Christopher Hawkins
clh at christopherhawkins.com
Thu Mar 4 18:31:22 CST 2004
Hmmm. You guys HAD to go and pose the questions, didn't you? ;) 1999? 2000? I'm not sure, because I've unsubscribed and re-subscribed two or three times. -Christopher- ---- Original Message ---- From: jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com, Subject: RE: [AccessD] RE: Age of the List was (Drew - Age of the Archives?) Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 13:07:28 -0500 >I joined the list in July 1997. At that time it was hosted by MT >group / >David Scott. DatabaseAdvisors was of course formed to manage >AccessD when >David decided he'd had enough and wanted to shut the group down. > >John W. Colby >www.ColbyConsulting.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Bryan >Carbonnell >Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 12:33 PM >To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com >Subject: [AccessD] RE: Age of the List was (Drew - Age of the >Archives?) > > >Well, actually AccessD, as a list has been around for more than 7 >years, >IIRC. It was originally hosted by David Scott at the MT Group. > >DatabaseAdvisors, Inc has only been around since 2001 > >I just had a quick look at the Internet archive and have come up >with >a reference from 1997 >(http://web.archive.org/web/19971221192627/http://mtgroup.com/) but >I'm sure it's been around for longer than that. > >Bryan Carbonnell >bryan_carbonnell at cbc.ca > >>>> john at winhaven.net 04-Mar-04 11:51:06 AM >>> >Not according to our website! > >I had thought I joined in May of 2000 but when I saw that I figured >it >must >have been May of 2001. I could be wrong. The only way to verify it >woul >dbe >backup tapes and BLA! -its bad enough when I have to use them :o) > >-----Original Message----- >From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of William >Hindman >Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 10:28 AM >To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >Subject: Re: [AccessD] Drew - Age of the Archives? > > >...AccessD was alive and well long before 2001 :) > >William Hindman "My idea of an agreeable person is a person who >agrees >with >me." Disraeli > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John Bartow" <john at winhaven.net> >To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" ><accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 10:51 AM >Subject: RE: [AccessD] Drew - Age of the Archives? > > >> I don't blame you, after the run of luck you've had! >> >> I'm leery every time I do a presentation. I don't mind speaking in >front >of >> people but it seems something always goes wrong - no matter how >prepared I >> am. I've done presentations for conferences where the coordinator >guaranteed >> the equipment was what I asked for and when I show up they have >projectors >> that don't handle 1024x768 which is the only res. at which my >laptop's >video >> looks good (640 cuts the text lines up). I had another conference >where I >> was setup 30 minutes early, everything worked fine, unplug my >laptop >and >the >> first presenter plugs his in, he goes on and finishes, I plug my >laptop >into >> the projector and POOF my laptop's screen goes out. It took about >20 >minutes >> to get it all rearranged so that my partner could run the >presentation >from >> the projected image rather than the laptop, while I talked about >it. >(we >> were showing a new app. live of course.) Luckily there was a third >presenter >> that went on in our time slot and 500 people weren't just sitting >there >> getting irritated. Took a month to get the screen replaced too :o( >> >> John >> >> BTW AccessD as we know it was formed in 2001 so I guess I have it >narrowed >> down enough now :o) >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of >> DWUTKA at marlow.com >> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 11:47 AM >> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com >> Subject: RE: [AccessD] Drew - Age of the Archives? >> >> >> I actually gave a presentation on the 'indexing' capabilities I >built >for >> the archives last month. After my track record with major >changes/updates >> to the archives, I was just a little leary to give that >presentation....go >> figure! >> >> Drew >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John >Bartow >> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 11:24 AM >> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >> Subject: RE: [AccessD] Drew - Age of the Archives? >> >> >> Drew, >> Yes, it is an interesting timeline, I thought of a few of those >things >too! >> :o) >> >> Thanks, >> John >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of >> DWUTKA at marlow.com >> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 10:47 AM >> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com >> Subject: RE: [AccessD] Drew - Age of the Archives? >> >> >> Hmmmm, let's work backwards. I know that the archives stopping >archiving >> this past August/September (2003), because that's when I separated >from >> Tammy. I know the archives started using the 'Memo Field Indexing' >in >April >> of 2003, because that is when my apartment caught fire. I know I >moved >the >> archives from Marlow to my home in early January of 2003, because >my >DSL >> company went bankrupt and pulled the plug on their network then. >> >> I have no clue when I actually 'started' the archives, other then a >wild >> guess at about 6 months before I moved it home. So I would say >July >or >> August of 2002. >> >> Drew (Interesting timeline, eh?) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John >Bartow >> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 9:00 PM >> To: _DBA-Access >> Subject: [AccessD] Drew - Age of the Archives? >> >> >> Drew, >> Someone recently asked me how long I have been on this list. The >only >point >> of reference I could think of was about two years before I sent all >my >> archives to Drew! >> >> So, Do you know when you put the archives together on your site? >> >> John "My memory is 40 years ahead of it time (I have a like I'm >over >80)" >> Bartow >> >> >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >> >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >> >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > >-- >_______________________________________________ >AccessD mailing list >AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > >-- >_______________________________________________ >AccessD mailing list >AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >-- >_______________________________________________ >AccessD mailing list >AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > >-- >_______________________________________________ >AccessD mailing list >AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >