Re: <nettime> nettime: down & up and the need for long-term archiving

[James Wallbank <james@lowtech.org>]

Great job getting Nettime back up again!

Regarding archiving, how big is the Nettime Archive? How is it currently 
stored?

Regarding not noticing that the list was down - I did - or rather, I 
noticed that nobody was posting.

But, as is the way with the online world, any stream of interesting 
discussion or commentary that's missing is immediately replaced by 
another interesting stream of discussion or commentary that's present.

There's no such thing as a gap on the internet.

Or rather, there are many, many gaps, but they're in no way apparent - 
you have to look for them. I'm sure that if you start researching an 
area in which you are, personally, knowledgable, you'll come across them 
quickly.

It's a very tempting illusion to think that "all human knowledge exists 
on the internet". It doesn't. And without Nettime, a little piece of 
network self-awareness would be lost.

All the best,

James






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