Sulkdodds
The Freeman
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Archeology in action!
I think it's interesting that such strange things can become history. When you think about it, it's amazing just how much history the internet has the capacity to carry. You look back through old forums, interesting stories and discussions and suddenly you realise nobody has posted on here for five years. It's a ghost website. We've now got a framework for storing information on absolutely everything ever - and what'll it be like in fifty years? If corporations and governments haven't denied us the facilities to do so we'll be able to look back, sift through the piles of old code to find out what life in the past was like perhaps in a way we've never been able to before. I guess what I'm saying is: I find it so fascinating how every little thing can be history; how the tiniest of insignifigant bits of text on a webpage lost and long-forgotten somewhere can give us a window.
Archeology in action!
I think it's interesting that such strange things can become history. When you think about it, it's amazing just how much history the internet has the capacity to carry. You look back through old forums, interesting stories and discussions and suddenly you realise nobody has posted on here for five years. It's a ghost website. We've now got a framework for storing information on absolutely everything ever - and what'll it be like in fifty years? If corporations and governments haven't denied us the facilities to do so we'll be able to look back, sift through the piles of old code to find out what life in the past was like perhaps in a way we've never been able to before. I guess what I'm saying is: I find it so fascinating how every little thing can be history; how the tiniest of insignifigant bits of text on a webpage lost and long-forgotten somewhere can give us a window.
