Dutch City Fears Loss of Pornography Archive

Dutch City Fears Loss of Pornography Archive 61

Posted by samzenpus on Friday February 13, 2009 @05:03PM from the oh-the-humnaity dept.

The Dutch city of Leeuwarden has lost the municipal pornography archive and officials fear it may be gone forever. A spokesman for the city said the collection may have been taken home "accidentally" by an employee or visitor. "We're hoping that someone will say 'Hey, I have that in my attic' and bring it back," he said Thursday. "No questions asked." Leeuwarden shouldn't be too upset. I've found it a good practice to get rid of your porn archive and rebuild every 6 months or so.

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Sounds like AnonIB... (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

"HAI GAUYZ I DEL ALL MY PR0N CUZ MY MOM MITE FIND IT CAN U PLZ UPLOAD ALL UR STUFFZ 2 RAPIDSHARE!?!??! asdasdasdasd
In other news... (Score:5, Funny)

by ptomblin ( 1378 ) writes: <ptomblin@xcski.com> on Friday February 13, 2009 @05:09PM (#26849283) Homepage Journal

In other news, Dutch cities have their own porn archives!

- Re:Taken by their designated porn buddy? (Score:1)
  
  by kimgkimg ( 957949 ) writes:
  
  Maybe it was taken by their porn buddy to save the city from embarrassment from their parents and relatives...
- Re: (Score:3, Informative)
  
  by stephanruby ( 542433 ) writes:
  
  We do too, if you live in the US. Depending on which State/Country/jurisdiction you live in, porno actors are often registered with our government, certified to be above a certain age, tested for STDs, and must often include samples of their work to make sure that no underage lookalike takes over their identity.
  - Re: (Score:2)
    
    by ciderVisor ( 1318765 ) writes:
    
    samples of their work
    Eeeewwwwwww !!!
- Re: (Score:1)
  
  by Barryke ( 772876 ) writes:
  
  A dutch newspaper states "City's are obligated to archive their history. Pornography included."
  I'm dutch, didn't know. But beleive its a good thing they archive everything though. Imagine how much wiser we where if they did that from the start. (say ~10.000 years ago)
- Re: (Score:2, Funny)
  
  by Profane MuthaFucka ( 574406 ) writes:
  
  She's the Ouroboros who just couldn't quite connect.
The stuff! (Score:5, Funny)

by grantek ( 979387 ) writes: on Friday February 13, 2009 @05:26PM (#26849525)

why oh why couldn't they have learned their lesson about backups and data availability with something silly like credit card information!?

- Re: (Score:1)
  
  by swahebrumaf ( 1452693 ) writes:
  
  why oh why couldn't they have learned their lesson about backups and data availability with something silly like credit card information!?
  In Leeuwarden they don't speak English that well. When they were reading the backup manual, they translated "back up" into "pick up". Anyway, it's not such a stupid thought, as this collection was so big, it fitted in a shoe box. So I think this was an old-school collection, you know, printed on paper and stuff.
here's an idea... (Score:4, Funny)

by MoFoQ ( 584566 ) writes: on Friday February 13, 2009 @05:29PM (#26849593)

they can borrow mine!

- Re: (Score:1)
  
  by iamangry ( 1463943 ) writes:
  
  Mine too! It's the duty of all freedom loving citizens of the world to come together in this time of great crisis and help our Dutch friends in need! Just do us a favor and return those drives unstained please!
!IdleIsPants (Score:5, Funny)

by Jon.Laslow ( 809215 ) writes: on Friday February 13, 2009 @05:34PM (#26849671) Homepage Journal

After all, this article is about the lack-thereof.

Cloud Computing (Score:5, Funny)

by ralf1 ( 718128 ) writes: on Friday February 13, 2009 @05:39PM (#26849745)

Taking a page from the major IT thought leaders I have moved my porn to the cloud - all of it is on BitTorrent.

- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by snowgirl ( 978879 ) * writes:
  
  Taking a page from the major IT thought leaders I have moved my porn to the cloud - all of it is on BitTorrent.
  What are you going to do when Bittorrent collapses from The Pirate Bay servers going offline?
  - Re: (Score:1, Informative)
    
    by Anonymous Coward writes:
    
    Use cheggit or empornium *cough*
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by shermo ( 1284310 ) writes:
  
  That's a really unfortunate signature under the current circumstances.
Times have changed (Score:5, Funny)

by Locke2005 ( 849178 ) writes: on Friday February 13, 2009 @05:39PM (#26849747)

In my day, this was referred to as "that stack of skin mags on the coffee table". Now it's called "a municipal pornography archive"?
Krikke said the bulk of the archive had been assembled by a "fanatic" curator at the historical center.
I don't know why, but for some reason the phrase "too much time on his hands" comes to mind...

- Re: (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  There's bound to be too much something on his hands, but I don't think its just time.
  - Re: (Score:2)
    
    by Briareos ( 21163 ) * writes:
    
    What a wanker!
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by Teun ( 17872 ) writes:
  
  Mr. Krikke, presently in charge of the town's archive, has an appropriate name.
  In Dutch a krik is a jack and krikke(n) is the verb...
That's not a bad thing (Score:3, Funny)

by morgauo ( 1303341 ) writes: on Friday February 13, 2009 @05:41PM (#26849765)

It's a great thing... An excuse to make a new one!
Wait right there, I'm grabbing my camera and plane tickets!

It's obvious what happened (Score:5, Funny)

by Locke2005 ( 849178 ) writes: on Friday February 13, 2009 @05:42PM (#26849771)

The mayor's mom came in and cleaned under his bed!

Only one? (Score:3, Funny)

by jep77 ( 1357465 ) writes: on Friday February 13, 2009 @05:43PM (#26849789)

Why on earth would you only have ONE copy of something that important...
Maybe it just wasn't very good...

- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by sumdumass ( 711423 ) writes:
  
  Everyone kept getting distracted when making backups and for those that succeeded, they were afraid to touch afterwords.
  - Re: (Score:1)
    
    by jep77 ( 1357465 ) writes:
    
    Ew
  - Re: (Score:3, Informative)
    
    by phoenix321 ( 734987 ) * writes:
    
    If you've ever been to the Netherlands, you'd know by now that there are almost no taboos in PORN there.
    - animals
    - feces
    - families
    - furries
    - adult babies
    To be precise:
    - everything except underage kids
    (this was declared illegal because of international pressure in the 1970s or so)
    So, just let me say: whatever there was in this collection, most people probably would not want to see it even if they were paid to. Really. Dutch sex shops have open windows and are running advertising and sample videos in TVs view
The British response is predictable (Score:3, Funny)

by Locke2005 ( 849178 ) writes: on Friday February 13, 2009 @05:48PM (#26849863)

"What a bunch of wankers!"

Sticky Situation (Score:1)

by ForrestFire439 ( 1458475 ) writes:

A sticky situation indeed...
Poor quality porn? (Score:3, Informative)

by Atari400 ( 1174925 ) writes: on Friday February 13, 2009 @05:57PM (#26849981)

As a resident of The Netherlands, I have to remark that it can't have been that good if it's taken 30+ years to go missing.

This brings up something interesting. (Score:2, Redundant)

by iamwhoiamtoday ( 1177507 ) writes:

Pornography has been around for ages, and I mean: since man figured out how to draw stuff. [citation needed]
Where are the records? I, for one, would think that older porn should be preserved. What about the porn flicks from the 50s? what about the really old playboy magazines? There really should be a "world wide foundation for the preservation of Pornography" Some would argue that it's "History" or "Art."
- Re: (Score:3, Interesting)
  
  by sketerpot ( 454020 ) writes:
  
  It's valuable for sociologists, if nothing else. See how porn evolved over the years!
  - Re: (Score:2)
    
    by transporter_ii ( 986545 ) writes:
    
    On one end of the graph, there is stick figures on a wall. At the other end, 2 girls 1 cup.
    .
    - Re: (Score:2)
      
      by transporter_ii ( 986545 ) writes:
      
