Re: longevity of names

On 25 March 2010 05:30, Alexander Johannesen
<alexander.johannesen@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 15:14, Danny Ayers <danny.ayers@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Do we care? Life expectancy of data, boys and girls?
>
> Oh, sure we care, but can we invent a method of overturning and
> changing human behavior and society because our computer systems deal
> poorly with it? I doubt it. I think we need to invent better computer
> systems.
>
> My initial question, though, is whether you're asking about life
> expectancy of data or if you're asking for a better way of identifying
> data?

good arrows - if we can identify it better, it stands a better chance
of living (beyond 5 years).

it is hard to be optimistic over names lasting a while though - here's
a job for a stats person - count the number of URLs created, chart
against their life. For a couple of decades, boom bust doom.

The annoying thing is that DNS seems to still be working. All this
(quasi-) centralized stuff is still in place.

Maybe we should up the terror threat so DARPA gets more funding.

We can't invent better systems (you and I, personally) - unless you
are very very weird, systems pop up from the blue. My job at least is
to try to make some kind of sense, get a square meal out of this Mars
Mutton. From Mars. And it's mutton. (siglo 21st - somewhere)

The obvious one, that library of Alexandria - one or two bottles of
olive oil and it was buggered.

The data on the planet now is probably as fragile.

What *is* the digital equivalent of parchment?


Cheers,
Danny.


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http://danny.ayers.name

Received on Thursday, 25 March 2010 05:45:23 UTC