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Archive.org Deploys Macromedia Software Titles

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the rip-mix-burn dept.

Jon-Erik Hexum writes "Now at the internet archive, the new software section contains over 10,000 CD-ROM titles donated by Macromedia. In an interesting discussion, the Software Archive is struggling with deciding on the best method for preserving CD-ROM images for the long term."

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  1. Best CD-Rom backup system by br0ck · · Score: 5, Funny

    Punch cards!

    1. Re:Best CD-Rom backup system by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, too few people have punchcard readers.

      The real answer to backing up 10,000 CDs....

      555,556 Floppies!

      Everyone has a floppy drive.

  2. The obvious solution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should burn the CD images to CDs.

  3. Famous last words.. by gmuslera · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Hey! I have 10.000 CDs with software to share!"

  4. Introducing Slashdot Server Benchmarks by KoolDude · · Score: 5, Funny

    INTERNET Jan 29: Today Popular News Website Slashdot announced the Slashdot Server Benchmarking System. From their FAQ:

    How do we use your system ?
    We provide this service as a tool for analyzing the strength of your server. To use our service, simply pick up a random story from the internet and send it to us. We will post the story and the time taken to bring down your server is inversely proportional to the strength of your server. For best results, choose stories that contain evil news about M$, RIAA or USPTO. For advanced options...

     Slashdot demonstrated their system by posting links from Archive.org. The site was brought down in less than a minute. Many server manufacturers all over the world thanked Slashdot for providing such a wonderful service. "We see this as an opportunity to serve news to the world and testing our servers at the same time...", said Slash Dottroll, Product Manager at IBM Server Division.

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  5. Re:wow, already? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdotted? that's ok.. we'll just look up the page on archive.org..

    oh, wait.