Re: the idea of a Gopher Wayback machine

Daniel L <me-3VUXRT65e7tWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:53:40 -0800
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We don't have a right to be forgotten nor should we=2E We are only forgotte=
n as a product of time=2E But, one can peruse historical public records of =
long dead people and learn about them=2E=20

Beethoven's been dead since the 1820s=2E If one were interested, one could=
 learn about his complete life history and even read private letters he wro=
te - stuff considered private among civilized men - yet there it is=2E If o=
ld Ludwig were alive today I'm sure he would have alot to say about it=2E

A gopher wayback machine is overdue=2E Unfortunately, the heyday of univer=
sity systems are in the past=2E

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">We don't have a right to be forg=
otten nor should we=2E We are only forgotten as a product of time=2E But, o=
ne can peruse historical public records of long dead people and learn about=
 them=2E <br><br>Beethoven's been dead since the 1820s=2E If one were inter=
ested, one could learn about his complete life history and even read privat=
e letters he wrote - stuff considered private among civilized men - yet the=
re it is=2E If old Ludwig were alive today I'm sure he would have alot to s=
ay about it=2E<br><br>A gopher wayback machine is overdue=2E Unfortunately,=
 the heyday of university systems are in the past=2E<br><br>calcmandan<br>S=
ysop | Air &amp; Wave BBS<br>finger | calcmandan@bbs=2Eerb=2Epw</div><br><b=
r><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"auto">On November 18, 2025 12:10:5=
1 AM PST, cat Kalmar &lt;cat@b4udw3rk5=2Ecom&gt; wrote:</div><blockquote cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0=2E8ex; border-left: 1px =
solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<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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