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Histori -> lo.tekk melankol!e t.whid -> lo.tekk male cezt paz grav. = u!lzt du + addtl mar!onetz \ `complacent dopes` = okup!ed avec 01 noztalg!a profonde = dze !nv!zbl b!t ztream zp!onen = shl rendr ur velt nul + nul >this was taken from an ongoing discussion between jennifer crowe and >pat lichty re: history of net art. (taken from the list protocol >prone http://www.artnetweb.com/protocol > > >At 1:25 PM -0400 5/14/00, Jennifer Crowe wrote: ><snip> >> >>[let me ammend this: I was specifically refering to .txt files that >>comprise the textbase- plain text (which when it boils down to it the >>Rhizome archive is) it will most likely port better than stuff that is >>specically dependent on hardware, like an artwork that is dependent on a >>certain type of machine (with like you say 5.25 floppies, etc). This is >>never foolproof of course. But for the time being, the texts at Rhizome >>and Nettime etc are what alot of people are going off of. And, yes it's >>true that their server could be wiped out at anytime in a flood or >>something...true, true, true!] ></snip> > >could the administrators of these lists post some comments on their >long-term plans for archival of the texts? how many back-ups are on >how many servers? are there foundations with a mission to preserve >them? if not, perhaps rhizome, thing, nettime could create one, or >band together to lobby for international funding for one? > >or point us to the public policies you have posted. > >thanx > >= >= >= ><<<<t.whid>>>> _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold