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Web Heritage Could Be Lost
Squiff writes "The British Library warns us that 'The UK's online heritage could be lost forever if the government does not grant a "right to archive"' in the UK. Never mind the Wayback Machine, The British Library declares that 'the average life expectancy of a website was just 44 to 75 days, and suggested that at least 10% of all UK websites were either lost or replaced by new material every six months,' with the material within them being amongst the most revealing regarding the state of contemporary culture."
You obviously don't remember "Hamster dance". Charm, indeed!
The British Library should declare independence.
it was cute! and by the way the hamster lives
http://www.hampsterdance.com/classics/originaldance.htm
Bah. I really miss the Internet of the mid-80s, when telnet was king, a UUCP connection was exciting, and animated ASCII was used for streaming.
(waiting for a 70s guy to show up)
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You obviously don't remember "Hamster dance". Charm, indeed!
What about the Jesus dance? Copying that onto the school's website in 1999 got me banned from using the computers for the rest of the week!
(Although, it took about 6 months for someone to notice, care and complain.)
The 90s were a unique time for web culture.
A consultation for us who missed the 60s, with its promiscuous sex and hippy strength LSD; you can tell your kids about dancing baby, squealing 56k modems, Usenet flame wars, and reinstalling Windows 95 with active desktop 5 times per day.
Ahh good times.
Humbug, I really miss the Internet of the mid-70's, where line-printer keyboards were king, a computer with a monitor was exciting, and ASCII art printouts were used for decorating the office.
Vintage computer adverts: http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/computers-and-software-ads
You just found out about MySpace?
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