      Someone record the sociologist's reaction to watching 2 girls 1 cup and post it on youtube....
      .
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by frosty_tsm ( 933163 ) writes:
  
  I wonder if some of the classic works of art would fall into this category. By today's standards, they are very mild. But for back then, I bet they would qualify.
- Re: (Score:1, Informative)
  
  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  You mean like this :
  http://marcheo.napolibeniculturali.it/percorso/in-museum/P_RA12 [napolibeniculturali.it]
  or this?
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_art_in_Pompeii_and_Herculaneum [wikipedia.org]
Disappointing. (Score:1)

by Puffy Director Pants ( 1242492 ) writes:

There's a surprising lack of porn to be found in the article. Really, I go to the trouble of RTFA and what do I get? NOTHING!
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by Qzukk ( 229616 ) writes:
  
  surprising lack of porn to be found in the article
  Well duh, they lost it! Check back when they find the porn stash again.
Tiny Tove Lost? (Score:3, Funny)

by Edward Teach ( 11577 ) writes: on Friday February 13, 2009 @06:45PM (#26850521)

The humnanity!!!!
I have some really crappy copies I could rar and password protect for them. A simple, proprietary .exe file will make it viewable.

What, are they are afraid of? (Score:1)

by davidsyes ( 765062 ) writes:

That they'll miss out on their own version of the Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox?
I've found it for them! (Score:1)

by strength_of_10_men ( 967050 ) writes:

it's right here! [NSFW] [google.com]
I have enough (Score:1)

by HeLLFiRe1151 ( 743468 ) writes:

to make Mr.Hefner blush.
Easily Solved (Score:3, Funny)

by PPH ( 736903 ) writes: on Friday February 13, 2009 @11:29PM (#26852915)

Just follow the trail of Kleenex and empty hand lotion bottles.

- Re: (Score:1)
  
  by fonske ( 1224340 ) writes:
  
  Most european guys are not circumcised. Anyway maybe I didn't understand why the lotion bottles are for.
The spokesman's name (Score:2, Interesting)

by DerPflanz ( 525793 ) writes:

The funny thing is that the spokesman is called 'Krikke', which really resembles the Dutch verb 'krikken', which is slang for having sex.
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by PHPfanboy ( 841183 ) writes:
  
  That's hilarious! In English "Cricket" means you're never getting any!
Oh, no! (Score:1)

by jonadab ( 583620 ) writes:

However will the city government function without this important resource?</sarcasm>

Seriously, you know this story is for real because nobody would think to make up something so bizarre.
Idle Scores! (Score:1)

by fyoder ( 857358 ) writes:

After a long time of being derided as a useless waste of space, Idle finally comes up with a story that slashdotters relate to. There's your key, Samzenpus, more porn!
Next on dateline (Score:1)

by defiek ( 1478245 ) writes:

If there ever were a court preceding to convict the man who stole the cities porn it would be hilarious to read it.
They should learn from Linus ... (Score:2)

by deek ( 22697 ) writes:

"Real men don't do backups, they just upload and let the world mirror their data."

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Sounds like AnonIB... (Score:2, Funny)

In other news... (Score:5, Funny)

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The stuff! (Score:5, Funny)

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here's an idea... (Score:4, Funny)

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!IdleIsPants (Score:5, Funny)

Cloud Computing (Score:5, Funny)

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Times have changed (Score:5, Funny)

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That's not a bad thing (Score:3, Funny)

It's obvious what happened (Score:5, Funny)

Only one? (Score:3, Funny)

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The British response is predictable (Score:3, Funny)

Sticky Situation (Score:1)

Poor quality porn? (Score:3, Informative)

This brings up something interesting. (Score:2, Redundant)

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Disappointing. (Score:1)

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Tiny Tove Lost? (Score:3, Funny)

What, are they are afraid of? (Score:1)

I've found it for them! (Score:1)

I have enough (Score:1)

Easily Solved (Score:3, Funny)

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The spokesman's name (Score:2, Interesting)

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Oh, no! (Score:1)

Idle Scores! (Score:1)

Next on dateline (Score:1)

They should learn from Linus ... (Score:2)

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