By becoming the official custodian of an entire nation’s history for the first time, the Internet Archive is expanding its already outsize role in preserving the digital world for posterity.
Always an impressive operation they have one peering point in San Francisco and their data centers historically consist of a church and shipping containers.
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How big is the data of an entire nation’s history?
Great we can 3D print it when sea levels rise and it disappears! (I didn’t read the article…)
Always an impressive operation they have one peering point in San Francisco and their data centers historically consist of a church and shipping containers.
https://www.theregister.com/2017/11/16/head_like_a_memory_hole/
Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I’ll save your data
in my database cabana, come on pretty mama
You Wouldn’t Download An Entire Caribbean Island, Would You?
I would if I could!
We can remember it for you wholesale.
The country of Aruba wakes up with false memories of a life on Mars…