WTF?

[unixronin]

This is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard:  The Library of Congress has just added a digital archive of the entirety of public traffic on Twitter since its founding four years ago.

WTF FOR?!?

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[luke-jaywalker.livejournal.com]

Who says we won't also have the context? One assumes that the Library of Congress also has its own mirror of the Wayback Machine, or at least one on private file.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Actually, I rather doubt that it does. Do you have any idea of the sheer engineering scale of the Internet Archive? The Archive developed proprietary hardware platforms for the job. The name "Petabox" should give you a hint. (http://www.archive.org/web/petabox.php)

(Yeah, I know a guy who used to be one of the top engineers at the Archive, who was involved in designing the petaboxes, before he gave up dealing with Brewster Kahle's irrationality.)

[rain-manpnw.livejournal.com]

I thought a PETAbox was something about 6'x2'x2', and used for long-term storage of idiots.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Heh. Wishful thinking, I'm afraid. :)

"They're supposed to be dead first, you know. Though I suppose, in this case, I'd be willing to make an exception."