Noise levels increasing and have become deafening - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

26 Oct 1998

...
 I joined the list some time ago because it was a means
to get information
about some of the old computers I have collected, hardware and software
wise. This list no longer serves that purpose. 
To tell you the truth, I'm not sure it ever really served the
purpose of "getting information".  There have always been better
ways of obtaining the information you're after.

...
 99% of useful information I now get is off other
peoples web sites. 
I'd estimate that of the technical questions asked here, 95% of
them have easily found answers at a web site or a Usenet FAQ.
Strangely enough, though, few folks responding ever list these
sources of information, so the cycle of "ask question with
well-known answer/receive 20 followups containing the information"
continues.

Tim.