On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Philip Pemberton wrote:
> I did find the URL for what used to be Liberty's website. Unfortunately one
> of the "lets buy expired domains" search engine type cybersquatter things
> bought the domain, put up their search engine... and added a ROBOTS.TXT file
> to the server that blocked Wayback (web.archive.org). Wayback noticed the
> file... and promptly nuked all the old pre-cybersquat stuff as well.
> Another reason why I want the jackasses who do that sort of stuff to be
> removed from the genepool in the most painful and thorough way possible.
I share the sentiment but why the hell did archive.org nuke the previous
web pages? That makes *no* sense. You might want to contact them and
bring it to their attention. It might've been a glitch. If it's an
actual practice then it needs to be adjusted.
> I would like to know what triggers the "WAIT" LED on the keyboard and what
> "U.K." is supposed to signify in the VT52 and VT100 entries.
It probably just replaces the $ character with the UKP sign, among other
minor adjustments (i.e. UK ASCII).
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