On Tuesday, August 7, 2001, at 01:19 AM, Dr. Evil wrote:
I bought one, and I know of several others who have bought them. As to whether they are _currently_ selling any models, I can't say. But this doesn't change my "fax effect" point.
I didn't realize they had ever sold them. I have been checking their page fairly regularly for the past year and I never saw a link that said "where can I buy one of these", because I would have bought some. I have called to ask when I could buy one, and they always said, "in a few months", and now they don't answer the phone. It looks like they are out of business now, or will be soon, which is unfortunate. You're lucky you got one, I guess.
Because of the fax effect, not so lucky. Few people to use it with.
Naive. Faxes were available in the 1970s, and earlier. They did not "change the world overnight." For one thing, they were not accepted as legal docs. For another, transmission speeds were too slow.
Yes, I am well aware that faxes existed in the 1970s. They existed in the 1920s, if you can imagine that.
You elided the part where I said "for nearly a century." The facsimile system is very old indeed.
repetitious. Maybe I should start a new list called realitypunks, which will have these rules:
1. No ad hominem attacks.
2. No anti-governemnt ranting.
3. A few select incoherent ranters would need to be kicked out for causing excessive harm to the signal-to-noise ratio.
4. Let's focus on PR, marketing and psychology instead of technology, legal debate, and confrontation.
If a bunch of people are interested I'll create it. If not, that's ok too.
Enjoy yourself. --Tim May