@Acer
Rotten?
I think they're referring to dead links (link rot).
The internet archive is used to store web contents, so if the contents were archived before the web site at that link went down (or before the contents were otherwise removed for the link), then a link to the archived site should still have it. But if the link was archived after the contents "rotted" then it would have the contents at that point (or an error message).
Yes, I meant dead links.
No. I didn't mean archives of dead links. I meant dead archives of links.
links to abandoned/deleted archives
What is this thing, this graphic thing you posted to this thread?
I don't get it.
Okay. I tried looking at it from a distance thinking that that is what is was, but it didn't work.
I just now displayed it in mono font and now it is clear.
@Pat @Acer
ascii pic of a thumb-up. may not appear correctly on some platforms.