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re: Annual thread: It is 2014. STOP using fax machines!
Posted on 2/5/14 at 8:35 am to Rouge
Posted on 2/5/14 at 8:35 am to Rouge
I saw a tweet from an NCAA rep yesterday that said recruits have had the ability to sign electronically for years now. Not sure why they still use a fax.
This post was edited on 2/5/14 at 8:37 am
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Posted on 2/5/14 at 8:36 am to Ignignot
quote:Nope. That's done on the feed.
scan it
quote:One step done by secretary.
dial up number
and then send it
quote:Not here. It's no more time than the scan you are advocating.
all of which can take up to 10 minutes
quote:You are adding steps, not subtracting.
all the while i'll do it in under 2 min from my scanner to said person's inbox
no offense bud, but you're fighting a losing battle
Posted on 2/5/14 at 8:37 am to AlxTgr
I stand with the fax.
Posted on 2/5/14 at 8:37 am to P bean
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Fax and mail is the best way to send anything.
Email correspondence is unreliable, and cannot be proved nearly as easily.
Fax confirmation, and post office confirmation, means you got it/they got it no excuses.
You really couldn't be much more wrong.
Posted on 2/5/14 at 8:38 am to AlxTgr
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Scan it to pdf and email it
Instead of letting the fax scan it? You people are idiots
Take a picture and email and as quick as possible. Fax technology should die.
Posted on 2/5/14 at 8:39 am to Captain Rumbeard
quote:
or you could do it certified email saved as locked PDF, but hey, we don't know anything
I dont trust email correspondence. You shouldnt either.
quote:
You really couldn't be much more wrong.
Lol
This post was edited on 2/5/14 at 8:40 am
Posted on 2/5/14 at 8:39 am to Galactic Inquisitor
lets just face it.....its an age divide and none of us are changing
People who support fax 40+ age group
Non fax (believe that superior technology could and should be used) <40
fair assessment?
People who support fax 40+ age group
Non fax (believe that superior technology could and should be used) <40
fair assessment?
This post was edited on 2/5/14 at 9:55 am
Posted on 2/5/14 at 8:40 am to lynxcat
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Take a picture and email and as quick as possible.
quote:
Fax technology should die.
Posted on 2/5/14 at 8:41 am to P bean
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I dont trust email correspondence. You shouldnt either.
Bc you don't understand it
Posted on 2/5/14 at 8:42 am to Ignignot
quote:Meh, people change their email a lot. Many don't list on letter head. Fax is always there.
Bc you don't understand it
Posted on 2/5/14 at 8:43 am to AlxTgr
Where is this nonsense about email being unsecure coming from?
Password protect a PDF if you are super worried about something happening in transit.
I'm sure the coaches call the players when they receive it.
Unless fax technology has evolved from the last time I used it, I find it to be extremely frustrating.
Password protect a PDF if you are super worried about something happening in transit.
I'm sure the coaches call the players when they receive it.
Unless fax technology has evolved from the last time I used it, I find it to be extremely frustrating.
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:11 am to lynxcat
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Bc you don't understand it
Lol. Right, you just dont get it.
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Password protect a PDF if you are super worried about something happening in transit.
This has nothing to do with the fact that email correspondence is unreliable. So what if a pdf attached to an email is password protected? If you email botches in transmission, its as if it was never sent.
Beleive me rantards, the reason faxes are still used across the country on national signing day by universities, is because fax transmission is more secure and trustworthy. Thats because people who are smarter than you are running those universities. So please stfu.
This post was edited on 2/5/14 at 9:15 am
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:13 am to Rouge
there is no good argument for using fax machines besides "tradition" (which is dumb anyway)
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:14 am to lsutothetop
quote:Of course there is. You just don't understand the process, and apparently like extra steps.
there is no good argument for using fax machines besides "tradition" (which is dumb anyway)
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:16 am to lsutothetop
quote:
there is no good argument for using fax machines besides "tradition" (which is dumb anyway)
Idiot. Has nothing to do with tradition. Schools need to be able to prove receipt of their recruit's loi's in the most efficiet way possible, which is fax still at this point.
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:20 am to Rouge
There you go, either USC or UCLA has done it!
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:27 am to RATeamWannabe
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I stand with the fax.
This! Take the LOI, press in the number and BAM! How much easier can that be. Can we leave something things alone.
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:30 am to Rouge
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these kids can take pic of LOI on phone and tweet to the world if they so choose
it's so funny that we have the ability to do this instantly, yet still use fax machines for NSD
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:31 am to Nissanmaxima
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This! Take the LOI, press in the number and BAM! How much easier can that be. Can we leave something things alone.
take picture with phone, BAM sent.
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:33 am to Ignignot
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Non scanners (believe that superior technology could and should be used) <40
I'm 42 and have refused to use a fax for about 5 years now. In this day and age, there is no reason to receive busy signals while sending a document. It's still surprised by how many big companies that I deal with, that still want to fax things.
Over the years I've sent and missed dozens of faxes that were never received after being sent. The worst that has happened with email is that it goes to a spam folder on occasion.
Having said that, what were people doing 40 years ago for NSD? I understand that it was the same back then, but did they do anything other than the pony express?
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