George,

I concur but would like to make two further observations:

1) one man's flotsam is another man's jetsam
2) some is better than none, given the practical inability to search the
archives at all while broke down on the side of the road, a DVD with
which I could sort my own flotsam and jetsam is a marked improvement and
would at least give me something constructive to do until the AAA truck
arrived.

That being said, a list archivist is also a darn good idea, are you
volunteering?

:)
David Higginbotham
82 Westfalia
Silk Hope, NC

-----Original Message-----
Date:    Mon, 6 Jun 2005 00:26:53 EDT
From:    George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: Vanagon Archives, the DVD Edition?

In a message dated 6/5/05 6:42:42 PM, josorio@ATLAS.KENNESAW.EDU writes:

<< given the
fact that the archives are a regularly used source for maintaining and
knowing "everything" there is to know about our beloved bricks, why not
store it offline on a couple of DVDs? >>

Jorge,

Fine idea except, as I have said before, to have an archive requires
first an archivist to separate the flotsam from the jetsam.  If an
archivist did his thing with the mass of material stored within the
Vanagon "archives", the result probably would not even consume a 3.5"
floppy.  Short of Chinese motorcycle jackets, sometimes I think one of
the greatest affronts to the human condition has been the availability
of cheap bytes.

George