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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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The {{w|Internet Archive}} is a project that is invaluable for internet research. It is a public archive of information, including public domain books and music. It also runs the {{w|Wayback Machine}}, an archive of backups of web pages all over the Web at various times that can be used to see past versions of a page, even if that site has since shut down. The Internet Archive accepts submissions of any type of information, including new backups of web pages and newly-made public domain content. | The {{w|Internet Archive}} is a project that is invaluable for internet research. It is a public archive of information, including public domain books and music. It also runs the {{w|Wayback Machine}}, an archive of backups of web pages all over the Web at various times that can be used to see past versions of a page, even if that site has since shut down. The Internet Archive accepts submissions of any type of information, including new backups of web pages and newly-made public domain content. | ||
− | Ponytail and Cueball first remark upon how weird the concept of the Internet Archive is | + | Ponytail and Cueball first remark upon how weird the concept of the Internet Archive is. They claim that it would seem like an implausible concept, were it not already existing. |
− | + | They then become more philosophical, and wonder about systems that are maintained by a few users, but which could disappear if not maintained. They relate this to the function of the {{w|human body}}, which does contain many {{w|List of systems of the human body|systems}} whose function and inner workings are incomprehensible to the average person. | |
− | : | + | The title text refers to the "[https://blog.npmjs.org/post/141577284765/kik-left-pad-and-npm npm left-pad incident]", a 2016 incident where a package for the {{w|npm (software)|npm}} package manager was unpublished by its author. As npm is used by many projects, this caused a severe disruption in the software world. Randall is relieved that cases like this do not occur more frequently. |
− | + | The Internet Archive was also mentioned in [[2085: arXiv]]. | |
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:[Ponytail and Cueball are walking to the right.] | :[Ponytail and Cueball are walking to the right.] | ||
:Ponytail: The Internet Archive is so weird. If it didn't exist, it would sound totally implausible. | :Ponytail: The Internet Archive is so weird. If it didn't exist, it would sound totally implausible. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
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