25 Sep
2004
25 Sep
'04
4:46 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ashley Carder" <wacarder(a)usit.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 3:28 AM
Subject: RE: archiving as opposed to backing up
people
On Wed, 22 Sep 2004, Teo Zenios wrote:
Sellam > Well, I for one would be beyond thrilled to see pictures of To me archives should be made up of just the
important stuff,
if we didn't
find it important enough to save it, people 1000
years from now
will think
it is even less important. Who wants to dig
through a trillion
pictures of
> everyone's pre school finger paintings in an archive our parents put
> together 1000 years from now? and
Sellam > places and things from 1000 years ago.
The past, the present, and the future are all part of
one continuous,
never ending story. It's up to us to preserve things for those who
come after us. It's up to those who come after us to determine what
they are interested in from the things we leave.
I suppose I've rambled again......
Ashley
It comes as no great surprise to find that people on this list dedicated to
preserving old computers should also preserve other old items.
When they get around to refining the theory of evolution , they may find
that the people on this list are descended not from the ape but from the
squirrel. :^)
Geoff.