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[gfish]

'Fax' is a cool word. Why did we waste it on such a stupid technology? I think it's very telling that faxes are the only form of long distance communication ever invented that never attracted a geekish/hacker following. There is nothing interesting or aesthetic about the technology. There is only suck.

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[stellar-dust.livejournal.com]

How apropos! We tried to fax in our lunch order today. It failed twice. And then we found out that, despite the fact they're a brand new restaurant, and the menu says "Fax in your order!" .... their fax machine is broken.

I'm going to take it out back and shoot it one of these days. Along with the color printer.

Of course, we also get gems like "Bob's School of Orbital Mechanics: Big Profits as a Fully Trained Orbital Mechanic!!" (I kid you not) complete with glowing testimonials, so I guess it evens out.

[gfish.livejournal.com]

Wow, that seriously wins. :)

[vixyish.livejournal.com]

I keep getting a fax spam that purports to be from the "Official Internet Registry & Optimization Bureau" with "Please Forward to Accounts Payable - For Annual Review" at the top. Made to look as though this is some kind of government-required service and fee.

I laughed for a good long while when it first came (their URL isn't even a US domain!) but of course then I thought about the fact that a goodly percentage of recipients are, I'm sure, taken in by this. (My bosses would be, if they didn't have me around...)