Latest update from @brewsterkahle: "Wayback Machine running strong (yippie!).
Still working to bring http://archive.org items & other services online safely.
@internetarchive
team spirits high, but tired."
@internetarchive @brewsterkahle You people are doing a service to all of humanity. I didn't even realize how much no longer even existed on the Web without the Internet Archive until it went down. So much was lost to time without it. I think a lot of people truly don't realize just how much no longer exists out there anywhere else.
@nazokiyoubinbou @internetarchive @brewsterkahle Indeed, and what a truly sad day it would be if/when the Internet Archive shuts down (you and I know what they're going through not only here now but in the courtrooms as well) so we need to enjoy and appreciate them while we still have them here.
@joeo10 @internetarchive @brewsterkahle Honestly, what's going through my mind with all this is that we need others to take up the torch. They shouldn't have to do this alone.
I've seen a few basic specialized archives here and there, but there is currently only one THE Archive. That shouldn't be. The amount of information that could disappear overnight if they were ever taken down is... unthinkable.
The irony is the only thing that saved me on a few things that had otherwise disappeared from the Web was Github, but we all know how quick they are to delete stuff without even informing the repo owners first.