It does not matter if the publishing process takes six days or six months, something changes before the column is published.
Databases disappear, host addresses change or protocols are updated.
True to the rapid rate of change on the Internet, shortly after the column was submitted, that public Lynx client no longer permitted use of the Go command. The frequent Internet explorer soon finds that a database that served so well one day may have vanished the next. Perhaps a file found in an archie search is no longer available at the specified location. A favorite gopher bookmark suddenly becomes a dead end. Various techniques can be used for troubleshooting, maintaining bookmark lists, and finding new locations of old sources.