Denys writes:

>>> You are not now a member of Interex?!?
...
>It would be more interesting to find out who is not, and why!

I am no longer a member.  The last HPWorld conference that I attended
was Toronto ('95; the first was Montreal, '83 IIRC).

It happens that The 3000 NewsWire performs an excellent service
in print, and hp3000-L is invaluable for immediate information
needs, but neither is responsible for my allowing my Interex
membership to lapse.

I used to attend the conference because I learned so much
and could apply the knowledge immediately upon my return.

Unfortunately, the costs kept increasing, while the value
of the information that I received at the conference decreased.

For the same amount of cash today, I'd likely get much more
value from the O'Reilly Open Source Convention.

   http://conferences.oreilly.com/


Speaking of O'Reilly, the 3rd edition of Programming Perl is out:

   http://press.oreilly.com/perlprog.html


>>> Another trick that we use is to fly to another airport that has
>>> cheaper flights.  In this case, we will probably fly into
>>> Baltimore (BWI) and drive up to Philly.

[then Gavin]
>> The secret here is that the East is a lot smaller than people there would
>> like you to think.  I once accidentally visited three States and the
>> District of Columbia on the drive from BWI to my Maryland hotel (it was
>> dark, ok?).

> You should have tried turning on the headlights.  They have road signs on
the
> East coast. I bet a lot of other drivers were surprised.

Actually, the signs on the East coast are more of the

   "You are now passing..."

variety.  As for getting lost, I once passed (by mistake) a turn
I wanted in Crystal City, VA.  "No problem," methinks, "I'll just
make a U-turn at the next light."  Light?  What light?  Next thing
I knew I was on some road (Capitol Expressway?) headed into DC.
"No problem," methinks foolishly again, "I'll just turn around
at the next offramp."  Wrongo-dongo.  The next ramp had no provision
for returning to the same road.  Instead, I went off on some OTHER
road the I didn't want.  I don't recall how I ever got back to
Crystal City.

--Glenn