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Astrophysics Data System (2002)
Y2K compliant.
- Cost
- 2 RAM
- Power
- 3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Family
- Search
- Era
- Dot-com (1999 to 2002)
- Collection
- The Establishment
What it does
On reveal: +3 Power to a random card in your hand.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 2 RAM to play and brings 3 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Search cards grow with the friends in their lane, and some draw you cards.
The site, in 2002
A search portal for astronomy and physics papers, run for NASA by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
A proof of concept in 1988 held just 40 papers. Its web service launched in early 1994 and quadrupled the number of active users in five weeks. It now holds over 15 million records, including every arXiv e-print.
In 2002: Its records had moved to XML in 2000, when its scans already covered 138,789 articles.
Dot-com era, 1999 to 2002. Glossy buttons, big money and a bug called Y2K. Some of these companies were worth billions for about a fortnight.
The Establishment: Governments, universities, libraries and archives. Very official.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2002 page.
Put it on your site
Run Astrophysics Data System, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 2002. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2002, then plays a short scene. Want Astrophysics Data System in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
