20 Nov
2021
20 Nov
'21
8:40 a.m.
On 11/20/2021 10:47 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
All of the riches in the world did not prevent (and
may have actually
caused) the dilemma the LCM is in now. I am sure a lot of it will be saved
and probably most will be preserved but not all. And that's basically how
it is, history fades away, even the big things. It takes a lot of
foresight and teaching the young folks about the importance of learning
from the past.
One of these days I really need to write down the whole history of
AI.AI.MIT.EDU, MC, LSD, and how I had to rescue it not once, twice, but
three times from loading docks where it would have been put in the
trash. Each time I had to show up with a U-Hack to rescue it and find
another home where it would be "saved forever"....
That's why I wonder about it at LCM: I would so not be surprised if I
got a call from a trash company saying "Hey, we found this note in a
large pile of metal crap, can you be here in 12 hours so we don't have
to drag this thing to the dump? We're lazy and would appreciate the
beers more"
But what happens when I am dead? I can't be the guardian of that thing
forever....
CZ