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my guess would be that it's because you have to sign up to read the article.

Yes, although it's strangely inconsistent. Usually I see that but occasionally I don't.

(nice to see you still commenting here btw!)

hey, thanks for remembering the oldtimers!!

I check in often, but don't comment much anymore.

That's actually a fair point. The good thing is that archive.is works on their site now.