OT: anyone been crazy enough to mirror wikipedia?

[Kurt Buff]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 2:15 PM, DAve <dave.list at pixelhammer.com> wrote:
> Steve Franks wrote:
>>
>> So call me a sociopath, but times are a bit scary.  I'd like to do the
>> 2000's equivalent of the 1960's bomb shelter, and have my very own
>> snapshot in case of major local/regional internet disruption, etc.
>>
>> What would be the best way to go about this.  I see with <1T words, it
>> appears doable on current technology.  Maybe they should offer a
>> snapshot on DVDs or disk as a fundraiser?  I'd drop $300 for some sort
>> of officially licenced copy, I suspect there are other freaks that
>> would too...
>
> When the world gets that bad, Wikipedia is the least of my concerns,
> slightly ahead of who is winning American Idol. If it comes to the point the
> internet goes down for a long period of time, that $300 is better spent on a
> garden.
>
> Just my thoughts.
>
> DAve

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