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# Line 155  if the shoulders keep rotting away? Line 155  if the shoulders keep rotting away?
155    
156  (The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine [waybackmachine]_  (The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine [waybackmachine]_
157  alleviates these concerns, but it introduces  alleviates these concerns, but it introduces
158  a single point of failure for the *entire* Web!)  a single point of failure (XXX and censorship) for the *entire* Web!)
159    
160  .. <<<We don't propose that every byte of information ever published  .. <<<We don't propose that every byte of information ever published
161     on the Web has to be kept around forever. However,     on the Web has to be kept around forever. However,
# Line 380  using only the primitive datablock model Line 380  using only the primitive datablock model
380  Applications  Applications
381  ============  ============
382    
383  A File-shared, Decentralized, Heterogeneous Web  **A File-shared, Decentralized, Heterogeneous Web.**
384  -----------------------------------------------  The main application we see for pointer records
385    is the implementation of a file-shared web
386    in a distributed, decentralized and above all
387    *heterogeneous* way.
388    
389    
390  - standardizing on pointer records such as ours,  - standardizing on pointer records such as ours,
391    can provide full static-page (no CGI, no servlet)    can provide full static-page (no CGI, no servlet)
# Line 408  A File-shared, Decentralized, Heterogene Line 412  A File-shared, Decentralized, Heterogene
412    
413      - should be possible to attach metadata to pointers      - should be possible to attach metadata to pointers
414    
415  - a surprise benefit: distributed wayback machine  **A distributed wayback machine.**
416    a surprise benefit: distributed wayback machine
417    
418      - as long as anyone has a copy, ...      - as long as anyone has a copy, ...
419            
# Line 418  A File-shared, Decentralized, Heterogene Line 423  A File-shared, Decentralized, Heterogene
423    
424    
425    
426  Software / media updates  **Software / media updates.**
427  ------------------------  Distributed apt-get / windows update
   
 - distributed apt-get / windows update  
428    
429  - obvious bandwidth savings  - obvious bandwidth savings
430    

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