History and the Internet
Nov 8th 2011, 8:39 am
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History and the Internet
Where does the Internet go when it is finished and gets old? Like a crockery you might throw away under the house or in a landfill and people find it thousands of years later and marvel at what a simple and primitive time it was.
But what happens to the internet? Is someone saving the internet for future generations? Will historians one day stalk through this forum trying to catch a glimpse at what the people of New Zealand where like before Taupo 2.0: Resurrection?
But what happens to the internet? Is someone saving the internet for future generations? Will historians one day stalk through this forum trying to catch a glimpse at what the people of New Zealand where like before Taupo 2.0: Resurrection?
Nov 8th 2011, 8:52 am
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Re: History and the Internet
Have you been on the sherbet dib dabs again ... 
Nov 8th 2011, 8:58 am
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Re: History and the Internet
Only the best showbiz Sherbet petal. Now it's a nice night want to go for a run? 
Nov 10th 2011, 9:52 am
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Re: History and the Internet
they do say reading too many SciFi books can warp the mind a little
but now I have finished an Arthur C Clarke for the 5th time, perhaps it has more merit than you realise
but now I have finished an Arthur C Clarke for the 5th time, perhaps it has more merit than you realise
Nov 10th 2011, 10:00 am
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Re: History and the Internet
Where does the Internet go when it is finished and gets old? Like a crockery you might throw away under the house or in a landfill and people find it thousands of years later and marvel at what a simple and primitive time it was.
But what happens to the internet? Is someone saving the internet for future generations? Will historians one day stalk through this forum trying to catch a glimpse at what the people of New Zealand where like before Taupo 2.0: Resurrection?
But what happens to the internet? Is someone saving the internet for future generations? Will historians one day stalk through this forum trying to catch a glimpse at what the people of New Zealand where like before Taupo 2.0: Resurrection?
good place to look - you can find my old work page on there
UK Govt was doing the same.
but I suppose it will end up in a flash card sized device that you connect wirelessly with the cerebral cortex or upload, like the Neuromancer did - not Keanau's best but one of Gibson's IMO.
Nov 10th 2011, 10:02 am
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Nov 10th 2011, 10:03 am
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Re: History and the Internet
I always liked childhood's end, although it was rather opposed to my (then) religious beliefs
Nov 10th 2011, 10:08 am
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Re: History and the Internet
I imagine the internet to be ever present, what is here now will exist in some form though maybe not as easily accessible as today [probably a good thing!]
Nov 10th 2011, 10:08 am
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Re: History and the Internet
didn't mean the past's future as such, as being on the same continuum, rather I meant the future (welfare) of what has gone before......
I think
It's late, did a hard day of detecting, diagnosing and inhaling crap so must away to bed. Or the men in the white coats will be around
Nov 10th 2011, 10:09 am
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Nov 10th 2011, 10:32 am
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oh no there's someone who's read too much Sci-Fi.......
didn't mean the past's future as such, as being on the same continuum, rather I meant the future (welfare) of what has gone before......
I think
It's late, did a hard day of detecting, diagnosing and inhaling crap so must away to bed. Or the men in the white coats will be around
didn't mean the past's future as such, as being on the same continuum, rather I meant the future (welfare) of what has gone before......
I think
It's late, did a hard day of detecting, diagnosing and inhaling crap so must away to bed. Or the men in the white coats will be around
I knew what you were getting at, just had a few glasses of wine and was interested in your answer.Yeah I've had a hard week of stroppy people, bites, scratches and general weirdness culminating today in Mrs '60years old, posh accent, makeup applied with a trowel, mutton dressed as lamb' talking to me like I was 16 years old whilst requesting I do something very simple that she couldn't possibly manage to do. She got 'ambivalent' Persephone who says very very little
