In my case it's stuff that *I* didn't save and just tossed it because
"Why would I ever want this anymore?". I *really* regret tossing all of
the source for stuff I wrote while I was at IBM. It was after all IBM's
property (since I wrote it all as an IBM employee) and I doubt any of it
survives in any form anywhere, but I still wish I had some of it. :-(
After it's all said and done, one has to wonder if we really leave any
lasting impact. :-/
TTFN - Guy
On 11/22/21 2:00 PM, s shumaker via cctalk wrote:
and yet, after it's over and there's *nothing* left from 30+ years of
collecting, there are occasional reflections on what you left behind...
just saying...
Steve
On 11/22/2021 11:50 AM, John Ames via cctalk wrote:
On 2021-11-21 9:45 a.m., Adam Thornton via cctalk wrote:
On 11/19/21 9:33 PM, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote:
And what happens when you wake up one morning to find archive.org is
gone, too?
Fundamentally, eventually we're all going to be indistinguishable
mass-components inside the supermassive black hole that used to be the
Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies anyway.
Smoke 'em while you got 'em.
Yeah, I had a long, hard think about this while the Caldor Fire was
looking like it was about to come knocking on my doorstep this fall
and I was trying to prep myself for a short-notice evacuation and
decide what I could and couldn't take (read: leave stowed in the trunk
of the car for the next couple weeks.) Ultimately, while I'd *like*
what I have and enjoy to pass on to someone else once I get busy
decomposing, in the long run it's all dust, so I'm not gonna worry
myself too much over it.
--
TTFN - Guy
