no-updates-is-it-still-there/756657 "2016-06-06T14:46:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-the-website-that-promised-no-updates-is-it-still-there/756657/1 "2016-06-06T14:46:08Z")
I remember a website, I think in the late 90s or so that had as it’s gimmick that it was an unchanging area of the internet, as everywhere else was being updated and changed, this would be one spot that you could be sure would remain unchanging. Amongst other things, they had a few celebrity pictures, and gave the disclaimer that if they were sued for stealing the pictures they would take them down and steal some more but other than that they wouldn’t change anything. Anybody remember this site, is it still there, has it changed at all? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-the-website-that-promised-no-updates-is-it-still-there/756657/2 "2016-06-06T15:46:38Z")
Fixed typos in thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-the-website-that-promised-no-updates-is-it-still-there/756657/3 "2016-06-06T20:21:07Z")
I’m pretty sure the [Space Jam web site](http://www.warnerbros.com/archive/spacejam/movie/jam.htm) hasn’t been updated for the last 20 years. Check it out! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-the-website-that-promised-no-updates-is-it-still-there/756657/4 "2016-06-06T20:55:13Z")
I think it was called “The Abandoned Pages”, but I’m not finding it on Google. It was an early Weird Earl’s; you might find it there. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-the-website-that-promised-no-updates-is-it-still-there/756657/5 "2016-06-06T21:32:55Z")
The [Really Big Button That Doesn’t Do Anything](http://stefangagne.com/spatulacity/button.htm) was one of the first websites I remember seeing, and it hasn’t been updated since 1999. It still doesn’t do anything. ---
**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-the-website-that-promised-no-updates-is-it-still-there/756657/6 "2016-06-07T01:00:38Z")
The Space Jam website is very close to the beginning; 1996. I first used a browser in 1995 (don’t remember which one), but the web was very small in those days. One of my favorites was '\‘s Worst of the Web’. The owner would browse for badly designed websites. Bob ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-the-website-that-promised-no-updates-is-it-still-there/756657/7 "2016-06-07T01:58:34Z")
Just looking at those old pages, eeeek!! Simple repeating-pattern non-scrolling .jpg backgrounds, frames, bright blue constantly highlighted hyperlinks, and GIFs GIFs GIFs everywhere you look\*!!!\* ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-the-website-that-promised-no-updates-is-it-still-there/756657/8 "2016-06-07T02:09:15Z")
[Zombo.com](http://zombo.com) is still just as I remember it from years and years ago. And still a good time for those that remember the days of the web gold rush. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-the-website-that-promised-no-updates-is-it-still-there/756657/9 "2016-06-07T02:30:05Z")
While others have found examples of unmaintained websites, I don’t think that’s quite what the OP is looking for. He’s looking for one specific site, which had as its entire schtick the notion that it would be deliberately left unmaintained. ---
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-the-website-that-promised-no-updates-is-it-still-there/756657/10 "2016-06-07T02:36:42Z")
[Fourmilab](https://www.fourmilab.ch/) is still active, but stylistically clings to the 90s. ([1999 archived page](https://web.archive.org/web/19981212025040/http://www.fourmilab.ch/)) ---
**Author:** ![MikeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-the-website-that-promised-no-updates-is-it-still-there/756657/11 "2016-06-07T02:39:17Z")
> [@urban1a](#): > > One of my favorites was '\‘s Worst of the Web’. The owner would browse for badly designed websites. That would be [Mirsky’s Worst of the Web.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirsky%27s_Worst_of_the_Web) I have no idea why I remember that. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-the-website-that-promised-no-updates-is-it-still-there/756657/12 "2016-06-07T05:00:57Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > The [Really Big Button That Doesn’t Do Anything](http://stefangagne.com/spatulacity/button.htm) was one of the first websites I remember seeing, and it hasn’t been updated since 1999. It still doesn’t do anything. At least in my browser, it refreshes the page.