Another point, the last post before beyond’s post was posted 04-16-2003 11:04 PM, and a reply after 22 months like could use a little AO FAQ reading
Why? Because he wanted to talk about how much the topic helped him? Because he has to say somethign relevant to the origonal topic and didn't want to start a fresh one just to report how well it worked?

You all badger new people for not searching AO before asking questions, but yet when they try to continue a thread that they found by searching, you neg them. Why? What would be the point in opening up a new thread that has to link to an entirley seperate thread before he can even discuss what he wants? ESPECIALLY when he can just continue a thread that already exists on a topic that is exactally what he wants to talk about.

Forget how old a thread is. Relevance is relevance is relevance. Can you honestly tell me that you want all old thread information to become outdated? So that when you tell them to search the forums for their answers, they discover 2-3 years old worth of information that may/may not be valid and up to date, without a hint that the information MAY be updated but never brought to light?

And scratch, the FAQ doesn't even get close to recommending people NOT post in old threads. It says to keep in mind how old the thread is. This is because the information may be so old that no one remembers anything about it, and thus you may not get a reply.