All The Wisdom in the World, ...or at least, Our World.

[sad1199]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at y...> 
wrote:
> I was searching through the Archieves for something and discovered
> that /text searching/ the archive was a 100 times easier than using
> the worthless Yahoo Group Search tool.
> 
> Then I thought about downloading the entire contents of the 
archives.
> 
> Then I wonder if anyone else would be inclined to do the same.
> 
> Then I wonder if anyone would like the entire 'Harry Potter for
> Grownups Archive' on CD-ROM.
> 
> You REALLY can search for terms and phrase much much faster than 
using
> the Yahoo groups search.
> 
> I haven't downloaded everything, but I have 30,000 posts and they 
take
> up 25Mb of space on my hard drive. That means the entire archive 
would
> fit on a single CD with room left over for some freeware tools for
> extracting and searching the data.
> 
> SO...
> 
> This is a preliminary inquiry, if I put the archive on CD-ROM with
> tools to extact, view, and search, would anyone be willing to pay 
me
> $2 or maybe $3 for my time plus postage? 
> 
> Remember, this isn't free for me, I have to buy the CD's, burn 
them,
> buy a CD storage envelope, buy a CD shipping enevelope then haul it
> all down to the post office and put postage on it. I don't have to
> make money, but I absolutely can NOT afford to lose money on the 
deal.
> 
> It should be noted that the current archives extend from the 
EGroups
> version of HP4GU to 68,000 posts in the current group. The most 
recent
> post is 113,681. If the demand is strong enough, maybe we can
> encourage them to update the archives. 
> 
> Since I burn my CD/R-ROMs as 'multi-session' you could add to the 
disk
> as the archives are updated. Or, I would be willing to sell new 
full
> CD's or just the update CD too.
> 
> At this time, this is just a thought; ...so, anyone interested?
> 
> Steve/bboyminn

sad1199 here: 

     Since my biggest fear is posting something someone else has 
already written I search the archives often. If I had a CD I'm sure 
it would be that much easier. What address would you like me to mail 
the money to?

A grateful Harry Potter reader.  sad1199