I think it was Arthur C. Clark in "Fountains of Paradise" who predicted that people would make their email programs send automatic birthday greetings and that the programs would continue doing so long after the sender was dead. If both parts were dead it could go on for years...
DagT > fra: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > A scary thought. When we die, ther's still some of our galleries and > websites that doesn't have an owner anymore. Perhaps they'll stay "in the > air" for centuries? Imagine a website made by the Wright brothers describing > how they went about inventing the airplane and flying for the first time in > 1903! > Regards > > Jens Bladt > Arkitekt MAA > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 28. september 2005 06:36 > Til: pentax list > Emne: Til Death Us Do Part > > > Someone on another list was asking about laptop memory pricing, asking if > there was any tracking sites, and I posted this: > > ---------------------------------------- > > Har. There *used* to be : > > <http://www.pbsource.com/> > > Once upon a time, an active little site - I used to write for them. Then > suddenly bam! Nothing. It has frozen in time - literally. Nothing since > Feb 11th, 2004. Just like a scene from a sci-fi movie. I tried contacting > the owner (Frank Klassner) but never got a reply, so I gave up after 6 > months. I feared he must have passed away suddenly or something. Scary > thought - who will tell all our online friends in their many and varied > forms, the day after we pop *our* clogs...... > > Perhaps I should leave one file on the desktop of my Pismo called 'Read > Me If I Die Unexpectedly'. > > <shiver> > > ----------------------------------------------- > > food for thought....... > > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > >
