If you click on the headings (e.g., "last post by"), it resorts the column ascending/descending.

So it would appear that THIS was the first ever C&V post (July 2002).

Lotek was there - so too was John E. I don't recognize the others.
It appears though that posting was very very sparse until about 2004

- But I didn't join until April 2009 and missed out on several years of incredible C&V insight and wisdom!