I don't know what the problem is. Yes, the original post is fairly old. However... Some one comes alongs and asks a question which has been asked, and answered several times- and the response is "RTFF" or, "dude, we been there, done that," or whatever. So, said poster has a question, and does the search. An old thread pops up which addresses the issue, but does not provide the answer OP was looking for. What does he do? Drag up an old thread, or start a new one and put up with, "RTFF?' He could just dredge up all the old threads and read all the responses.., but what if his question wasn't answered in a manner that made sense to him? Why don't we just answer his question, when asked, regardless of date. Here's a thought- maybe when he did the search, he didn't realize the date of the original thread, or care.
Myself I like to see some old threads dredged up. May well be a lot of good info there.