[wsrp-wsia] Markup Subgroup Meeting-Fwd:DSL downtime

[rexb@starbourne.com]

Since only Andre and I attended the markup subgroup meeting this last Wednesday,
Andre and I decided that the markup subgroup should meet this coming Wednesday
again, at the agreed time and at the numbers he supplied. I wanted to make that
announcement now since I forgot yesterday. 

I am still disconnected on the system that handles my email on a regular basis,
so I thought I should let these lists know also. I am supposed to get the ISP
level 2 tech support before Mon.

Rex

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>To: humanmarkup@lists.oasis-open.org,
>From: rexb@starbourne.com
>Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 08:38:25 -0600
>
>Hi Folks,
>
>I'm sorry to inform you that I will be out of contqact for an indefinite period

>of time until my DSL connection gets fixed. That is the connection on which

>I use my G4 Mac for 2d graphics/email/bookkeeping to stay away from the regular

>Windows hack attacks, viruses and worms. A lot depends on when I get hold of

>a competent troubleshooter, which in this era of tight budgets bodes ill for

>soon. As usual, I knew more about my DSL ISP's system, and its deficiencies

>than the level 1 support person, so we exhausted the settings, connections,

>power cycles and circuit activities (pinging) checks.So it is now in the realm

>of systems engineers, who are usually busy handling system-level stuff rather

>than individual trouble tickets.
>
>I owe some of you replies and updates, but I have to defer for now. Using one

>of my other systems will, in the long run, really mess up my limited ability

>to keep work projects and systems discrete and trackable across platforms and

>operating systems. So while I can use one of them to send out this message,

>unless a project has a dealbreaking bottleneck only I can handle, or an emergency

>that needs coordinating, I will probably not send any messages until my DSL-Mac

>system is restored. My Windows 2000 is busy with 3d work for the chat, which

>simply won't abide Norton Anti-Virus and System Utilities, nor firewalls nor

>internet connections, while my Windows XP, which I'm using with my web hosting

>http control facilities program, is wrapped up in various TC projects, is a

>laptop whose settings regularly get changed and so presents a hazard of losing

>information when I switch to mobile configurations.
>
>All in all, it sucks pretty much, and, of course, if worse comes to worst,
I
>will readjust and get back in touch in a new configuration altogether.
>
>In the meantime, I'm gonna work on reducing polygon counts and custom-fitting

>texture maps.
>
>Hope you are all having more fun and better consistency from your systems than

>I am.
>
>Ciao,
>Rex
>
>http://www.starbourne.com
>
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