Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]
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austinsmirk said:
why do I keep seeing mildly customised cars with "5%" stickers in their rear windows ?
when I say modified- think old BMW's with tinted windows and aftermarket wheels, driven some tracksuited oik.
what is this "5%" supposed to mean ?
https://www.rich-piana.com/en/when I say modified- think old BMW's with tinted windows and aftermarket wheels, driven some tracksuited oik.
what is this "5%" supposed to mean ?
Something to do with this guy, maybe?
Jimmy Recard said:
On the topic of fax machines, we still have one at work. You wouldn't believe the amount of people who repeatedly call it expecting a different result. I haven't checked but I think Google might list it as our phone number
Is "Fax Spam" still a thing? I'm sure there was some kind of relationship to the amount of thermal paper left on the roll and receiving a 6ft long advert for holiday/dating/weather/custom printed tshirts/financial services.
BristolRich said:
Is "Fax Spam" still a thing?
I'm sure there was some kind of relationship to the amount of thermal paper left on the roll and receiving a 6ft long advert for holiday/dating/weather/custom printed tshirts/financial services.
I haven't seen anything like that for a long time, thankfully. The fake Blue Peter chain fax is the last one I rememberI'm sure there was some kind of relationship to the amount of thermal paper left on the roll and receiving a 6ft long advert for holiday/dating/weather/custom printed tshirts/financial services.
Shakermaker said:
Am I correct in my belief that the fax machine remains popular in some businesses because the details being transferred cannot be interfered with where an email could be?
Where proof of a signature is needed, or credit card details, it is preferable to send that via fax than via email, is what I am led to believe.
As an example, on recently arranging a new mortgage for my house, we had to fax a few documents as they would not accept them via email.
Some parts of the NHS still use them a lot, because they're slow to change, no other reason.Where proof of a signature is needed, or credit card details, it is preferable to send that via fax than via email, is what I am led to believe.
As an example, on recently arranging a new mortgage for my house, we had to fax a few documents as they would not accept them via email.
Any business I know that wants 'original' signatures uses scan to e-mail, but then I don't work in finance / banking any more. Even the Japanese have joined in, with their famous hand-written proposals.
When I did work in finance / banking our 'new' CRM system that they rolled out in 2007 was based around faxes and barcodes, it was a horrible, horrible mess of a thing and a waste of money, a massive, massive pile of money, more than you think possible and that's without considering everyone who had to use the steaming pile of s
t had to devise their own complex work-arounds, but hey the same collective mind who bought that, also bought ABM Amro about the same time and brought the whole thing to it's needed. Faxes see, tool of the lunatic.Shakermaker said:
Am I correct in my belief that the fax machine remains popular in some businesses because the details being transferred cannot be interfered with where an email could be?
Unless...you've got a fax system that stores incoming faxes as image files, to be printed or processed at a later date. Some banks had this method of taking small business transactions or payroll instructions.walm said:
Yeah, I much prefer my credit card details to be lying around in the full view of an entire random office.
For all our financial compliance (of which - lots) none of it requires fax rather than email signature confirmation (or even just confirmation over the phone).
I think I had to attend the solicitors office once to sign docs for each house move I have made. In that case neither fax nor email was acceptable.
My previous company used faxes if a customer couldn't figure out our ludicrously complicated secure email server, which was often. For all our financial compliance (of which - lots) none of it requires fax rather than email signature confirmation (or even just confirmation over the phone).
I think I had to attend the solicitors office once to sign docs for each house move I have made. In that case neither fax nor email was acceptable.
And fax spam is still an occasional thing, usually something nobody would ever need as well.
FlyingMeeces said:
A bit of a ponder this morning.
GPs are, rightly, not allowed to bone patients. Fair enough, power imbalance, professionalism and so on.
But what happens if it's a remote rural solo GP and there is neither a nearby practice for any hypothetical spouse/partner to be seen at, nor any non-patient population for said GP to have a relationship with?
Seems a bit mean to make the poor sods go celibate…
Jodrell Bank.GPs are, rightly, not allowed to bone patients. Fair enough, power imbalance, professionalism and so on.
But what happens if it's a remote rural solo GP and there is neither a nearby practice for any hypothetical spouse/partner to be seen at, nor any non-patient population for said GP to have a relationship with?
Seems a bit mean to make the poor sods go celibate…
colin_p said:
FlyingMeeces said:
A bit of a ponder this morning.
GPs are, rightly, not allowed to bone patients. Fair enough, power imbalance, professionalism and so on.
