Brigada Today
19 of July, 1996
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Now for the really cool part. You can also download a free software
package that they give away . . . (it can be emailed to you or you can grab
it at their web site) that lets you send fully formatted faxes from any
Windows program, as long as you have a Winsock connection (if you aren't
sure whether that has something to do with computers or stockings you get
for being 1st place, ask your Internet Service Provider for help). When you
install it, it installs a printer driver (faxLauncher) in Windows. When you
want to fax something formatted, you connect to your Internet service
provider (Netcom, Compuserve, or whatever with a Winsock connection),
pretend you're going to print it, then redirect your output to that new
"printer" (which is really their faxLauncher software), and . . . shazam . .
. it sends your fully formatted fax over the Internet!!! Again, it's just
15 cents/page to the USA from anywhere in the world! And Les is right . . .
during this promotional time, you'll get to fax for free!
Only thing confusing for me was the fact that, once I was convinced and tried to register my credit card to become a paying customer, it wouldn't accept it! Said I was already an "existing customer" . . . and wouldn't let me become a "paying" one. Guess it wants me to use up my 10 free faxes first? I have a note in to their Customer Service to ask, but for now, I'm still able to send for free anyway. So . . . this one's a keeper! Happy faxing . . . and thanks Les! . . . . from all of us!
From there . . . let's see . . . we went several
directions, including tea leaves spinning to the middle of your teacup.
This wouldn't be a bit interesting for missionaries, except for the fact
that, by definition, we're posted all over the world. Well here's a guy who
writes from Antarctica! Ralph Holwerda
ralphsyd@ozemail.com.au spent a
year there and he brings up a bigger than life illustration about the fact
that the winds from up North (of Antarctica) blow fearsome at times (like
Ralph says that at "NZ base 'Scott Base', about 1300 km further North we
recorded wind-speeds of over 90 knots (170 km/h))", whereas at his base at
the South Pole, they seldom exceed 10 knots! So Ralph says the wind blows
all the snow in the world (just about) to the South Pole, then dies down and
dumps it all there! So Ralph's theory is that tea leaves go to the middle,
in part, because there's no "wind" [ie., current] there! He also wrote some
beautiful connections to Psalms: Did you know that the greatest part of
Antarctica is covered with about 4km (13,000ft) of snow and ice!!! When you
go to the actual South Pole, the barometric pressure is only around 2/3 of
what it is at ground level, because you're so high up (in fact aeroplanes
there have difficulty getting off the ground because of this). If most of
the Antarctic is covered with that much snow and the surface area is about
twice that of USA (!) can you understand that David writes in Psalm 33: "He
gathereth the waters of the sea together as a HEAP: he layeth up the depth
in storehouses." (KJV, emphasis mine). BUT how could David know that? He'd
never been on the Antarctic. He lived almost 3000 years before man first set
foot on that great continent! David MUST have been a prophet!" No matter
what you think of Ralph's interpretation, it's still good to hear from
someone with first hand experience of literally traveling to the ends of the
earth with Christ's name on his lips! Thanks Ralph!
Now on to other topics, a worker in the Czech Republic is plagued by this
question: "Now that the tea leaf thing has been solved, I have another
question for you. Which direction is the correct way to eat a banana? My
husband and I are missionaries in the Czech Republic, and compared to
Americans, here they eat it up-side down! The stem that we use to open the
peel, they use as a handle at the bottom. They say you can eat the whole
banana that way without getting it on your hands. ..." Lydia Bischoff
Blansko, Czech Republic,
czechout@login.cz. This is serious stuff. I
mean, how many other cultural practices are so well-entrenched in the North
American continent as this "how to eat a banana" norm?!!!
So . . .the
jury's now out. Which end of the banana is the correct end for the mouth
and which is correct for the handle!!?!
Sigh. Don't you wish your life
consisted of solving those kinds of problems instead of the ones you
really have to face today???
Thanks to Ken Smith
KSmith@gati.wa.com for his update on the upcoming conference for
tentmakers Friday August 2: "For those coming early to the INTENT '96
conference at LAX ..., The Continental Plaza dining room has set aside a
special area where conferees can eat and share with one another. It will be
marked for International attendees, but all are welcomed. Dinner will be
served there between 6 and 7pm. Registration for International Conferees
will begin at 8:30 am on the 2nd so that they can attend the pre-conference
meeting from 9:30 to 11:30." Please feel free to contact Ken directly if
you have additional questions.
Will we ever get this IBM thing figured out? Maybe, thanks to Pete Holzmann
Pete@xc.org who sent in some additional clarifying comments: "To sign up
with IBM [from the USA], call 800/863-8277. This number can also provide any
access numbers needed. To see a complete list of local access numbers,
showing cities and countries where local access is available, check
http://www.ibm.net/phonenum.html [if you have www access]. ... Didax is
NOT the same as IBM Global Network. Didax is a separate service, that *uses*
IBM's network... Yes, there are (exactly) 600 local access numbers. That
isn't 600 different locations; many international cities have several
numbers listed. The 600 includes separate listings for slow and fast modems,
for example. The network has local access in one or more cities in 48
nations, with good coverage in Europe and the Americas. Asian and former
USSR coverage is pretty dismal for the most part (although Japan is well
represented). For example, all of Russia is "covered" by a local number only
in Moscow. CompuServe has local dial access in many cities across Russia.
There are plenty of surprises even in the USA; for example, most of Denver
has no local access!!??!! International travelers and missionaries using
CompuServe or AOL ought to compare their typical travel destinations with
the IBM Net list; I'm sure many heavy e-mail users can save significantly
through a switch. " Thanks Pete! For non-USA users, I called IBM and got a
fax number for you: fax 423-477-6869 to ask for more info. on IBM's
connectivity options in your country.
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