On Tuesday, October 9, 2001, at 02:40 PM, Nomen Nescio wrote:
Steve Mynott[SMTP:steve@tightrope.demon.co.uk] wrote: Every thought how bad the net would be if google went away?
Actually, us old timers remember what it was like before google,
Hypertext in general is doubleplus good.
I remember Gopher, Archie, and all of those crufty tools.
You are all missing the point. Google was being praised for its specific feature of acting as an internet-wide cache of old versions of web pages. Prior to 9/11 the page in question held inflammatory content praising bin Laden. Now it's been pulled. The google cache lets us see the previous version, thwarting the efforts of the page owner to hide his earlier sentiments.
I'm not "missing the point." I chose to talk about something else. Deal with it. Fuck off. --Tim May, Occupied America "They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759.