Where have our members gone? (or, the self-absorption of Evan)

[patrickt]

The beauty of this particular forum is that the knowledge of the individual members is so diverse -- and I'm not talking about Cobra stuff. I've been doing this since the days when you had to dial in to BBS boards & BITNET, and on sites where the only common language was assembly language for reverse engineering. There is no shortage of brains on the different forums that are out there, but there is a shortage of forums where the members all bring to the table a tremendously varied skill set that is above and beyond the specifc topic area of the forum itself. Granted, this is a Cobra site, but if you should happen to post a question dealing with valence electrons, setting a breakpoint in SoftICE, a CryoMaze procedure, or a Motion to Crave Oyer, you're going to get an answer. Usually, the right one, too. I don't find that in any of my other forums, and I've been on a lot of them... a whole lot of them. That kind of knowledge just inherently ends up spilling over and "adding spice." It's great, too.

BTW, the moderators generally do a pretty good job letting the forum police itself. The only times I think they've been out of line is when they've ragged on my sorry a$$.