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We're In Danger of Losing Our Memories
Hugh Pickens writes "The chief executive of the British Library, Lynne Brindley, says that our cultural heritage is at risk as the Internet evolves and technologies become obsolete, and that historians and citizens face a 'black hole' in the knowledge base of the 21st century unless urgent action is taken to preserve websites and other digital records. For example, when Barack Obama was inaugurated as US president last week, all traces of George W. Bush disappeared from the White House website. There were more than 150 websites relating to the 2000 Olympics in Sydney that vanished instantly at the end of the games and are now stored only by the National Library of Australia. 'If websites continue to disappear in the same way as those on President Bush and the Sydney Olympics... the memory of the nation disappears too,' says Brindley. The library plans to create a comprehensive archive of material from the 8M .uk domain websites, and also is organizing a collecting and archiving project for the London 2012 Olympics. 'The task of capturing our online intellectual heritage and preserving it for the long term falls, quite rightly, to the same libraries and archives that have over centuries systematically collected books, periodicals, newspapers, and recordings...'" Over the years we've discussed various aspects of this archiving problem.
So, it seems from your current moderation, and that of the grandparent post, you've been proven wrong.
Will you admit your mistake, or is it deja vu all over again?
I dunno how I feel about Reagan. Wasn't really old enough when he was POTUS. I do know that all of the incessant hero worship of him turns me off. It just doesn't seem to be keeping in with our Republican (no, not the party) virtues and by all accounts is not what Reagan himself would have wanted.
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
Let's see where it's at in a few days before we form any opinions. Besides, what mistake? All I said was "how much you wanna bet" ;) I guess it's a good thing I didn't bet the life savings :P
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
Why do you want to be persecuted so badly?
Maybe it's my Native American/Jewish/Polish blood? ;) Yeah, I'm a mutt of oppressed races. Of course I've got some German in me too so that kind of makes up for a bit ;)
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
After the Daily Show used their deneuralizer on us all last week, I don't know who this "George W. Bush" is that you're talking about? Is that some frat boy from Yale?
Any chance I can get them to neuralyze me so I can accept the socialist crap being shoved down my throat by a certain little Obama administration a little easier?
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