You know, if its a list of one item, its not really a list, so there is no need to pretend to footnote. This silly over-use of citation markup when it is completely unneeded adds to the smarmy faux-studiousness of comments on HN.

Just say Apr 2004, according to Wikipedia, was a long time ago. Don't pretend to use extra markup, don't imply a list of citations where there isn't one, and don't make a sentence for a human look like its been formatted for a computer.

If you're so concerned about the waste of space represented by two "[1]"s, why'd you waste so much space typing this?

>if its a list of one item, its not really a list

unless you're a programmer.

Yes. If you're a programmer, even lists with zero elements shouldn't bother you.

I have no idea what that is supposed to mean. Or what it has to do with what I said.

I've been a user of Gmail since it entered beta. What's your point exactly?

If you have something to say, say it, don't be smug by linking to a wikipedia entry for Gmail, as though I don't already know what year it was created.

His not so subtle point is that it's been 10 years since Gmail, and if that was the last successful non-bundled product, that was a long time ago.

> I have no idea what that is supposed to mean. Or what it has to do with what I said.

Look at the comment you replied to:

> When was the last time ...

You brought up a VERY old product and he called you out.