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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------0MJGUNRVC9V0TFYCKIT0VHCHN55V8E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 > >--=20 >=E2=96=88=E2=96=84=E2=96=80=E2=96=84=E2=96=80 cat K=2E >=E2=96=88=E2=96=80=E2=96=84=E2=96=80=E2=96=84 B 4 U D W 3 R K 5 _ >=E2=96=84=E2=96=84=E2=96=80=E2=96=80=E2=96=80 +1 (929) 601-BAUD > ------0MJGUNRVC9V0TFYCKIT0VHCHN55V8E Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <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 & 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 <cat@b4udw3rk5=2Ecom> 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> ------0MJGUNRVC9V0TFYCKIT0VHCHN55V8E--