14 Sep
2006
14 Sep
'06
5:36 p.m.
Interesting article in yesterday's LA Times about fading bits and software.
I think many of you, especially software archivists, would find it on topic
and interesting.
Billy
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/columnone/la-fi-archive13sep13,1,109
2621.story?coll=la-headlines-columnone&ctrack=1&cset=true
14 Sep
14 Sep
6:06 p.m.
On 9/14/2006 at 2:36 PM Billy Pettit wrote:
Interesting article in yesterday's LA Times about
fading bits and
software.
I think many of you, especially software archivists, would find it on
topic
and interesting.
I wonder how Jaron Lanier feels about being immortalized by the LA Times as
"Jason Lanier"? :)
I've often thought that although we're generating a lot of knowledge, we're
holding it in a leaky bucket. The fact that the only avenue for
dissemination for much of it is on the internet is even more of a problem.
I've got lots of old bookmarks to sites with valuable information that have
long vanished from the web.
Cheers,
Chuck
6:53 p.m.
At 03:06 PM 9/14/2006 -0700, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 9/14/2006 at 2:36 PM Billy Pettit wrote:
Oh, this is so weird. Not 45 seconds after reading this email, a magazine
addressed to my son showed up, with a column titled "Jaron's World." This
issue's column was "The Murder of Mystery: How Silicon Valley joined the
superstitious fringe as the enemy of open inquiry. "
The magazine is called Discover: Science, Technology, and the Future.
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broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to
restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for
his actions. --Ronald Reagan
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Interesting article in yesterday's LA Times
about fading bits and
software.
I think many of you, especially software archivists, would find it on
topic
and interesting.
I wonder how Jaron Lanier feels about being immortalized by the LA Times as
"Jason Lanier"? :)
I've often thought that although we're generating a lot of knowledge, we're
holding it in a leaky bucket. The fact that the only avenue for
dissemination for much of it is on the internet is even more of a problem.
I've got lots of old bookmarks to sites with valuable information that have
long vanished from the web. 
8:20 p.m.
On Thursday 14 September 2006 06:06 pm, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I've often thought that although we're
generating a lot of knowledge, we're
holding it in a leaky bucket.
Nice descriptive phrase there...
The fact that the only avenue for dissemination for
much of it is on the
internet is even more of a problem. I've got lots of old bookmarks to sites
with valuable information that have long vanished from the web.
That's why when I want to keep some info I normally tend to make a local
archival copy of the pages in question. Which is also why I really need to
get around to installing another HD in my server... :-)
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