Technolgy 2008
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How long has it been since fax-machines have been around? Anyway, a story from my friend. His wife works in HR at the headquarters of an international bank. She recently received a call from a long-term employee from a branch in a small village. She told it to fill in the required form and fax it to the given number. After about half an hour, she got another call: "It's not working! I try to send it, but every time I send the page it's rejected and sent back to me..." Sure enough, walking over to her fax, she found 20-plus copies of the form he had sent...
Another reason to kill off the fax machine. Detest the little bastards.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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Another reason to kill off the fax machine. Detest the little bastards.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
Paul Watson wrote:
kill off the fax machine
Aren't they already cremated?
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A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. --Leonard Louis Levinson -
How long has it been since fax-machines have been around? Anyway, a story from my friend. His wife works in HR at the headquarters of an international bank. She recently received a call from a long-term employee from a branch in a small village. She told it to fill in the required form and fax it to the given number. After about half an hour, she got another call: "It's not working! I try to send it, but every time I send the page it's rejected and sent back to me..." Sure enough, walking over to her fax, she found 20-plus copies of the form he had sent...
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Paul Watson wrote:
kill off the fax machine
Aren't they already cremated?
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage
Tech Gossips
A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. --Leonard Louis LevinsonSince we are talking about them, obviously not.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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How long has it been since fax-machines have been around? Anyway, a story from my friend. His wife works in HR at the headquarters of an international bank. She recently received a call from a long-term employee from a branch in a small village. She told it to fill in the required form and fax it to the given number. After about half an hour, she got another call: "It's not working! I try to send it, but every time I send the page it's rejected and sent back to me..." Sure enough, walking over to her fax, she found 20-plus copies of the form he had sent...
tell your wife to get four sheets of black paper, lie them next to each other on the short edge and fix them with sticky tape. then fax the paper row to that branch, and when the first in the row comes out of the machine, quickly fix it to the end of the row. let the machine keep running for a good while, sending black pages over and over. enjoy.
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)
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Paul Watson wrote:
kill off the fax machine
Aren't they already cremated?
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage
Tech Gossips
A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. --Leonard Louis LevinsonVasudevan Deepak K wrote:
Aren't they already cremated?
You would be surprised. Locally, and dependent on the technological penetration, you'll find a varying demand for faxes.
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
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tell your wife to get four sheets of black paper, lie them next to each other on the short edge and fix them with sticky tape. then fax the paper row to that branch, and when the first in the row comes out of the machine, quickly fix it to the end of the row. let the machine keep running for a good while, sending black pages over and over. enjoy.
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)
That would be a cool prank to pull :D
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
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That would be a cool prank to pull :D
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
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Soon as I read that I felt like I'd read it somewhere else recently (some months ago) where people did this as an attack on some company/group. Can't remember though...
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man
Anonymous attacking the Church of Scientology.
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
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Anonymous attacking the Church of Scientology.
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
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tell your wife to get four sheets of black paper, lie them next to each other on the short edge and fix them with sticky tape. then fax the paper row to that branch, and when the first in the row comes out of the machine, quickly fix it to the end of the row. let the machine keep running for a good while, sending black pages over and over. enjoy.
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)
Evil!
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tell your wife to get four sheets of black paper, lie them next to each other on the short edge and fix them with sticky tape. then fax the paper row to that branch, and when the first in the row comes out of the machine, quickly fix it to the end of the row. let the machine keep running for a good while, sending black pages over and over. enjoy.
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)
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Another reason to kill off the fax machine. Detest the little bastards.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
It is helpful when you need a document quickly and the morons (normally government) won't accept a printed email, or the sender can't generate a 'letterhead' email. In my case recently I needed a car insurance cover note so that the dealer could tell the government that I had insurance when driving my new (well, lightly used) car away, and so I could get a temporary parking permit. The irony is of course that we now use a fax to email service, redirecting our old fax number, so I printed it out on our work laser printer. Looks the same as a plain paper fax!
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And who will be paying the phone bill? ;P
xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 3 out nowAh, I knew there's a rub in it. :rolleyes: Kids, don't do that at home. "Now, sir, me sending 1600 black pages via fax, do you think that's possible? Technical error maybe..."
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)
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It is helpful when you need a document quickly and the morons (normally government) won't accept a printed email, or the sender can't generate a 'letterhead' email. In my case recently I needed a car insurance cover note so that the dealer could tell the government that I had insurance when driving my new (well, lightly used) car away, and so I could get a temporary parking permit. The irony is of course that we now use a fax to email service, redirecting our old fax number, so I printed it out on our work laser printer. Looks the same as a plain paper fax!
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Mike Dimmick wrote:
and the morons (normally government) won't accept a printed email
Well, that is just the problem. Agencies that will accept a fax but not an email with a scanned attachment. I don't get that. Neither is an original so what is the difference to them?
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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How long has it been since fax-machines have been around? Anyway, a story from my friend. His wife works in HR at the headquarters of an international bank. She recently received a call from a long-term employee from a branch in a small village. She told it to fill in the required form and fax it to the given number. After about half an hour, she got another call: "It's not working! I try to send it, but every time I send the page it's rejected and sent back to me..." Sure enough, walking over to her fax, she found 20-plus copies of the form he had sent...
As much as we appreciate current technology, everyone either doesn't necessarily have access to it, or, it is unreliable where they live. We regularly fax purchase orders to vendors because the fax machine does not rely on: network, internet, e-mail server, server maintenance, etc. If the technology works and serves the purpose, use it! Tim
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Mike Dimmick wrote:
and the morons (normally government) won't accept a printed email
Well, that is just the problem. Agencies that will accept a fax but not an email with a scanned attachment. I don't get that. Neither is an original so what is the difference to them?
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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Paul Watson wrote:
so what is the difference to them?
Last time I checked, faxes were not susceptible to viruses. I believe that is the reason.
Gary
Yet they break down, run out of toner, run out of paper, interfere with voice lines and many other little glitches that make them a pain in the arse.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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As much as we appreciate current technology, everyone either doesn't necessarily have access to it, or, it is unreliable where they live. We regularly fax purchase orders to vendors because the fax machine does not rely on: network, internet, e-mail server, server maintenance, etc. If the technology works and serves the purpose, use it! Tim
One-call-at-a-time, piles of faxes for different people, paper running out, low ink and misaligned feeding trays to name a few of the bits that make faxes a PITA. I can't count the number of times people have said "Oh, could you resend that fax please, our machine wasn't plugged in/ran out of paper/ran out of ink/wasn't working."
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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Yet they break down, run out of toner, run out of paper, interfere with voice lines and many other little glitches that make them a pain in the arse.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
Our old one doesn't run out of toner. It uses a roll of thermal paper, so the faxes roll up, fade over time and the paper goes dark when exposed to sunlight. (I actually wasn't aware that we had the fax-to-email gateway set up for this line - yes, it's on its own phone line - so was just assuming that the insurance company were slow sending it, until my colleague forwarded it on!)
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