Ron Lindeboom
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COW Coins
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[olof ekbergh] “Floh does a great job of showing how to incorporate into your workflow.”
I couldn’t agree more.
Nice tutorial, Floh. Thanks for adding it to the Library.
Best regards,
Ron Lindeboom
Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.
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[Chris Blair] “Well that makes sense. Wonder why our local bank didn’t charge differently if we swiped it or keyed it in? It was the same fee.”
As I said, it is a fairly common occurrence and doesn’t mean everyone enforces it — or that even the ones who do will always pass on the fee to their better accounts. Usually they won’t. Bank policies are nearly always “flexible.”
One of these days I may just get around to doing my “working with your banker” series.
(More affectionately referred to as my “Working your banker” series).
:o)
Ron Lindeboom
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[Chris Blair] “They also charge more if you key in the credit card number rather than swipe it. That’s really ridiculous.”
Actually, Chris, there’s a very good reason for this. It is because when you use a credit card at a restaurant or store and the kid you gave it to writes down your credit card number (before they hand it back to you) and gives the number to his friends also, they’ll all be hammering your card by manually writing the number — they won’t be swiping the card through a machine.
It is a fairly common occurrence and credit card companies charge extra because these types of transactions have a more common frequency of fraud.
Best regards,
Ron Lindeboom
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[David Roth Weiss] “And I’m in agreement with your agreement…”
And I agree with all of you, no matter your point-of-view.
Now that’s decisiveness. Isn’t it?@!#?
:o)
Man, we sound like Chip & Dale, the chipmunks that Disney used to create…
Best regards,
Ron Lindeboom
Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.
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I understand, Craig, that their real concern is staying within budget. The problem arises when the wording is as nondescript as what he posted and based on that wording alone, I wouldn’t touch it.
I would also agree with you that the real challenge here is to get the client on the same page with you and get them to change their policies and wording. You can do that with many private entities but I have found over the years that public entities — such as universities, municipalities, civic organizations, etc. — are much tougher to get them to change. There are usually too many people who must vote and give feedback, commentary and approval on anything before it happens.
I have done a number of “public” projects over the years and they nearly always become larger projects than was originally presented and agreed to. The reason is that so many bosses have their say and before anything gets final approval, it must pass through channels. (Read: many hands and eyes.)
Therein lies the need to carefully cover your posterior protrusion.
Best regards,
Ron Lindeboom
Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.
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I am sure that some others here will disagree but I would not even bother to bid on such a job because you are going to be — er, uh, I believe the technical term for it is “hosed” man.
In my experience, and from many others that I have known over the years, these kinds of deals are a nightmare waiting to happen. Regularly, these kinds of contracts become what Roger Corman called “The Job That Would Not Die!”
Because of it, I wouldn’t even fill it out.
Now, the others here who are cut from a more intrepid cloth, can jump in and say why they disagree and why they would jump at the chance.
Mileage regularly varies,
Best regards,
Ron Lindeboom
Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.
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[Donald Gibson] “Why does my name show up in red and not blue like other posters?”
Everyone’s name shows up in red when a user looks at their own posts. It was done to help users see where they have been involved in discussions, etc.
Users asked for it and we added it.
Ron Lindeboom
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[Scott Davis] “Finding talent and cultivating is a very rare talent.”
Finding talent is easy. Cultivating it is not all that hard either. It’s the keeping it part that is difficult.
Why?
Most very talented people, once trained, will leave and start their own businesses. Many will even cannibalize their former employer’s client base. But as many have learned to their own undoing, it’s easier to start a business than to keep one solvent.
I jokingly refer to ILM as both the Big Leagues and the Farm Team System of the visual effects industry. They have trained more companies that now compete with them than any single company in any industry that I can think of. But most don’t last and it’s a talent in itself to build a successful business. Creative talent in the crafts is not enough.
Best regards,
Ron Lindeboom
Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.
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No, it is not your computer, Roli. The problem is that Matthew put lesser-than and greater-than brackets around his link and that is not a proper HTML command or call. Those brackets are Linux command characters and so the system thinks he is issuing a command and it doesn’t see what the command is (as it is not correct) and so it disappears. The link should just be posted without the extra tags at the front and back of the link, if he posted it without the extras, it would work.
here is the link: https://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10949
Ron Lindeboom
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[Mark Suszko] “Youth with a challenging, questioning attitude is healthy.”
You have just described Abraham to perfection. But add in “respect” and that is where the real drive and ambition avoids slipping into being obnoxious. Abraham pushes into areas where we follow his lead and he has brought fresh vision and enthusiasm to our graying team. We feed him many ideas that he works on but he has also brought many ideas of his own, from his pre-graying cranium.
Ron Lindeboom