12 Jun
2015
12 Jun
'15
7:41 a.m.
It's too bad that I catch myself thinking this so frequently these days,
but "thank goodness I got mine" ... before the scene blew up... I guess the
good times of just pulling carloads of cool stuff out of the dumpster for
nothing couldn't go on forever... I do tend to agree; at least it's getting
preserved; but it's a shame if the financial barrier to entry to the hobby
is keeping potentially interested & enthusiastic people away... Like you,
I'd rather see someone playing with the machine; taking it apart; fooling
around; not having it just sit there in a glass case or being just another
addition to some guy's hoard who just has to have it all...
Best,
Sean
On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 2:48 AM, Ian S. King <isking at uw.edu> wrote:
The down side is that some historically significant
artifacts will be
purchased by rich twits who will stick them in a closet or a display case.
The up side is that those same artifacts didn't go to the skip, as they did
all too often, all too recently. And history demonstrates that they will
come back out of those closets (or garages, in the case of vintage
automobiles and motorcycles) and end up in the hands of preservationists.
We're seeing a tipping point where at least some people are beginning to
see the urgency of preserving our digital *hardware* legacy, even if profit
is the driver. As I said, it's not going into a dumpster.... -- Ian
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 3:24 AM, Kevin Parker <trash80 at internode.on.net>
wrote:
May be of interest to some list members -
appeared in the Sydney Morning
Herald Digital Life section yesterday.
Unfortunately I'm not one of the big spenders.
I know the story about the $200,000 Apple has got a fair airing but some
of
the other numbers being quoted here frighten me.
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/discarded-apple-i-worth
-us200000-collectors-pay-big-money-for-old-tech-20150610-ghfmlu.html
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Kevin Parker
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The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu>
Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org>
Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org>
University of Washington
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