...............
> :::The archive have a search feature.   Click on the link from the base
> :::page that reads "Search the archives."
> :::
> :::At least 90% of the time you will get better info and get it sooner by
> :::searching the archives for a half hour to an hour than you will by
> :::posting and waiting for people to reply to your problem.   For many
> :::problems you can find the answer in about the same time it takes to
> :::write and post the email asking the question.
> :::
>
> Ah, but Sam, you miss the point!  Posting is a social experience, you get to
> bond with the other vanagonauts and feel yourself the member of an elite and
> arcane tribe!
>
> Whereas searching is a solitary, indeed lonely experience, with none of the
> warmth of human contact that you get from conferring with your cyberbuddies
> on the list...

I couldn't have said it better!

Thanks,

Tom B.-actually talking face to face w/ your cyberbuddies is an even more
radical phase these days?