HI TOm,

On Fri 2036-Jun-27 19:14, Thom LaCosta (1:261/1352) wrote to Richard Webb:

 RW> Thanks for the shorter file description and consistent naming
 RW> conventions. Makes it easier to purge my files database and that
 RW> directory.

 RW> I can now purge both on the first of the month easier.  I see no
 RW> reason to keep old issues around, and this makes life easier.

TL> Some folks keep them for hysterical purposes.  I suppose I should
TL> make the old versions available for download.

I guess, but for those of us who aren't historians there's
no reason for the excess clutter .  GLad some folks do,
such as fidonews from the old days when there was actually
some content .

TL> I guess I save too much....have just about filled up a 500 gig drive
TL> with Bluegrass and OleTimey music I've collected....to say nothing
TL> of the hundreds of cds.  I figure when I croak, my kids will spend
TL> years listening to it. 


Music's an entirely different thing.  HEck, I was known to
save safety copies of mixdown sessions in my studio, and the midi files
which were the automation for them for a long
time, in case the client came back later and wanted to do
something different, or the mastering folks had a glitch
.

TL> And...I can remember saving stuff on cassette for the TRS80 ! 

NEver had one of those, but I had a standalone midi
sequencer that used those data cassettes.  RIght before
Katrina I was going through some old boxes of junk and still found those
data cassettes with those tones on them .

STill, the consistent naming convention helps, along with
the shorter description lines I've seen in last couple.
Makes the whole purge process easier .

Regards,
           Richard
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+