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Re: Racism disguised as Anthropology
Nick Maclaren (nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk)
24 Jul 1996 21:45:33 GMT
In article <4t5ste$bea@portal.gmu.edu>,
HARRY R. ERWIN <herwin@mason2.gmu.edu> wrote:
>
>Watching the internet, I keep my composure by remembering that everything
>is archived. Some of those turkeys will still be living down their
>postings in 40-50 years. Imagine running for president and having
>reporters doing text searches on 4-decade-old newsgroup archives to find
>out what you were saying back then.
Where? I wanted to chase up an old posting, and couldn't find anywhere
that had an archive going back more than about 3 months. But you may
be right that there is someone, somewhere, who is archiving everything
with the intention of quoting the kiddies when they have grown paunchy,
pompous and political :-)
Nick Maclaren,
University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory,
New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QG, England.
Email: nmm1@cam.ac.uk
Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679
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