CD3WD Archives the Information Necessary to Rebuild Society
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#2Amazing that how much basic knowledge society is leaving behind - it never is needed for the common guy and so we never know it. To that extent this is a huge first step in preserving those "long forgotten" bits.
Ironically this relies on world's communication systems being intact and no one person knows how it all works end to end!
Someone should do a similar archive for world's commonly used communication systems. I have frequently wondered if telecommunications systems, Internet systems and Satellites all break and have to be rebuilt from scratch - how many people know how it all works end-to-end? To that effect, those who know the parts should collaborate to consolidate that knowledge.
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#3I randomly chose an entry to look at:
UNDERSTANDING POULTRY MEAT AND EGG PRODUCTION
By Dr. H.R. Bird
A guide to chicken production by Dr Bird? I had a double-take to check that this whole thing wasn't a giant joke. But I guess it's just a case of names guiding careers.
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#4Amazing that how much basic knowledge society is leaving behind - it never is needed for the common guy and so we never know it. To that extent this is a huge first step in preserving those "long forgotten" bits. Ironically this relies on world's communication systems being intact and no one person knows how it all works end to end! Someone should do a similar archive for world's commonly used communication systems.…
I think the intent is for it to be downloaded.
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#5I randomly chose an entry and found 'Women and Graphics'. Not only was I disappointed, I was confused.
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#6This reminds me of a greatly expanded version of Ryan North's "Time Traveler Essentials Shirt":
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#7The very first time I heard about Wikipedia, this is pretty much what I imagined it to be.
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#8I randomly chose an entry to look at: UNDERSTANDING POULTRY MEAT AND EGG PRODUCTION By Dr. H.R. Bird A guide to chicken production by Dr Bird? I had a double-take to check that this whole thing wasn't a giant joke. But I guess it's just a case of names guiding careers.
Or "nominative determinism", as New Scientist calls it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism
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#9No society would be complete without banana beer: http://www.cd3wd.com/cd3wd_40/ITDG/BANBEER/EN/index.htm
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#10I randomly chose an entry and found 'Women and Graphics'. Not only was I disappointed, I was confused.
I, too, randomly chose a topic (building water tanks from bamboo and food-grade plastic film), and its image links were broken. Kind of worrying for the future.