An IM with repeating <h1><br> tags until you hit the character limit was good fo...

WillyF on April 12, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: What hacking AOL taught a generation of programmer...

An IM with repeating <h1><br> tags until you hit the character limit was good for about 30 seconds of lag/freezing on the Mac client. 10 of those in fast succession would pretty much make you have to restart your computer.