I very rarely read messages without subjects and so those posters usually don't get any help from me... if my suggestions can be considered help :) I just happened to look at this one cuz there aren't many others in my inbox this time around. DvB On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > Paul & everybody else....Of course it helps if all of the > messages in the database have subjects, unlike this thread. > > Alan > > > Alan Shoemaker wrote: > > > > Paul....you don't browse it you search it. Searching takes only > > seconds. > > > > Alan > > > > Paul Derbyshire wrote: > > > > > > At 10:54 AM 2/13/00 EST, you wrote: > > > >I haven't looked lately..BUT...could Mandrake staff please put in BIG BOLD > > > >LETTERS....."check the archives before submitting problems". > > > > > > Yuck. You could browse the archives of a high volume list like this for > > > weeks and still not find anything similar toyour question/problem, and it > > > might nevertheless be in there. > > > > > > Nobody wants to turn a simple question into a week's heavy research. > > > > > > Maybe what's really needed is a FAQ. A way to *boolean search* the archive > > > might do in the interim. > > > -- > > > .*. "Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not > > > -() < circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a > > > `*' straight line." ------------------------------------------------- > > > -- B. Mandelbrot |http://surf.to/pgd.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _____________________ ____|________ Paul Derbyshire > > > Programmer & Humanist|ICQ: 10423848| >
