Comments on: Some information sticks around when it shouldn’t, while other information vanishes when it should remain

By: Mike-SMO

Mike-SMO — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 08:16:53 +0000

It isn’t obvious but persistent old links mean that someone is paying for server space. If something matters to you, save it locally so you will have it. Don’t expect someone else to do it and pay for it for your convenience.

Consider buying a printer and a used file cabinet. Yeak, I know. Indexing is a real pain.

By: David Whitewolf

David Whitewolf — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 01:22:20 +0000

David Foster, the domain at archive.com appears to be for sale, LOL https://sell.sawbrokers.com/domain/archive.com/

By: David Foster

David Foster — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:53:49 +0000

A big part of the problem is that media sites keep reorganizing themselves and make no attempt to use permalinks. Less of a problem for blogs; in that case, the main problem is that the whole blog disappears. Very often can be found on archive.com, though.

By: VXXC

VXXC — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 00:28:33 +0000

This a very interesting take.

“Future historians (if any survive, 2525) will label our current era as a dark age, because there will be no records of what happened.”

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 22:45:22 +0000

I don’t know if this blog is exactly Lindy, but I’ve done my best to maintain it for almost two decades!

By: Faze

Faze — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 22:16:11 +0000

Whenever Isegoria posts a long list of past links (as was done for Independence Day) I make a note to myself to check them all out when I have more time. Alas, when that day comes, I wonder if they’ll be there.

By: Bob Sykes

Bob Sykes — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 12:10:14 +0000

How many people remember recordings on magnetic wires, or punch cards, of 5 1/4 in floppies or…?

The history of the computer is the destruction and replacement of record making and keeping systems by newer ones that are not backward compatible. Computers destroy history. Future historians (if any survive, 2525) will label our current era as a dark age, because there will be no records of what happened.