tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post8696527745280335189..comments2024-02-14T02:30:36.732-05:00Comments on The Blog of Helios: Abacus Thinking in a Digital WorldAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13978117986484281976noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-20254212701115495052013-10-17T02:13:18.495-05:002013-10-17T02:13:18.495-05:00Now that’s what I will call a well researched, inf...Now that’s what I will call a well researched, informative and eye catchy blog. Your Abacus blog is unique and new. I’m adding it to my feeds so that I never miss any of your posts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12882344913245529264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-37794737138700637082012-01-09T13:16:41.496-06:002012-01-09T13:16:41.496-06:00It may be that they want the electronic record of ...It may be that they want the electronic record of a request from you for a fresh donation form to support their printed records in the event of being audited.<br /><br />By sending a fresh copy, you indirectly give an updated acknowledgment that you receive donations from them in "writing" and in an electronic form that in the event of a legal dispute for example, could be retrieved from third party (and therefore independent?) servers.<br /><br />About the only thing I could find to explain it.Trevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13801427183661098819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-78364256801183762462012-01-09T00:45:33.413-06:002012-01-09T00:45:33.413-06:00Not to worry Fred. I discussed this with the IT g...Not to worry Fred. I discussed this with the IT guy involved before-hand and he thinks it's funny....just as long as I keep her and them anonymous. He plans a "sit down" with her this Monday to explain the whole "digital thing".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13978117986484281976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-59324419455739002352012-01-09T00:27:43.150-06:002012-01-09T00:27:43.150-06:00Helios,
What happens when this personal assistant...Helios,<br /><br />What happens when this personal assistant find about your comments in your blog? If she feels slighted, don't you think it might affect your source of donated computers?Fred Moranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-82708526008888680672012-01-08T21:33:57.336-06:002012-01-08T21:33:57.336-06:00Jenna: Difficult to explain in just a comment. The...Jenna: Difficult to explain in just a comment. The RIAA and other censorship cartels like the MPAA base everything they do on the on an economic model of artificial scarcity. They do not understand there is no such thing as scarcity with digital copies.<br /><br /> The concept of describing availability in terms of these things can be researched by looking up terms like artificial scarcity and post scarcity on Wikipedia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-86706354893425878802012-01-08T20:50:44.055-06:002012-01-08T20:50:44.055-06:00Ken,...
JaseP at LXer here... if you need help in...Ken,...<br /><br />JaseP at LXer here... if you need help in the Typable PDF arena,... PM me at LXer... I'll render any assistance I can. It's kinda a pet topic for me...<br /><br /><br />I have everything from "how tos" to form creation templates (industry specific, possibly adaptable). Your enterprise is worthwhile enough for me to donate my time to help... We have a saying among Freemasons, "To be one,... ask one." I would say it applies equally to cheritable works...<br />Let me know if you want/need my help. I recognize a "brother" when I see one,... even if he doesn't count himself among the household of the faithful...<br /><br />Ask, and you shall receive ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-49913112543648657982012-01-08T18:47:25.438-06:002012-01-08T18:47:25.438-06:00Ken,
As you can see from the other comments here, ...Ken,<br />As you can see from the other comments here, the IT Director's assistant is not alone.<br /><br />The RIAA would love for all of us to be so helpless, then they could guide us through our confusion.;]Amenditmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12345522537672251667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-63615713774346881362012-01-08T18:46:36.007-06:002012-01-08T18:46:36.007-06:00Something to try in the future that I have used be...Something to try in the future that I have used before: don't send them a copy as an attachment, send them a URL to where you've uploaded the file onto the Web. That way no matter which message they use to get to the form/photo/etc., they are always getting a copy from the same place and you never have to worry about not being able to send those files when you are away from your main storage. All you need to do is send them a reminder e-mail with the URL. Another plus: you don't clutter their Inbox or your Sent Box with megabytes of attachments needlessly. :-)<br /><br />-Nz17Nz17http://www.nz17.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-46626206255068971412012-01-08T18:36:38.096-06:002012-01-08T18:36:38.096-06:00As a solution moving forward, perhaps you should s...As a solution moving forward, perhaps you should send the form with a blurb to the effect that "this is your companies copy of our donation receipt. please store it somewhere safe so you can copy it whenever you need to fill out a donation receipt"tracyannehttp://lxer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-19769584402520765802012-01-08T17:09:59.904-06:002012-01-08T17:09:59.904-06:00What's so difficult about "print one, the...What's so difficult about "print one, then photocopy it"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-4485102598274943442012-01-08T16:16:07.482-06:002012-01-08T16:16:07.482-06:00It was a challenge but I was able to hold back ask...<b>It was a challenge but I was able to hold back asking the question. She wouldn't have understood it anyway. I dearly wanted to ask her.....<br /><br />"Have you ever worked for the RIAA?"</b><br /><br />I don't understand it either. I googled "RIAA and don't see the connectionJenna Mainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-10049684819237193482012-01-08T15:42:31.538-06:002012-01-08T15:42:31.538-06:00Ken, almost the same thing happened to me with my ...Ken, almost the same thing happened to me with my mom a few years back. I had lost some data on a hard drive that I neglected to back up but my mom had a lot of it on her machine. One of the things I wanted badly was a picture of our family on vacation. When I asked her to send it to me via email, she said she couldn't because she was currently using it as her desktop wallpaper. Try as I could, I could not get her to understand that by sending it to me, it would not just go away.<br /><br />I feel your pain man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-80827882301545722142012-01-08T13:12:15.246-06:002012-01-08T13:12:15.246-06:00@PV
50ish@PV<br /><br />50ishAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13978117986484281976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-84961280553124628012012-01-08T12:28:40.689-06:002012-01-08T12:28:40.689-06:00It could simply be that they need a separate form ...It could simply be that they need a separate form and email for every donation purely for their records. Other than that... I got nothin'.Gavinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-70108751510282325482012-01-08T12:13:32.471-06:002012-01-08T12:13:32.471-06:00I was going to ask how old this assistant is, but ...I was going to ask how old this assistant is, but then I realized that sometimes, problems like these are age-independent. For example, my 73-year-old great-aunt has a netbook of her own, and she understands the idea of no scarcity in digital copies perfectly well. Some people are just hopeless. I hope you did finally just send her a new email with a new copy of the attachment.<br />--<br />a Linux Mint user since 2009 May 1<br />(PS: How old is the assistant anyway?)PVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03204919785416600206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-39720801073572743292012-01-08T11:08:11.427-06:002012-01-08T11:08:11.427-06:00Perhaps you could have countered her "Eat a c...Perhaps you could have countered her "Eat a cookie" analogy with a "Watch a DVD" analogy:<br /><br />"When you watch a DVD, you see a movie. After the movie is finished, you still have the DVD, and can watch the same movie again. The movie is finished, but the DVD remains.<br /><br />Similarly, when you print a PDF, you get a document on paper. After you're done with the paper, you still have the PDF, and you can print it again, to get <i>another</i> copy of that same document on paper."Lew Pitchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-4747668059539617992012-01-08T10:29:28.727-06:002012-01-08T10:29:28.727-06:00As the local PC expert, I have over the years come...As the local PC expert, I have over the years come to mentally group those I help into three bins: (i) tell 'em once and they've got it, (ii) you'll have to tell 'em a few times but it'll sink in, and (iii) it doesn't matter how many times you tell 'em, it's hopeless. Sad that the assistant of an <b>IT</b> director fits into the third bin.DaveL60https://www.blogger.com/profile/04484165722859373517noreply@blogger.com