Searching the forums before posting has the following global, local, national, social, and civic benefits (aside from preventing global warming):
1. It reduces the global Internet bandwidth consumption for needless posts, where information already resides in the HFV database. This reduces global warming (reducing consumption of any resource reduces global warming, according to latest (pseudo) scientific studies).
2. It reduces local Indian bandwidth by eliminating member replies to needless posts. This reduces global warming (see point 1. for explanation).
3. It reduces wear and tear of keyboards, fingers, and mice, both for writing and replying to needless posts. This reduces need to recycle these items early, again reducing global warming.
4. It reduces energy consumption of local, remote computers, the HFV server, and the HFV moderators to analyse, host, and store needless posts and threads spawning from them. This (as you have guessed) reduces global warming.
5. It helps the social and family fabric of our members by allowing them to spend less time replying to needless posts, thus allowing more time spent with either their music or their loved ones. This leads to social, civic, and national harmony. This also reduces global warming (because I say so).
6. It prevents me from having to write such lengthy posts about why searching in the forum before needlessly posting is useful. This helps my physical, mental, and spiritual well-being, which again translates into (local) civic, social, and national harmony, since I am better behaved with people around me if I am less irritated. This also reduces global warming (QED).
That being said, welcome to HFV
. Please search the forums and you will find (more than one) extensive threads on exactly the answer you're seeking.
If you have any additional (or slightly different question) please feel free to post and all of us will be happy to help you out.
-Jinx.
