web.archive.org Internet archive to open ---google + archeology

[James B. DiGriz]

Subcommander Bob wrote:

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> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-102501archive.story
> By JOSEPH MENN, Times Staff Writer
> 
> SAN FRANCISCO -- An Internet archive containing more text than any
> library in history will open its digital doors today, giving researchers
> and the public access to just about everything posted on the World Wide
> Web over the last five years.
> 

Way cool. It needs to be mirrored, though. Single point of 
failure/distribution invites history being rewritten the way it always 
has been until now.

jbdigriz