But what happens if it's a remote rural solo GP and there is neither a nearby practice for any hypothetical spouse/partner to be seen at, nor any non-patient population for said GP to have a relationship with?
Seems a bit mean to make the poor sods go celibate…
Jodrell Bank.GPs are, rightly, not allowed to bone patients. Fair enough, power imbalance, professionalism and so on.
But what happens if it's a remote rural solo GP and there is neither a nearby practice for any hypothetical spouse/partner to be seen at, nor any non-patient population for said GP to have a relationship with?
Seems a bit mean to make the poor sods go celibate…
sooperscoop said:
Corpulent Tosser said:
Not something I have always wanted to know the answer to, more something that I wondered about this morning watching the news.
Why is the country Gambia referred to as The Gambia ?
I think it refers to "The Gambia river".Why is the country Gambia referred to as The Gambia ?
According to Wikipedia 'The Bahamas' is the only other one.
The United Kingdom.
The United States
etc
P-Jay said:
Shakermaker said:
Am I correct in my belief that the fax machine remains popular in some businesses because the details being transferred cannot be interfered with where an email could be?
Where proof of a signature is needed, or credit card details, it is preferable to send that via fax than via email, is what I am led to believe.
As an example, on recently arranging a new mortgage for my house, we had to fax a few documents as they would not accept them via email.
Some parts of the NHS still use them a lot, because they're slow to change, no other reason.Where proof of a signature is needed, or credit card details, it is preferable to send that via fax than via email, is what I am led to believe.
As an example, on recently arranging a new mortgage for my house, we had to fax a few documents as they would not accept them via email.
Any business I know that wants 'original' signatures uses scan to e-mail, but then I don't work in finance / banking any more. Even the Japanese have joined in, with their famous hand-written proposals.
When I did work in finance / banking our 'new' CRM system that they rolled out in 2007 was based around faxes and barcodes, it was a horrible, horrible mess of a thing and a waste of money, a massive, massive pile of money, more than you think possible and that's without considering everyone who had to use the steaming pile of s
t had to devise their own complex work-arounds, but hey the same collective mind who bought that, also bought ABM Amro about the same time and brought the whole thing to it's needed. Faxes see, tool of the lunatic.But thanks to all replying to my question about their necessity elsewhere
Ayahuasca said:
sooperscoop said:
Corpulent Tosser said:
Not something I have always wanted to know the answer to, more something that I wondered about this morning watching the news.
Why is the country Gambia referred to as The Gambia ?
I think it refers to "The Gambia river".Why is the country Gambia referred to as The Gambia ?
According to Wikipedia 'The Bahamas' is the only other one.
The United Kingdom.
The United States
etc
Would definitely say the Gambia, the USA, the UK, the Faroe Islands and probably many more.
Ayahuasca said:
sooperscoop said:
Corpulent Tosser said:
Not something I have always wanted to know the answer to, more something that I wondered about this morning watching the news.
Why is the country Gambia referred to as The Gambia ?
I think it refers to "The Gambia river".Why is the country Gambia referred to as The Gambia ?
According to Wikipedia 'The Bahamas' is the only other one.
The United Kingdom.
The United States
etc
all countries have an official name, and often an official short form
The Gambia and The Bahamas both say theirs have a 'The' - no-one else does
DoctorX said:
SpeckledJim said:
They push/pull them with a train?
Or maybe a 'Mog? Very cool.http://www.mercedes-benz.co.uk/content/unitedkingd...
There's a few interesting images here:
http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Rail_car_mover
A weird double cab version of the telehandler
Edited by Silent1 on Thursday 19th January 18:57
Hugo a Gogo said:
you mean the country officially known as Republic of Seychelles, or République des Seychelles, short form Seychelles?
all countries have an official name, and often an official short form
The Gambia and The Bahamas both say theirs have a 'The' - no-one else does
Is the correct answer according to a piece I heard on Radio 4 about this the other day. Apparently one of the reasons "The Gambia" was given the definite article prefix was to avoid confusion with "Zambia" which was a newly-minted independant African country at the same time.all countries have an official name, and often an official short form
The Gambia and The Bahamas both say theirs have a 'The' - no-one else does
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Odd isn't it. I would say "I'm going to France", but would also say "I'm going to the Netherlands" or the Czech Republic.
Would definitely say the Gambia, the USA, the UK, the Faroe Islands and probably many more.
Also Ukraine for the longest time always used to get called "The Ukraine" which never made much sense to me.Would definitely say the Gambia, the USA, the UK, the Faroe Islands and probably many more.
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