Comments on: What's a Fax Machine? http://okdork.com/2007/07/27/whats-a-fax-machine/ A blog about marketing, online communities and other business musings. Come join the fun! Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:14:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Shelley http://okdork.com/2007/07/27/whats-a-fax-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-526531 Shelley Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:47:29 +0000 http://okdork.com/2007/07/27/whats-a-fax-machine/#comment-526531 Just received this joke via email and could not resist stopping back here to post it. My apologies if it has been circulating around the net for five years. I don't recall ever reading it before and the subject matter applies: THREE WOMEN, TWO YOUNGER, AND ONE SENIOR CITIZEN, WERE SITTING NAKED IN A SAUNA. SUDDENLY THERE WAS A BEEPING SOUND. THE YOUNG WOMAN PRESSED HER FOREARM AND THE BEEP STOPPED. THE OTHERS LOOKED AT HER QUESTIONINGLY. 'THAT WAS MY PAGER,' SHE SAID. I HAVE A MICROCHIP UNDER THE SKIN OF MY ARM. A FEW MINUTES LATER, A PHONE RANG. THE SECOND YOUNG WOMAN LIFTED HER PALM TO HER EAR. WHEN SHE FINISHED, SHE EXPLAINED, 'THAT WAS MY MOBILE PHONE. I HAVE A MICROCHIP IN MY HAND.' THE OLDER WOMAN FELT VERY LOW -TECH. NOT TO BE OUT DONE, SHE DECIDED SHE HAD TO DO SOMETHING JUST AS IMPRESSIVE. SHE STEPPED OUT OF THE SAUNA AND WENT TO THE BATHROOM. SHE RETURNED WITH A PIECE OF TOILET PAPER HANGING FROM HER REAR END. THE OTHERS RAISED THEIR EYEBROWS AND STARED AT HER. THE OLDER WOMAN FINALLY SAID.........WELL, WILL YOU LOOK AT THAT....I'M GETTING A FAX!! Just received this joke via email and could not resist stopping back here to post it. My apologies if it has been circulating around the net for five years. I don’t recall ever reading it before and the subject matter applies:

THREE WOMEN, TWO YOUNGER, AND ONE SENIOR CITIZEN, WERE SITTING NAKED IN A SAUNA. SUDDENLY THERE WAS A BEEPING SOUND. THE YOUNG WOMAN PRESSED HER FOREARM AND THE BEEP STOPPED. THE OTHERS LOOKED AT HER QUESTIONINGLY. ‘THAT WAS MY PAGER,’ SHE SAID. I HAVE A MICROCHIP UNDER THE SKIN OF MY ARM.

A FEW MINUTES LATER, A PHONE RANG. THE SECOND YOUNG WOMAN LIFTED HER PALM TO HER EAR. WHEN SHE FINISHED, SHE EXPLAINED, ‘THAT WAS MY MOBILE PHONE. I HAVE A MICROCHIP IN MY HAND.’

THE OLDER WOMAN FELT VERY LOW -TECH. NOT TO BE OUT DONE, SHE DECIDED SHE HAD TO DO SOMETHING JUST AS IMPRESSIVE. SHE STEPPED OUT OF THE SAUNA AND WENT TO
THE BATHROOM. SHE RETURNED WITH A PIECE OF TOILET PAPER HANGING FROM HER REAR END.

THE OTHERS RAISED THEIR EYEBROWS AND STARED AT HER.
THE OLDER WOMAN FINALLY SAID………WELL, WILL YOU LOOK AT THAT….I’M GETTING A FAX!!

]]> By: rob http://okdork.com/2007/07/27/whats-a-fax-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-133596 rob Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:34:17 +0000 http://okdork.com/2007/07/27/whats-a-fax-machine/#comment-133596 update: i just ditched my efax account. they suck. tons of spam. i got a number with ringcentral.com. great customer support and you can get an 800 number for incoming calls and faxes for ~$15/month. cheaper than efax and no fax spam (spax? did I just make that up?) yet. update: i just ditched my efax account. they suck. tons of spam. i got a number with ringcentral.com. great customer support and you can get an 800 number for incoming calls and faxes for ~$15/month. cheaper than efax and no fax spam (spax? did I just make that up?) yet.

]]> By: What’s a Fax Machine? : Cranial Dump http://okdork.com/2007/07/27/whats-a-fax-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-131901 What’s a Fax Machine? : Cranial Dump Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:31:22 +0000 http://okdork.com/2007/07/27/whats-a-fax-machine/#comment-131901 [...] Kagan asks his Okdork.com audience What’s a Fax Machine? and Why is There a Fax Number on Your Business Card? I replied to Noah’s question on Okdork. [...] [...] Kagan asks his Okdork.com audience What’s a Fax Machine? and Why is There a Fax Number on Your Business Card? I replied to Noah’s question on Okdork. [...]

]]> By: Shelley http://okdork.com/2007/07/27/whats-a-fax-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-131899 Shelley Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:19:44 +0000 http://okdork.com/2007/07/27/whats-a-fax-machine/#comment-131899 I had to buy a friggin' fax machine this week. I was almost embarrassed to take it out of the UPS guy's hands when he delivered it. I have to fax in forms and receipts to get reimbursed for medical expenses through my husband's pre-tax medical spending account. He doesn't want to fax the documentation from work and I'm sick of scanning all the pages into a file to fax from my PC. So, now every few weeks I will plug in the friggin' fax machine, fill out the MSA forms and fax it all off. What an archaic method of documentation. At least I got the fax machine dirt cheap and new off of eBay. And, when we do our next real estate transaction it will be handy to have the friggin' fax machine because we were faxing offers and counter-offers back and forth for last year's buy and sell which again required scanning and faxing from the PC. I had to buy a friggin’ fax machine this week. I was almost embarrassed to take it out of the UPS guy’s hands when he delivered it.

