Isn't this a computer program?!!???

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Isn't this a computer program?!!???

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The outdated machine is a news article about eliminating the fax machine.
I read it.
Halfway down the page you will come to an image of a clerk with a waterfall of paper:-
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This thumbnail doesn't do it justice, but a close look at the full-size image as shown on the web page suggests to me that the lady is eye-balling a source listing rather than (as the article focus runs) some sort of medical report.
Unless, of course, it is a Settings dump of System Status.
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That is a stock image from Getty Images. I am sure you're right about what it shows.
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Perhaps a CVS receipt?
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StuartR wrote:
06 Sep 2021, 11:11
That is a stock image from Getty Images. I am sure you're right about what it shows.
Thank you, Stuart. I had not noticed the credit for "Getty" (but then I wasn't looking for that).

It seems odd to me that an article purporting to be about a flood of facsimiles sweeping the country couldn't find a nearby medical installation with an overwhelming flood of facsimiles seven inches high.
There again, I suppose it takes less time to grab a stock image of output from a chain-printer than to send the reporter out with a photographer, perhaps two vehicles, travel and meals expenses...

I hope that your eyes were not good enough to spot the incorrect use of HIGH-VALUES in the COBOL procedure "Calculate-Travel-Expenses" :evilgrin:
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HansV wrote:
06 Sep 2021, 11:12
Perhaps a CVS receipt?
Never seen one. :shrug:
I do have a collection of receipts spanning 945 days from Foodland, and that's a fax!
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