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Ok, I'll admit it.  I really like system archaeology.

It's like some strange combination of a system administrator, grey hat cracker, security expert, information archivist, hacker, propeller-hat role.  I don't know how to explain it.

And I've been doing it on my own system.

For years.

  • Note that "digital folklore" (native web culture, etc) is not related.

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I've gone through a couple of primary browsers across a couple of different operating systems and operating system versions.

What's even more unfortunate is that I've had multiple backups where there were different changes to different versions of things.  Fortunately I've been semi-active on keeping my links lists up-to-date, otherwise I might have bookmarks from 1998 in Neoplanet from back in my 16-bit Windows days.

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I can't count the number of times I've updated/upgraded only to be kicked in the teeth by some smartass programmer's bright idea for a feature.

It's one thing to add bloat to a program, it's another to force it down your users throat.

I really don't mind having a featureful program.  Really, I don't.  However, when I'm used to things working one way I don't like having things change without my permission.

I also really hate when that happens and I can't figure out how to change things back the way they were.



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