Eclectiology, I don't know if you know about this project, but archive.org keeps snapshots of websites, like a library for the internet. There was an interesting interview with the inventor in the New Scientist a little while back (It's probably available online if you look for it).
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Eclctiology said:
Along the same line, I've often found interesting web sites which I've
bookmarked for later reference when I can focus my attention on the subject matter. Several months later when I'm ready ... poof! it's gone. Some of these have useful information, and it's a shame that it becomes lost because somebody didn't pay his ISP bill.
These sites are covered by copyright, so for the most part we just can't copy the material onto Wikipedia and make it available to the public. Still it could be in the public interest to copy material from threatened sites into a restricted access file where it could be revived if and when the original site could no longer be maintained. It would be a lot easier to come to a conditional release agreement while the site is still functioning than after it has gone under.<<
Eclectiology, I don't know if you know about this project, but archive.org keeps snapshots of websites, like a library for the internet. There was an interesting interview with the inventor in the New Scientist a little while back (It's probably available online if you look for it).
The stored records of web pages at archive.org can be accessed for research purposes. One must make an application however and get approval. I think we could do that though the auspices of wikipedia eventually. They more or less want to know what institution you are with.
Fred
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Eclctiology said:
Along the same line, I've often found interesting web sites which I've
bookmarked for later reference when I can focus my attention on the subject matter. Several months later when I'm ready ... poof! it's gone. Some of these have useful information, and it's a shame that it becomes lost because somebody didn't pay his ISP bill.
These sites are covered by copyright, so for the most part we just can't copy the material onto Wikipedia and make it available to the public. Still it could be in the public interest to copy material from threatened sites into a restricted access file where it could be revived if and when the original site could no longer be maintained. It would be a lot easier to come to a conditional release agreement while the site is still functioning than after it has gone under.<<
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Fred Bauder wrote:
Eclectiology, I don't know if you know about this project, but archive.org keeps snapshots of websites, like a library for the internet. There was an interesting interview with the inventor in the New Scientist a little while back (It's probably available online if you look for it).
The stored records of web pages at archive.org can be accessed for research purposes. One must make an application however and get approval. I think we could do that though the auspices of wikipedia eventually. They more or less want to know what institution you are with.
Thanks. My first impression is that it's a fascinating site.
Eclecticology