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The Old Net

If you set your HTTP proxy to theoldnet.com with port 1999, and add an exclusion for web.archive.org, then all your web pages will come from 1999, via the Wayback Machine. You can pick a different year by changing the port.

Example

$http_proxy=theoldnet.com:1996 no_proxy=web.archive.org curl http://nintendo.com

Source

LeoPanthera. (2024, January 19). Comment on ‘Surf the web like it’s 1999’ [Comment]. Hacker News. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39058806

Recusal

Recusal motions for judicial bias were unknown at common law in England, and none would exist in federal courts until 1911. There was no standard of appearance of partiality, and none would exist in federal courts until 1974.

Source

Reginald Alleyne. (2003). Arbitrators’ Fees: The Dagger in the Heart of Mandatory Arbitration for Statutory Discrimination Claims. 6. page 35-37