Re: the idea of a Gopher Wayback machine

Daniel L <me-3VUXRT65e7tWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:38:31 -0800
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I have this bookmarked, a kinda sorta wayback machine: gopher://mozz=2Eus/1=
/wayback

When it comes to public information I agree=2E The normal internet has a w=
ayback machine so I don't see the rationale behind exempting gopherspace=2E=
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calcmandan
sysop | Air & Wave BBS
finger | calcmandan@bbs=2Eerb=2Epw


On November 18, 2025 12:10:51 AM PST, cat Kalmar <cat@b4udw3rk5=2Ecom> wro=
te:
>a little way back (see what I did there?) I brought up the idea of a Goph=
er Wayback machine to Bitreich's 20h in the hopes of bullying him into acti=
on and it didn't go as expected=2E I wasn't thinking he'd do it, he's busy =
and I wasn't asking nicely=2E
>
>what surprised me is he thought the idea was wrong and dumb=2E he didn't =
like the idea of recording Gopher history in that way and talked about a ri=
ght to be forgotten=2E
>
>I'm on the opposite side of the fence, I feel like history is more import=
ant than that right, and if you publish something publicly then you do so k=
nowing that you absolve yourself of that right=2E
>
>so I ask the list, what are your thoughts on the idea of a Gopher Wayback=
 machine?
>
>
>regards
>
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<html><head></head><body><div dir=3D"auto">I have this bookmarked, a kinda =
sorta wayback machine: gopher://mozz=2Eus/1/wayback<br><br>When it comes to=
 public information I agree=2E The normal internet has a wayback machine so=
 I don't see the rationale behind exempting gopherspace=2E <br><br>calcmand=
an<br>sysop | Air &amp; Wave BBS<br>finger | calcmandan@bbs=2Eerb=2Epw<br><=
/div><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"auto">On November 18, 2=
025 12:10:51 AM PST, cat Kalmar &lt;cat@b4udw3rk5=2Ecom&gt; wrote:</div><bl=
ockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0=2E8ex; border=
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<pre class=3D"k9mail"><div dir=3D"auto">a little way back (see what I did =
there?) I brought up the idea of a Gopher Wayback machine to Bitreich's 20h=
 in the hopes of bullying him into action and it didn't go as expected=2E I=
 wasn't thinking he'd do it, he's busy and I wasn't asking nicely=2E<br><br=
>what surprised me is he thought the idea was wrong and dumb=2E he didn't l=
ike the idea of recording Gopher history in that way and talked about a rig=
ht to be forgotten=2E<br><br>I'm on the opposite side of the fence, I feel =
like history is more important than that right, and if you publish somethin=
g publicly then you do so knowing that you absolve yourself of that right=
=2E<br><br>so I ask the list, what are your thoughts on the idea of a Gophe=
r Wayback machine?<br><br><br>regards<br><br></div></pre></blockquote></div=
></body></html>
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