At 17:26 -0500 10/1/12, <cctalk-request at classiccmp.org> wrote:
I don't consider anything on the net private but
I'm used to knowing
that the lists I'm a part of are public (usually). I also think its
a good reference for folks just like forums which I appreciate when
I can search for already solved issues without having to sign up on
their site for potentially 1 use.
Seconded. I'm nowhere near as useful as most of the folks on
the list, but I think of the list and its archive as an incredible
resource to help out anyone interested in this hobby - of whom there
are not (in my opinion) enough, and anything we can do to encourage
more is a good idea. Informative posts from e.g. Tony (how do I
disassemble this monitor, and where am I likely to get a nasty
surprise if uninitiated?) or Fred (what's the format of this floppy
that I need to read likely to be?) look to me like the essence of the
list, and the quicker they are accessible to the more people, the
better.
If indexing helps facilitate that, right on.
If indexing make me think twice about my posts, well, that
may well be a good thing too. I clearly recall a post where I gave
the resistor color-code *wrong* (!) because I typed way faster than I
thought (and I don't type that fast...); could be if I'd remembered
people might pick my post up on a google search, I'd have been a bit
more careful.
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