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Dutch City Fears Loss of Pornography Archive

Posted by samzenpus on from the oh-the-humnaity dept.

The Dutch city of Leeuwarden has lost the municipal pornography archive and officials fear it may be gone forever. A spokesman for the city said the collection may have been taken home "accidentally" by an employee or visitor. "We're hoping that someone will say 'Hey, I have that in my attic' and bring it back," he said Thursday. "No questions asked." Leeuwarden shouldn't be too upset. I've found it a good practice to get rid of your porn archive and rebuild every 6 months or so.

61 comments

  1. Sounds like AnonIB... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "HAI GAUYZ I DEL ALL MY PR0N CUZ MY MOM MITE FIND IT CAN U PLZ UPLOAD ALL UR STUFFZ 2 RAPIDSHARE!?!??! asdasdasdasd

  2. In other news... by ptomblin · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news, Dutch cities have their own porn archives!

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    1. Re:In other news... by stephanruby · · Score: 2, Informative

      We do too, if you live in the US. Depending on which State/Country/jurisdiction you live in, porno actors are often registered with our government, certified to be above a certain age, tested for STDs, and must often include samples of their work to make sure that no underage lookalike takes over their identity.

    2. Re:In other news... by ciderVisor · · Score: 1

      samples of their work

      Eeeewwwwwww !!!

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    3. Re:In other news... by Barryke · · Score: 1

      A dutch newspaper states "City's are obligated to archive their history. Pornography included."

      I'm dutch, didn't know. But beleive its a good thing they archive everything though. Imagine how much wiser we where if they did that from the start. (say ~10.000 years ago)

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  3. Oh Noez! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Tubgirl...

    She's... gone!

    1. Re:Oh Noez! by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 2, Funny

      She's the Ouroboros who just couldn't quite connect.

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  4. Disbelief by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I haz it.

  5. The stuff! by grantek · · Score: 4, Funny

    why oh why couldn't they have learned their lesson about backups and data availability with something silly like credit card information!?

    1. Re:The stuff! by swahebrumaf · · Score: 1

      why oh why couldn't they have learned their lesson about backups and data availability with something silly like credit card information!?

      In Leeuwarden they don't speak English that well. When they were reading the backup manual, they translated "back up" into "pick up". Anyway, it's not such a stupid thought, as this collection was so big, it fitted in a shoe box. So I think this was an old-school collection, you know, printed on paper and stuff.

  6. here's an idea... by MoFoQ · · Score: 3, Funny

    they can borrow mine!

    1. Re:here's an idea... by iamangry · · Score: 1

      Mine too! It's the duty of all freedom loving citizens of the world to come together in this time of great crisis and help our Dutch friends in need! Just do us a favor and return those drives unstained please!

  7. !IdleIsPants by Jon.Laslow · · Score: 4, Funny

    After all, this article is about the lack-thereof.

  8. Cloud Computing by ralf1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Taking a page from the major IT thought leaders I have moved my porn to the cloud - all of it is on BitTorrent.

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    1. Re:Cloud Computing by snowgirl · · Score: 1

      Taking a page from the major IT thought leaders I have moved my porn to the cloud - all of it is on BitTorrent.

      What are you going to do when Bittorrent collapses from The Pirate Bay servers going offline?

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    2. Re:Cloud Computing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      Use cheggit or empornium *cough*

    3. Re:Cloud Computing by shermo · · Score: 1

      That's a really unfortunate signature under the current circumstances.

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  9. Times have changed by Locke2005 · · Score: 5, Funny

    In my day, this was referred to as "that stack of skin mags on the coffee table". Now it's called "a municipal pornography archive"?
    Krikke said the bulk of the archive had been assembled by a "fanatic" curator at the historical center.
    I don't know why, but for some reason the phrase "too much time on his hands" comes to mind...

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    1. Re:Times have changed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      There's bound to be too much something on his hands, but I don't think its just time.

    2. Re:Times have changed by Briareos · · Score: 1

      What a wanker!

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    3. Re:Times have changed by Teun · · Score: 1

      Mr. Krikke, presently in charge of the town's archive, has an appropriate name.
      In Dutch a krik is a jack and krikke(n) is the verb...

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  10. That's not a bad thing by morgauo · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's a great thing... An excuse to make a new one!
    Wait right there, I'm grabbing my camera and plane tickets!

  11. It's obvious what happened by Locke2005 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The mayor's mom came in and cleaned under his bed!

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  12. Only one? by jep77 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why on earth would you only have ONE copy of something that important...
    Maybe it just wasn't very good...

    1. Re:Only one? by sumdumass · · Score: 1

      Everyone kept getting distracted when making backups and for those that succeeded, they were afraid to touch afterwords.

    2. Re:Only one? by jep77 · · Score: 1

      Ew

    3. Re:Only one? by phoenix321 · · Score: 2, Informative

      If you've ever been to the Netherlands, you'd know by now that there are almost no taboos in PORN there.

      - animals
      - feces
      - families
      - furries
      - adult babies

      To be precise:
      - everything except underage kids
      (this was declared illegal because of international pressure in the 1970s or so)

      So, just let me say: whatever there was in this collection, most people probably would not want to see it even if they were paid to. Really. Dutch sex shops have open windows and are running advertising and sample videos in TVs viewable by anyone. And these videos include all of the aforementioned abominations. I used to call my self tolerant and openminded, but this... EWWWWWWWW

    4. Re:Only one? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If you've ever been to the Netherlands, you'd know by now that there are almost no taboos in PORN there.

