Infinite MonkeysBy way of proof, I offer the archives of any major or minor blogsite regarded as a going concern today. The archives, not the actual site. How many dead links do you find? On the old Infinite Monkeys, you'll find plenty. Some blogs are smarter than others. So what? Blog entries may require clever writing, but the links die quicker than the ink would dry on a newspaper page. The record is a joke.
Remember that, and so much for the old media, or MSM, or whatever it's called in 2011. The "new media," as we think we know it, is relatively new and stupid. Some of our best work may be lost to the whims and caprices of web sources sowing their oats. Please note the absence of links within this post and visit Technorati for examples. You'll have to do a bit of typing.
And party like it's 1999.
Posted by H.L. Monkey at January 17, 2006 11:18 PMIt's remarkable to think that future historians will be unable to really tell the story of, for example, the 2004 presidential election, because so much of the source material--blog entries on Rathergate, the magic hat, etc--will be lost. They'll be reading archives of the New York Times and thinking "how could this wonderful man Kerry have lost?"
Posted by: Monkey David at January 17, 2006 11:25 PM