-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tim wrote:
>The list has only 5% of the content it had in its glory years, 1992-95. >And perhaps only 10% of its content in its declining years, 1996-98. >It's now at about half the level of its senile years, 1999-2000. This >past year has been the worst. >There are many reasons for this decline, discussed as early as 1994. >Any newbies who think this list is now interesting or exciting has my >sympathy. Bah. One can regret having missed the glory days while still feeling like there's a good handful of people worth coming back for. Maybe the upcoming legislation will have the same effect as Clipper and cause the list to reach critical mass again. ~F. *** The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms. - --William O. Douglas, Associate Justice, US Supreme Court -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPsdk version 1.7.1 (C) 1997-1999 Network Associates, Inc. and its affiliated companies. (Diffie-Helman/DSS-only version) iQA/AwUBO/Xnpfg5Tuca7bfvEQIKUgCghn+7NxKfYPSU2i1JgcZ9Tn9UNWAAn1pO BrBAuzKp7XptKWc/c/8PybT/ =dHzw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----