From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 41e661ee for ; Tue, 17 Sep 2019 00:29:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 7AE57947CC; Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:29:01 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A5FC9479A; Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:28:48 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 321D29479A; Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:28:47 +1000 (AEST) Received: from vtr.rulingia.com (vtr.rulingia.com [45.77.232.82]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8036194794 for ; Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:28:46 +1000 (AEST) Received: from server.rulingia.com (ppp239-208.static.internode.on.net [59.167.239.208]) by vtr.rulingia.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id x8H0SVQF002671 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:28:37 +1000 (AEST) (envelope-from peter@rulingia.com) X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.rulingia.com (localhost.rulingia.com [127.0.0.1]) by server.rulingia.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id x8H0SP1n027223 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:28:26 +1000 (AEST) (envelope-from peter@server.rulingia.com) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.rulingia.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id x8H0SPCa027222; Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:28:25 +1000 (AEST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:28:25 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: "Nelson H. F. Beebe" Message-ID: <20190917002825.GA15016@server.rulingia.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="/04w6evG8XlLl3ft" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://www.rulingia.com/keys/peter.pgp User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.1 (2019-06-15) Subject: Re: [TUHS] [tuhs] Computer history preservation X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2019-Sep-16 15:48:36 -0600, "Nelson H. F. Beebe" w= rote: >I came across an article today about another major industry that has >been exceedingly careless about preserving its history: > > Wipe Out: When the BBC Kept Erasing Its Own History > https://getpocket.com/explore/item/wipe-out-when-the-bbc-kept-eras= ing-its-own-history > >It is a must-read for Dr Who fans on this list. It didn't only affect TV, much of The Goons originals were also destroyed (= at least one episode now sold by the BBC is an off-air recording by a fan because th= at's the best extant copy). And NASA destroyed the tapes holding the original Apollo 11 moonwalk=20 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11_missing_tapes). --=20 Peter Jeremy --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQKSBAEBCgB9FiEE7rKYbDBnHnTmXCJ+FqWXoOSiCzQFAl2AKKRfFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldEVF QjI5ODZDMzA2NzFFNzRFNjVDMjI3RTE2QTU5N0EwRTRBMjBCMzQACgkQFqWXoOSi CzSXGA/3aleJbxvG4Tdx1mR6mU74y8no4O1rYhfPDf+IYIk2XllvRGrDqq+kv6fc vOa30z3LIdCrD7k2uHdjRJX/cGEH9u0vn5IzOR5YV5OU4BbS+lPYoSlxxGkuk7w/ vtDLEty8mTeA4UPaTE46Bf54QChHZno3AersXq/IJ2rD8nDmJHhjrB7Y44i9FA9i Z/ER6vLPJ0xYwI0+mt8cMHKV2AiQFg49o2nnj/xIeGe5znxbOg53Sup0DiufPVzm FrrwTtsOZTfkCgzgFjmP2CUJjZh0yxlVqSiBV1bZ8PFGGqn7EYhCUruqrAalsR4G Yr+T9isca806lD7+MZVMQEFx/1BEtqTQQfwrQ0zZUb7yY0558a+gru5sAddJV+Xz 8CBSiJVXkJbxfZ1XSChAOEWok1bSx1bCzChZMTruuW9+NH9DFMzO5kT2ElEKAt10 jJx1pwk/jOa21OAiSH33E6A2cNKs3rCAqwIq5TbwtajcrOtA9U9OAu/KhUiIVAhp WaQPNhJJSTrhEB4a4GpBwL2AYlS6BU7I50jkeBJ7B4ysPXaymTJV7cTjVowdkzrd VMTnGQeIicfdMgldUe9yieE82jjJNqBdTqz2KhlXNrsMqGR/JQbDQSuMNtk+48/A yP2uMcUTAPVLiICSWoW78CjjxBZ4iiDqU1AVnqyoeI7FzEChWw== =GuJp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft--