Re: the idea of a Gopher Wayback machine
"Peter Garner (iPad)" <peter-rhiB5HENLzZBb/[email protected]> Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:05:17 +0000
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--Apple-Mail-8006A117-D456-4EF9-9983-AFE812C807AC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I like the sound of that! I assume we'd need a gopher crawler script, and would that rely on a central= list of gopherholes? Would it collect just the actual gopher resource line,= or the underlying file it referenced? It's definitely needed though - I feel I have a lot of "stuff" that's been r= escued and was hard to find in the first place. --=20 Peter Garner https://petergarner.net gopher://petergarner.net @[email protected] > On 18 Nov 2025, at 08:11, cat Kalmar <[email protected]> wrote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BFa little way back (see what I did there?) I brought up the idea o= f a Gopher Wayback machine to Bitreich's 20h in the hopes of bullying him in= to action and it didn't go as expected. I wasn't thinking he'd do it, he's b= usy and I wasn't asking nicely. >=20 > what surprised me is he thought the idea was wrong and dumb. he didn't lik= e the idea of recording Gopher history in that way and talked about a right t= o be forgotten. >=20 > I'm on the opposite side of the fence, I feel like history is more importa= nt than that right, and if you publish something publicly then you do so kno= wing that you absolve yourself of that right. >=20 > so I ask the list, what are your thoughts on the idea of a Gopher Wayback m= achine? >=20 >=20 > regards >=20 > -- > =E2=96=88=E2=96=84=E2=96=80=E2=96=84=E2=96=80 cat K. > =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 >=20 --Apple-Mail-8006A117-D456-4EF9-9983-AFE812C807AC Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html class=3D"apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equi= v=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body dir=3D= "auto">I like the sound of that!<div><br></div><div>I assume we'd need a gop= her crawler script, and would that rely on a central list of gopherholes? Wo= uld it collect just the actual gopher resource line, or the underlying file i= t referenced?</div><div><br></div><div>It's definitely needed though - I fee= l I have a lot of "stuff" that's been rescued and was hard to find in the fi= rst place.</div><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><br></div>-- <div><br></div>= <div><b>Peter Garner</b></div><div>https://petergarner.net</div><div>gopher:= //petergarner.net</div><div><span style=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 2= 55, 0);">@[email protected]</span></div><div><br></div></div><div di= r=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On 18 Nov 2025, at 08:11, cat Kalmar= <[email protected]> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type= =3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<span>a little way back (see what I did t= here?) I brought up the idea of a Gopher Wayback machine to Bitreich's 20h i= n the hopes of bullying him into action and it didn't go as expected. I wasn= 't thinking he'd do it, he's busy and I wasn't asking nicely.</span><br><spa= n></span><br><span>what surprised me is he thought the idea was wrong and du= mb. he didn't like the idea of recording Gopher history in that way and talk= ed about a right to be forgotten.</span><br><span></span><br><span>I'm on th= e opposite side of the fence, I feel like history is more important than tha= t right, and if you publish something publicly then you do so knowing that y= ou absolve yourself of that right.</span><br><span></span><br><span>so I ask= the list, what are your thoughts on the idea of a Gopher Wayback machine?</= span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>regards</span><br><span></s= pan><br><span>-- </span><br><span>=E2=96=88=E2=96=84=E2=96=80=E2=96=84=E2=96= =80 cat K.</span><br><span>=E2=96=88=E2=96=80=E2=96=84=E2=96=80=E2=96=84= B 4 U D W 3 R K 5 _</span><br><span>=E2=96=84=E2=96=84=E2=96=80=E2=96= =80=E2=96=80 +1 (929) 601-BAUD</span><br><span></span><br></div></bloc= kquote></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-8006A117-D456-4EF9-9983-AFE812C807AC--