Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 00:43:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Minutes
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

"Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com> wrote:

> What application is it?

IE under XP.  I simply type telnet://panix.com/ for the URL.  I'm
pleased to see that it defaults to light-on-dark, unlike everything
else.

I seem to recall that Panix also has a way to log in via Javascript.
Perhaps I'll try that in my copious spare time.

> Have you considered IMAP or POP to access mail remotely?  IMAP might
> work better from work, as it leaves the mail in your mailbox on your
> other machine rather than relocating it as POP does.

I'm using a shell account, which doesn't relocate anything.  Panix is
effectively my home machine -- all my important files, including the
complete archives of this list, the WSFA website, my email address
book, my web bookmarks, and my last seven years of incoming and
outgoing email and saved newsgroup postings are stored there or on
another ISP.  When I check my email, I'm using the PC at work only as
a dumb terminal.  It's nice that that PC has enough spare disk space
to store several centuries of my email, but I don't plan to use any of
it for that.

> I suggest a different tape recorder location in future, at least if
> a sensor scan detects more bubble wrap in the area.  ;-)

I like to have the recorder right next to me so I can make sure it's
working.  And I like to sit at the table, so I can take notes without
losing the ability to raise my hand.

> You too?  I wish they could treat those, but there are other eye
> problems I want them to work on first...

Me too.  With my glasses on I can read text on my screen only with my
right eye.  With my glasses off I can read text on my screen only with
my left eye.  I'm tempted to just pop out the left lens of my glasses
and throw it away.

Vision in my right eye is perfectly sharp at a specific very short
distance.  Vision in my left eye used to be the same, but over the
past couple years it's drifted, and now it's moderately sharp at all
distances, but really good at none.

I take off and put back on my glasses hundreds of times a day.  I have
two rather different pairs, and I alternate between them every day
or two.

I have two more weeks to decide whether to opt for medical insurance.
It would take a big bite out of my meager salary.  Perhaps I'll see if
I can get it just long enough to get new glasses, then cancel.  Since
being uninsured only subtracts a month of life expectancy on average,
it's not really worth having if it costs enormously more than one
earns in a month.