BS: The Future of Old Threads: Fossils?

Subject: BS: The Future of Old Threads: Fossils?
From: Charley Noble
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 10:39 AM

I wonder, some times, what happens to the threads that deposit there on the bottom of the great Mudcat abyss. Do they, over the years, become consolidated into virtual sedimentary strata, the individual posts "guide fossils" to be unearthed by future generations?

What a boon to aspiring antropologists!

Of course there may be danger down there. Lord knows what might be created if several threads become intimately fused.

What do you think?

Maybe they should just be permanently deleted, and spare future generations the pain and effort required to unravel them.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: The Future of Old Threads: Fossils?
From: Amos
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 10:41 AM

A thousand times no! I don't even like the fact that so many of them are closed for new dialogue.

There is a certain timeless beauty to many of those posts and threads. They should never be deleted if we can manage the storage.


A

Subject: RE: BS: The Future of Old Threads: Fossils?
From: Bee
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 11:08 AM

I'm with Amos. Amongst the detritus, the words of long passed on folkies shine, whole conversations exist, making them seem alive again for the time while you read.

Subject: RE: BS: The Future of Old Threads: Fossils?
From: GUEST, Topsie
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 11:30 AM

They surface now and then with a gobbet of spam attached.
Sometimes I'm quite grateful to a spammer for throwing up a thread I wouldn't have seen otherwise.

Subject: RE: BS: The Future of Old Threads: Fossils?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 11:41 AM

Piles here:http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.mudcat.org/threads.cfm

Subject: RE: BS: The Future of Old Threads: Fossils?
From: skipy
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 12:07 PM

They will become compressed until they become oil, then we'll fight over them!
Skipy

Subject: RE: BS: The Future of Old Threads: Fossils?
From: MMario
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 12:11 PM

The deeper layers may even become coal, but there will be pockets of flamable gas overlying them which will need to be avoided.

Subject: RE: BS: The Future of Old Threads: Fossils?
From: redsnapper
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 12:18 PM

Logically, the BS ones will eventually become coprolites.

RS

Subject: RE: BS: The Future of Old Threads: Fossils?
From: Rapparee
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 01:40 PM

Coprolite is quite lovely when polished.

Subject: RE: BS: The Future of Old Threads: Fossils?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 01:45 PM

but there will be pockets of flamable gas overlying them

Those would be the ones with Spaw's contributions then... :)

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: The Future of Old Threads: Fossils?
From: Charley Noble
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 01:46 PM

The generation of methane from below (and above) is just another argument in favor of deleting these threads before they destroy the world.

Of course, Max may have made plans already to fund this website via the sale of methane.

"Coprolite" is a scientific name for the fossilized excrement, feces or droppings of ancient animals. It was coined by Dr. William Buckland.

One can learn a lot from reading these threads, I have to admit.

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: The Future of Old Threads: Fossils?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 02:09 PM

I'm with Amos. Some of these threads, long buried, have become valuable diamonds.

It's fun to go fishing- select an early thread number and see what you catch.
Let's try one here (using Charley's PIN no. (?)) and see what comes up -
gamble

Subject: RE: BS: The Future of Old Threads: Fossils?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 02:16 PM

Not bad! Thread selected, 2161.
Caught the golden oldie, "Sweet Baby James," by James Taylor, posted by LaMarca way back in 19 and 97.

Subject: RE: BS: The Future of Old Threads: Fossils?
From: Ebbie
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 02:49 PM

If they were extinguished they would only come back in another form. Better the devil you know. :)

Subject: RE: BS: The Future of Old Threads: Fossils?
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 11:35 PM

So when does the archive CD (or DVD) get released?

John