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Yes...it was August 12, 2001 09:00-11:35


Yes, that was the day that you infested this group for the
first
time

Didn't you just take a pop at Dmitri for reviving long-dead
threads?


Yes, and I got slated for suggesting that it's not a good idea,
now
why is it OK for Dmitri to do so but not I?...

It's OK for anyone to do it - I was just commenting on the U turn.

It was in no way a U turn, it was highlighting the problem of people
deciding that they should reply to long dead messages that they
either never replied to when current or missed for what ever reason.


Having said that, it's one thing to respond to a long-dead thread
with
information that's helpful, or thought to be helpful. It's quite
another to
respond with something pointless


But that is what all information to dead threads is, especially if
there is no previous context with the message, considering that most
questions come around again and again (no one seems to bother to do
any of their own research now before posting a question) why not just
wait until the subject is current again?