chikaidestroyer | ∞ 94: The basics [written/action]

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Welcome to all the New Feathers of this cycle. I am sure that residents, especially the volunteers working in the Welcome Center, have been helpful as you adjust to your surroundings.

Some may have noticed that there are stations some distance away from the village -- watch stations where New Feathers may find clothing or shelter. Residents may also use them as stopping points as they explore the surrounding forests and plains. They are maintained by a group of volunteers, which has been without a head organizer for a few months now. If anyone is interested in taking on this responsibility, please speak with me, Albert Silverberg.

Recent additions to the enclosure are the expansive farmlands to the northeast of the village. There are numbers of farm animals and growing crops up there that are in need of caretaking. While the village has the grocery store for easy access to food, I am sure some would relish opportunity to work with crops and animals.

If there are any questions about these subjects, they may be asked here. Thank you.

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[Around noon, Albert may be found in the clothing store, looking for clothing for warmer weather. Maybe he'll attempt to tan this year. It's been awhile.

Later in the day, he will be in the stables tending to his horse. He will be out there for several hours before retiring for the evening to the house, reading a "Computers for Seniors for Dummies" book. Very funny, Bil.]

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References to organizing files and folders and sizes of files on the actual computer. Interacting with other machines with the computer -- a scanner, a printer, a fax machine. [The first two machines, he had an idea of what they were by the name alone. But a fax machine?]

Oh? Does it go into detail about those processes? [Not that she can confess to being too familiar with what ordinary personal computers do, but she could probably hack them given the opportunity.] ... Although, you've lost me at "fax machine".

Mostly connecting the two machines, installing software and drivers... [Whatever those were.] There seemed to be an implication that the reader knows what a "phone" is while working with the fax machine. Making "phone calls" to another fax machine.

My students have made references to phones before-- they're called telephones. They function like the journals in some way-- voice contact over long distances.

I see. I presume it is stationary in some way, since there was cord mentioned in the instructions. A paper can apparently be copied and sent through the fax machine. The term "fax" is new to me, though.

Some were stationary and others portable, so that makes sense. Hm... the term is probably an acronym or a shortened version of a word. Does the book have a glossary?

Just an index. [He shakes his head.] Well, the journals are far more efficient than the level of technology described here. No need to think about requesting other machines or what they may do.

Perhaps so. It's a shame there isn't anything more useful.

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