Plato Book Search Problems: 2005-11-11
Dear [Mentat],
Your screen resolution probably did not change, especially if you did not adjust it yourself. However, Amazon’s web site did change – it seems busier these days than I remember it a year ago. So perhaps that’s what’s affecting your JAWS.
Sorry to hear about your firewall. I had a battery go bad in one of my laptops this week. Fortunately however, it was covered by the  extended service  warranty I purchased. I usually buy these with computers because they’ve saved me bundles of money, especially on the first two Micron machines I purchased in the late 90s. Both of them required replacement of motherboards during the extended warranty period. However, I wouldn’t buy the extensions for CD players and small appliances. Generally speaking, if the item costs less than $500, I don’t buy the extension.
Yes, I know of  request only  ordering from NLS. In fact, that’s how I did it back in the late 80s. However, I wanted to give myself some compulsion to read; so I told them to send me three to five books a month in the general areas of philosophy, psychology, and classic literature. So far, I’ve been very happy with the books, but keeping up with the reading feels a bit uncomfortable at present. Oh well. I hope I can learn to tolerate it, because, since I was so  unread  for my school years, I have much catching up to do.  
On Aristotle: I think I’ll read Plato first, since much of what Aristotle writes is based upon or refutes Plato. The translation of Plato’s complete works I mentioned in September seems much easier to read. So I’ll tackle it first, and then try Aristotle once more.
Later,
Tom Hesley