I have to fax in forms and receipts to get reimbursed for medical expenses through my husband’s pre-tax medical spending account. He doesn’t want to fax the documentation from work and I’m sick of scanning all the pages into a file to fax from my PC. So, now every few weeks I will plug in the friggin’ fax machine, fill out the MSA forms and fax it all off.

What an archaic method of documentation. At least I got the fax machine dirt cheap and new off of eBay. And, when we do our next real estate transaction it will be handy to have the friggin’ fax machine because we were faxing offers and counter-offers back and forth for last year’s buy and sell which again required scanning and faxing from the PC.

]]> By: Nii A, http://okdork.com/2007/07/27/whats-a-fax-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-125546 Nii A, Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:39:18 +0000 http://okdork.com/2007/07/27/whats-a-fax-machine/#comment-125546 I can't count the number of faxes we've had to receive, sign, and fax back w/ CPC... faxes are essentially when you're dealing with B2B... Their old economy status also provide a sort of finality when inking agreements with suppliers/contractors/and clients. I I can’t count the number of faxes we’ve had to receive, sign, and fax back w/ CPC… faxes are essentially when you’re dealing with B2B… Their old economy status also provide a sort of finality when inking agreements with suppliers/contractors/and clients.

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]]> By: Sri http://okdork.com/2007/07/27/whats-a-fax-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-125300 Sri Mon, 30 Jul 2007 04:48:08 +0000 http://okdork.com/2007/07/27/whats-a-fax-machine/#comment-125300 The world does not evolve around silicon valley....or does it... iphone did grab the world by its balls. The world does not evolve around silicon valley….or does it…
iphone did grab the world by its balls.

]]> By: Sri http://okdork.com/2007/07/27/whats-a-fax-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-125299 Sri Mon, 30 Jul 2007 04:41:01 +0000 http://okdork.com/2007/07/27/whats-a-fax-machine/#comment-125299 How do u sign an email? (electronic signatures can be faked) How do u sign an email? (electronic signatures can be faked)

]]> By: Sri http://okdork.com/2007/07/27/whats-a-fax-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-125297 Sri Mon, 30 Jul 2007 04:39:12 +0000 http://okdork.com/2007/07/27/whats-a-fax-machine/#comment-125297 Fax is still much needed. Just bought a house....the realtors use fax A LOT. Also, think about countries OUTSIDE USA. Why havent they come out with better scanners? Just drop the item in a slot and it automatically saves the image on a specified folder. Fax is still much needed. Just bought a house….the realtors use fax A LOT.
Also, think about countries OUTSIDE USA.

Why havent they come out with better scanners? Just drop the item in a slot and it automatically saves the image on a specified folder.

]]> By: Aniq Rahman http://okdork.com/2007/07/27/whats-a-fax-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-124888 Aniq Rahman Sun, 29 Jul 2007 03:15:07 +0000 http://okdork.com/2007/07/27/whats-a-fax-machine/#comment-124888 @ Noah: Awesome blog man. I wish I could point you to a conspiracy theory or something, but I think that the aforementioned comments speak for the majority of fax users (huge corporations, hospitals/pharmacies/doctors offices, restaurants, retailers, etc.). It also got me thinking about how the fax machine itself probably won't die for a while (or until someone comes up with an analogous hardware device that can send files to a secure email server or FTP by typing it in -- which probably already exists -- regardless, the whole process of scanning multiple pages, compressing/cropping/adjusting levels for scans in photoshop, opening up a mail client, attaching each file and sending it out to find out that your recipient is a chump with a 10MB attachment limit is too big of a time investment and risk for a business). @ Brian Kotlyar: Interestingly enough, www.campusfood.com uses fax to send orders to businesses (or so I have been told by a partner at their advisory firm). Funny how that works =) Here on the East Coast, www.seamlessweb.com has a bit of a monopoly on orders and seems to be expanding rapidly (think huge financial firms with thousands of employees that work all day and have a $25/meal budget from the company) -- I'm guessing they do the same. @ Noah: Awesome blog man. I wish I could point you to a conspiracy theory or something, but I think that the aforementioned comments speak for the majority of fax users (huge corporations, hospitals/pharmacies/doctors offices, restaurants, retailers, etc.). It also got me thinking about how the fax machine itself probably won’t die for a while (or until someone comes up with an analogous hardware device that can send files to a secure email server or FTP by typing it in — which probably already exists — regardless, the whole process of scanning multiple pages, compressing/cropping/adjusting levels for scans in photoshop, opening up a mail client, attaching each file and sending it out to find out that your recipient is a chump with a 10MB attachment limit is too big of a time investment and risk for a business).

@ Brian Kotlyar: Interestingly enough, http://www.campusfood.com uses fax to send orders to businesses (or so I have been told by a partner at their advisory firm). Funny how that works =)

Here on the East Coast, http://www.seamlessweb.com has a bit of a monopoly on orders and seems to be expanding rapidly (think huge financial firms with thousands of employees that work all day and have a $25/meal budget from the company) — I’m guessing they do the same.

]]> By: Alan Arqueza http://okdork.com/2007/07/27/whats-a-fax-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-124743 Alan Arqueza Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:02:09 +0000 http://okdork.com/2007/07/27/whats-a-fax-machine/#comment-124743 Just use Microsoft Word or OpenOffice to sign a document using a digital USPS EPM signature from http://www.usps.com/electronicpostmark Just use Microsoft Word or OpenOffice to sign a document using a digital USPS EPM signature from http://www.usps.com/electronicpostmark

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