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The British Library has just asked the government to give it the authority to archive all of UK’s websites. They propose to file all UK for posterity, saying that if this is not done, a vast amount of data might be lost down what the library called a ‘digital black hole’.

The process of archiving websites actually began in 2004, initiated by a group of libraries. Currently there are 8 million websites in the UK, which number is ever increasing, and only 6 thousand websites have been archived so far. The process is time consuming because the website owners need to give their consent to the library to archive their sites. To cut this time down, the libraries want automatic right of archival, so that they do not have to approach the individual website owners. According to them, this should be allowed because the archival is only an attempt to preserve the online heritage and the activity is not being conducted for profit.

Archiving the current online era sounds like a brilliant idea. However, as The Register news site notes, it is an expensive proposition. Also, automatic archival will lead to recording unnecessary or irrelevant data Do we really want to have a record of every celebrity break-up and tweets? A lot of the data present in cyber world is meaningless and of little or no value, however, it will all end up being preserved.

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Most of us know the story of Bill Gates and Microsoft, and are even quite familiar with Steve Jobs’ success story. But do you know how Virgin’s Richard Branson became the business tycoon that he is today? Did you know that he is dyslexic? Dyslexia is a form of neurological disorder that makes reading, writing, and spelling words hard for those it afflicts. It is a lifelong disease that can only be countered with special education. Richard Branson remembers being embarrassed in school because he had a difficult time reading and memorizing. An IQ test he took failed to measure his ambition and ability to connect with people. Branson took his dyslexia as a challenge and never stopped aiming for success. He began planning his business track when he was only 17. With determination and a positive attitude, Branson was able to put up his own company. Today, aside from Virgin Airlines and Virgin Cola, he has more than 100 companies to his name. Another success story worth mentioning is that of Erin Brokovich’s. This former law firm file clerk investigated, filed, and won a case against Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) who was responsible for the contaminated drinking water of the residents of Hinkley, California. The case was worth billions of dollars. Though she was fighting a big company, Brokovich never flinched. She is now a motivational speaker and is president of her own consulting firm, Brokovich Research and Consulting. People who are faced with unusual challenges should never give up. One failure does not set the tone for the rest of your life. Like Branson and Brokovich, we must never give up even if the odds are against us, especially when we know we are on the right path.

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