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Re:Knuth is no longer mailing out checks for $2.56 by helveticaman on Thursday October 30, 2008 @05:13PM (#349227)
I had a similar experience using the mail in US. I couldn't wrap my head around the idea that one could send a letter with a handwritten address and have it arrive at the right place.
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Re:Knuth is no longer mailing out checks for $2.56 by LogicHoleFlaw on Thursday October 30, 2008 @05:40PM (#349266)
The US Postal Service has pretty sophisticated OCR software for classification and routing of mail. Its ultimate fallback though is an outsourced office with illegible writing being deciphered by human beings!
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