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| − | The '''Internets Service Team''' (IST) is a group of [[Internet Relay Chat]] (IRC) users dedicated to bringing you, the user, the best in Internets Experience.
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| − | The IST technically existed as early as the mid-1990's, when the present-day "members" had each individually discovered the internet and its myriad wonders. Eventually coalescing within a specific unnamed EFNet channel, the group consisted of mostly unproductive teenagers with more talent than the kids they knew in everyday life. General boredom, extensive late-night IRC use, an interest in website development, and the desire to make a buck off of the internet are the common bonds shared by those even remotely aligned with the IST concept today.
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| − | == History ==
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| − | The name "Internets Service Team" was coined after it was discovered that frequent sightings of an IRC client with the nickname <code>carl_</code> and a dynamic-appearing host matching <code>*.internetsserviceteam.com</code> were actually visitations from a honeypot -- a bot which was intended to catch spam and virus spreading bots -- set up by the xs4all network. An eventual curious whois lookup revealed that the bot had actually been given a hostname with a domain that did not exist. [[Max]] then registered it, and from this action the concept of an IST was born. It is reasonable to assume that Max regrets this no less than having created YTMND itself.
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| − | == Projects ==
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| − | Since approximately 1995, the IST have birthed several one-hit wonders and projects, almost all of which are considered spectacular failures by someone or another. The projects are generally developed by a single person with little or no outside help, but there have been occasions where another "member" will assist in development (and quite possibly break something). [[clay]] is well established as a source of inspiration for all.
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| − | [[Yourethemannowdog.com|You're the Man Now, Dog!]], [[YTMND-O-MATIC]] and [[YTMND]], [[disgu.st]] and the [http://weblog.disgu.st/ disgu.st weblog], [http://www.dustindiamond.com dustindiamond.com] and the pr0n-o-matic, are the creations of [[Max]]. He owns the internetsserviceteam.com domain, on which an official corporate web page[http://www.internetsserviceteam.com/] can be found.
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| − | Other projects include [[dickcream.com]] by [[sodae]], the [http://trolldb.com/ troll database] by [[mef]], a now-defunct quote database and the thread-is-dead killer vB plugin by [[jon]].
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| − | == Membership ==
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| − | The group is essentially a social network, at best. There is no formal membership.
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| − | == External Links ==
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| − | * [http://www.internetsserviceteam.com/ Internets Service Team]
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| − | * [http://dickcream.com/ dickcream.com]
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| − | * [http://weblog.disgu.st/ disgu.st weblog]
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| − | * [http://www.dustindiamond.com dustindiamond.com]
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| − | [[Category:YTMND culture]]
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| − | [[Category:YTMND history]]
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