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"Hard drive from junk shop found to be from an old facebook server" I do wonder how digital archiving will work in the future. Hopefully something better than "the archive.org volunteers decided to archive it"
You tell archive.org how often to archive a URL. So its not really up to their volunteers but the general population.
The best bet would be the Library of Congress.
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I might give them a tip if I'm a regular customer, but it's not as obligatory as tipping waiters. I think it is customary to tip the dealer when gambling, though.
Tipping is very dependent on the local customs, tipping a waiter in Germany for example (especially in the more rural areas, or traditional restaurants) will be somewhere between unexpected to outright insulting. Tipping dealers in UK casinos is actually forbidden by the 'Gaming Board' (gambling commission) to discourage "cheating" since they believe that if dealers might get a cut of the winnings they might be incli…
"It has been independently appraised at $5 million..". Ba ha ha ha, maybe it's raining money in California but in my part of the world there is a saying: "It's not a fool the one who asks, it's a fool the one who offers.. [an exorbitant price for something]".
If you had bought this picture for $2 later to find out it's worth $5,000,000, would you feel an obligation to share some of the proceeds with the shop from which it was purchased?
[Off Topic] I can't help but think this will help me win the internet. Here is a photograph of Billy the Kid playing croquet. Therefore my argument is valid.
Is reddit starting to migrate to HN or something? I've been seeing a lot of these types of comments recently.
I submitted the article because it was intellectually interesting. I also find internet memes intellectually interesting and I find the ways and reasons that people argue on the internet intellectually interesting...which isn't the same as finding, to a first approximation, actual internet arguments interesting anymore.
Anyway, the incongruity of the subject matter in relation to popular perception of US history is particularly intellectually interesting. The Lincoln County War, like similar violent episodes in the American West indicates that any group of ordinary Americans could be cast into the role of the people standing in the way of manifest destiny's fulfilment.
History is more absurd than LoL's. Look at the photograph.
You must have pretty specialised knowledge to look at that photo in the junk shop and say to yourself, "You know, that might be Billy the Kid. I should get this appraised."
Now imagine, sometime, somewhere, someone got a written manuscript from Plato, or the Buddha, or another figure and just used it to make fire.
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Yeah, this. I don't see how they could possibly verify that this is actually an image of BtK when the face is so obscured and the provenance of the image so uncertain. Kagin's is being very cagey about it too: "Any qualified individual wishing to review the authentication dossier and discuss the potential acquisition of the Billy the Kid Croquet Match Tintype are welcome to contact..."
Likely coincided with knowledge about where he was living at that point in history. This also takes place after a wedding, so that likely gave some clues if they could determine who was getting married. As well, the article mentioned that this is the first photo of him with some of his known gang members. The man to his left is quite clear, and therefore if they can identify him as an associate of Billy The Kid, perh…
As for the associate, my sister thought it looked liked two boys in the midst of arguing over rules and cheating in the way that older and younger brothers do...
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I wish the article had gone into more detail about what the verification process is like.
Yeah, this. I don't see how they could possibly verify that this is actually an image of BtK when the face is so obscured and the provenance of the image so uncertain. Kagin's is being very cagey about it too: "Any qualified individual wishing to review the authentication dossier and discuss the potential acquisition of the Billy the Kid Croquet Match Tintype are welcome to contact..."
http://www.truewestmagazine.com/billy-the-kid-experts-weigh-...
You must have pretty specialised knowledge to look at that photo in the junk shop and say to yourself, "You know, that might be Billy the Kid. I should get this appraised."
Now imagine, sometime, somewhere, someone got a written manuscript from Plato, or the Buddha, or another figure and just used it to make fire.
Many of the documents found at Nag Hammadi were burned before anyone read them. Among the unburned was a copy of Plato's Republic (not an original, but still).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nag_Hammadi_library
Reading these makes me wonder what other interesting written interpretations of various religious figures were burned out of existence.
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"Hard drive from junk shop found to be from an old facebook server" I do wonder how digital archiving will work in the future. Hopefully something better than "the archive.org volunteers decided to archive it"
You tell archive.org how often to archive a URL. So its not really up to their volunteers but the general population.
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