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>There's no reason why a web browser bookmark action doesn't automatically create a WARC (web archive) format. Indeed. And I still remember the modem days whe
by romwell 7y ago
>There's no reason why a web browser bookmark action doesn't automatically create a WARC (web archive) format.
Indeed.
And I still remember the modem days where I would download entire websites because the ISP charged by the hour, and I'd read them offline to save money.
- JoeSmithson 7y agoI can't put my finger on it but this has a sort of Dickensian quality to me. I think this says something kind of profound about information and capitalism and whatnot.
- thomasz 7y agoNo, it hasn't. Technology just wasn't there back then which caused significant cost per time unit, which makes it only fair to charge per time unit.
- majewsky 7y agoYeah. In the dialup days, layer 1 and 2 of a home internet connection was a long-running phone call between your own modem and a modem of an ISP. You payed via your phone bill, for the duration of the call.
- alentist 7y agoIt says scarce resources are pricier. Welcome to the real world!