Originally Posted by siliconengineer
Yes, its been awhile, but surely not as long as what my welcome message says?
Welcome, siliconengineer.
You last visited: Jan 1, 70 at 12:00 am
Basically, the old forum software UBB did not store this information, so the new forum software vB has it set to the beginning of the UNIX epoch (one of the common methods used to store dates/times in computers). That usually comes up as Dec 31, 1969 or Jan 1, 1970.
If you're really curious, see these posts from the vBulletin site itself:
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18777
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50611