Subj : Highly profitable
To   : Boraxman
From : Kaelon
Date : Mon Jul 18 2022 03:16 pm

 Re: "Highly profitable" Bay S
 By: Boraxman to Kaelon on Mon Jul 18 2022 08:42 am

> So much data has already been lost.  Think of the early internet, how much
> of that is still around?  archive.org does a decent job, but good like
> finding some sites from the late 90's.

Complete agree.  While archive.org does a decent job - of that I agree - they are only really capturing a miniscule fraction of all webpages.  Think of the vast troves of really great sites (not to mention the countless crap-sites!) from Geocities, Lycos, HomeStead, etc.  Gone.  Completely.

Again, I channel a lot of the people that write about this sort of stuff and they beg, plead even, to just print everything out.  Photos.  Books.  Posts.  Whatever you care about, if you want it to survive for posterity, affix it to some physical format.

I cannot imagine that future generations will ever care to even try and unscramble the worthless ancient formats, even if they can get their hands on it.  The Digital Detritus will be swept away by failed sites and unarchived flotsam.
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-=: Kaelon :=-

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