RE: Terminology Clarification requested

2010-12-14 Thread Thomas Bullock
12:13 PM > To: Thomas Bullock > Cc: gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: Terminology Clarification requested > > > On Dec 10, 2010, at 4:34 AM, Thomas Bullock wrote: > > >> -Original Message- > >> From: John Ralls [mailto:jra...@ceridwen.fremont.ca.

RE: Terminology Clarification requested

2010-12-14 Thread Thomas Bullock
vel@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: Terminology Clarification requested > > Thomas Bullock writes: > > >> > My formation long ago as a young accountant contained this > >> understanding of a transaction: it was the accounting expression of > an > >> activi

Re: Terminology Clarification requested

2010-12-10 Thread J. Alex Aycinena
Thomas, I think the way you show your 'accounting transaction' example is part of the confusion; see my comments below: > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Thomas Bullock > To: John Ralls > Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 07:34:46 -0500 > Subject: RE: Terminolog

Re: Terminology Clarification requested

2010-12-10 Thread John Ralls
On Dec 10, 2010, at 4:34 AM, Thomas Bullock wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: John Ralls [mailto:jra...@ceridwen.fremont.ca.us] >> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 4:37 PM >> >> So we have a data structure called a "transaction" that includes a >> variable number (but at least 2) of

Re: Terminology Clarification requested

2010-12-10 Thread Derek Atkins
Thomas Bullock writes: >> > My formation long ago as a young accountant contained this >> understanding of a transaction: it was the accounting expression of an >> activity that happened in the physical world, which the accounting >> ledgers were tracking in their own notation. For example, supp

RE: Terminology Clarification requested

2010-12-10 Thread Thomas Bullock
.ca.us] > Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 4:37 PM > To: Thomas Bullock > Cc: gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: Terminology Clarification requested > > > On Dec 9, 2010, at 1:10 PM, Thomas Bullock wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Using this excerpt as a conte

Re: Terminology Clarification requested

2010-12-09 Thread John Ralls
On Dec 9, 2010, at 1:10 PM, Thomas Bullock wrote: > Hi, > > Using this excerpt as a context: > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 09:33:58 -0800 > From: John Ralls > Subject: Re: close books > To: Derek Atkins > Cc: devel gnucash > Message-ID: <2b1f2747-854c-430c-8aaa-05637e30a...@ceridwen