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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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.

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Peter Garner
https://petergarner.net
gopher://petergarner.net
@[email protected]


> On 18 Nov 2025, at 08:11, cat Kalmar <[email protected]> wrote:
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> =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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> so I ask the list, what are your thoughts on the idea of a Gopher Wayback m=
achine?
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> regards
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> --
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"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>--&nbsp;<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=
 &lt;[email protected]&gt; 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 &nbsp;cat K.</span><br><span>=E2=96=88=E2=96=80=E2=96=84=E2=96=80=E2=96=84=
 &nbsp;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 &nbsp;+1 (929) 601-BAUD</span><br><span></span><br></div></bloc=
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