[FedCom] evaporating information

[Charlie Wilkinson]

"Disappearing" info on the web is not as easy as you might think.
First, there's the Google cache for (almost) anything recently
deleted.  If no joy there, try your luck using the "Wayback machine"
at:
	http://www.archive.org/

I've found it to be quite useful on occasion, even getting info from
my own ancient sites that I didn't have backups of!

Here's their "about" page:

	What is the Internet Archive Wayback Machine?

	The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is a service that allows
	people to visit archived versions of Web sites. Visitors to the
	Wayback Machine can type in a URL, select a date range, and then
	begin surfing on an archived version of the Web. Imagine surfing
	circa 1999 and looking at all the Y2K hype, or revisiting an
	older version of your favorite Web site. The Internet Archive
	Wayback Machine can make all of this possible. See our original
	press release at http://www.archive.org/about/press_release.php.

Of course that's not going to work for site content that requires a login.
:-(

As a last resort, sometimes info can be retrieved from your own web
browser's cache.

Happy searching!

Regards,
	Charlie - N3HAZ

On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 09:56:47AM -0700, lists at lazygranch.com wrote:
> 
> It has come to my attention that the Lawrence Livermore National Labs 
> trunk info has been removed from radioreference.com. There is an 
> explanation that the feds asked that the information be removed. I only 
> mention this so that if there is a federal and my guess military system 
> on the website of interest, you should download the information before 
> it goes away. I have made it a point to keep my own logs on federal and 
> military sites partially for this reason.
> 
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