December 2010
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The United States has over 700 military bases on... →
The project is intended to foster an awareness of the peculiarity of the situation in which American military installations exist all over the world in many countries. Our “all volunteer army” permits most people to avoid thinking much about the activities of our military around the world. This project encourages reflection on the implications of our exceptionally expansive reach and ...
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Welcome to the digital nightmare. Until the 1980s,... →
maura:
pop historians — or, really, anyone interested in music that’s older than a month or so — should read this.
1. Analog tape hardly lasts forever, but rather comes with its own preservation issues.
2. LOCKSS: Lots Of Copies Keep Stuff Safe — although this is the trademarked name of a Stanford open-source digital preservation initiative meant for Web content, archivists have adopted it as...
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PLEASE RESPECT HER DECADENCE →
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