12 Obsolete Technologies Americans Still Use

Re:12 Obsolete Technologies Americans Still Use by Tloewald on Friday May 31, 2013 @07:21AM (#5797902)

Fax machines are the big one. They were obsolete ten years ago and still cheerfully screwing up documents and wasting paper today.

I'd argue that the printer and books pretty much qualify.

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Re:12 Obsolete Technologies Americans Still Use by rkalfane on Friday May 31, 2013 @07:29AM (#5797931)

But then, fax machines are still the fastest and most usable way to transmit paper documents.

It's way easier to fax something, than to scan and send it, then having the others print it. I think that we haven't found a good replacement for the fax machine.

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Re:12 Obsolete Technologies Americans Still Use by AdrianRossouw on Friday May 31, 2013 @07:50AM (#5797999)

i'm pretty much a convert to hellosign.com

most documents I deal with never make the transition to paper in the first place anymore.

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Re:12 Obsolete Technologies Americans Still Use by numo16 on Friday May 31, 2013 @01:31PM (#5799959)

I get the most enjoyment out of people who keep fax machines around because they think it is more secure than email.

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Re:12 Obsolete Technologies Americans Still Use by snogglethorpe on Sunday June 02, 2013 @03:57AM (#5807717)

Books?

Maybe one day when somebody comes up with an adequate replacement...

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