In a message dated 12/14/03 11:31:00 AM, vwnut@HAWKCOMPUTING.COM writes:

<< Why do people waste their time telling me to search the archives?
If you don't want to share your opinion and knowledge please don't. >>

For more than one reason, it has always bothered me to see people directed to
that morass known as the list archive.  An archive is supposed to have some
manner of order and ease of use.  And, it is also supposed to be regulated by
an archivist.  The list archive has none of these elements, so let's call it
what it really is: a data dump.

To direct someone to a furtive and, perhaps, futile search of the list
archive could mean hours of their precious life whenever their inquiry can be
answered by someone spending a few minutes to compose an e-mail.  Replying to their
plea for help by condemning them to the "archive" smacks of the kind of
arrogance which is opposed to the spirit of this list.

Perhaps it is time to totally delete the bloated contents of the list
"archive" and start anew.

George