      - animals
      - feces
      - families
      - furries
      - adult babies

      To be precise:
      - everything except underage kids

      And 99% of that porn is produced in..... the USA.

  13. The British response is predictable by Locke2005 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "What a bunch of wankers!"

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  14. Sticky Situation by ForrestFire439 · · Score: 1

    A sticky situation indeed...

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  15. It has all been returned... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Except fot the two best pics. They somehow got stuck together.

  16. Poor quality porn? by Atari400 · · Score: 3, Informative

    As a resident of The Netherlands, I have to remark that it can't have been that good if it's taken 30+ years to go missing.

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    1. Re:Poor quality porn? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Well it is their local Frisian porn and you know the cows there are prettier then the girls.

  17. This brings up something interesting. by iamwhoiamtoday · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Pornography has been around for ages, and I mean: since man figured out how to draw stuff. [citation needed]

    Where are the records? I, for one, would think that older porn should be preserved. What about the porn flicks from the 50s? what about the really old playboy magazines? There really should be a "world wide foundation for the preservation of Pornography" Some would argue that it's "History" or "Art."

    1. Re:This brings up something interesting. by sketerpot · · Score: 2, Interesting

      It's valuable for sociologists, if nothing else. See how porn evolved over the years!

    2. Re:This brings up something interesting. by frosty_tsm · · Score: 1

      I wonder if some of the classic works of art would fall into this category. By today's standards, they are very mild. But for back then, I bet they would qualify.

    3. Re:This brings up something interesting. by transporter_ii · · Score: 1

      On one end of the graph, there is stick figures on a wall. At the other end, 2 girls 1 cup.

      .

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    4. Re:This brings up something interesting. by transporter_ii · · Score: 1

      Someone record the sociologist's reaction to watching 2 girls 1 cup and post it on youtube....

      .

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    5. Re:This brings up something interesting. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      You mean like this :
      http://marcheo.napolibeniculturali.it/percorso/in-museum/P_RA12

      or this?

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_art_in_Pompeii_and_Herculaneum

  18. Disappointing. by Puffy+Director+Pants · · Score: 1

    There's a surprising lack of porn to be found in the article. Really, I go to the trouble of RTFA and what do I get? NOTHING!

    1. Re:Disappointing. by Qzukk · · Score: 1

      surprising lack of porn to be found in the article

      Well duh, they lost it! Check back when they find the porn stash again.

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  19. Slashdot Porn Drive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Slashdot should start a porn drive to help the poor inhabitants of Leeuwarden rebuild their collection. We should have, like what? Maybe 10TB each?

  20. Tiny Tove Lost? by Edward+Teach · · Score: 2, Funny

    The humnanity!!!!
    I have some really crappy copies I could rar and password protect for them. A simple, proprietary .exe file will make it viewable.

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  21. Two things by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    1. There is at least one Dutch municipality which has a collection of nude paintings. They were made by an artistic resident about 100 years ago. Once I've had the opportunity to see it.

    2. The mayor's name is one of the many slang terms for exchanging body fluids. (Actually, the term is "krikken", and it means using a, eh, jack to lift your car.)

  22. What, are they are afraid of? by davidsyes · · Score: 1

    That they'll miss out on their own version of the Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox?

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  23. I've found it for them! by strength_of_10_men · · Score: 1

    it's right here! [NSFW]

  24. I have enough by HeLLFiRe1151 · · Score: 1

    to make Mr.Hefner blush.

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  25. That's nothing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I have enough to make Larry Flynt stand to attention.

    1. Re:That's nothing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If that really could make him stand again, I'm sure it's nothing one more bullet couldn't fix.

  26. Re:Taken by their designated porn buddy? by kimgkimg · · Score: 1

    Maybe it was taken by their porn buddy to save the city from embarrassment from their parents and relatives...

  27. Easily Solved by PPH · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just follow the trail of Kleenex and empty hand lotion bottles.

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    1. Re:Easily Solved by fonske · · Score: 1

      Most european guys are not circumcised. Anyway maybe I didn't understand why the lotion bottles are for.

  28. The spokesman's name by DerPflanz · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The funny thing is that the spokesman is called 'Krikke', which really resembles the Dutch verb 'krikken', which is slang for having sex.

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    1. Re:The spokesman's name by PHPfanboy · · Score: 1

      That's hilarious! In English "Cricket" means you're never getting any!

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  29. Oh, no! by jonadab · · Score: 1

    However will the city government function without this important resource?

    Seriously, you know this story is for real because nobody would think to make up something so bizarre.

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  30. Idle Scores! by fyoder · · Score: 1

    After a long time of being derided as a useless waste of space, Idle finally comes up with a story that slashdotters relate to. There's your key, Samzenpus, more porn!

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  31. In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    pornography fears losing Dutch city!

  32. Slaying the Krakken has new meaning by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I, for one, will not prostrate (bow down) for our tentacled dutch overlords.

  33. Next on dateline by defiek · · Score: 1

    If there ever were a court preceding to convict the man who stole the cities porn it would be hilarious to read it.

  34. They should learn from Linus ... by deek · · Score: 1

    "Real men don't do backups, they just upload and let the world mirror their data."