Dead threads

[richlevy]

Okay, really more about dead links. To give you an idea of the semi-randomless surfing that I do, I was watching part of 'Author, Author' last night when I thought I recognized one of the kid actors, Eric Gurry, as someone who became a character actor later on. So I went to IMDB and only found a few entries. I then looked at the 'where are they now' section and found

(March 2008) Joined Akoya Capital, Chicago, Illinois, as Managing Partner.

So I looked up Akoya Capital and found their team page. Mr. Gurry is not listed. The new managing partner was hired in 1999.

But if you Google 'Eric Gurry partner', you can still pull up his page because they never removed it from the site
http://www.akoyacapital.com/gurry .

So does this mean that they are so technically savvy that they realize removing the page is meaningless since Google caches pages, or are they so technically clueless that they think removing links makes website pages inaccessible?

It makes you wonder what other discarded pages are beneath the surface throughout the web. For every mission statement or quarterly report, is there an older draft left open to the Internet? If you visit the websites of sports teams, are there hidden pages for traded players? Do auto manufacturers de-link and leave behind pages for discontinued models?