Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!think!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!texbell!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.society.futures Subject: Re: Looking faxwards Message-ID: <9Z=962xds13@ficc.uu.net> Date: 11 Jan 90 23:36:04 GMT References: <9001102206.AA04989@gslisf.lis.uiuc.edu> <1990Jan11.011847.9092@aqdata.uucp> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 20 FAX *is* a step backwards. Can you FAX a program, or other document that you need in computer readable form? Conveniently? Reliably? Well, yes. By using the FAX modem as half-duplex modem and doing conventional electronic mail over it. But now it's not FAX any more. I think we need to expand UUCP very slightly, so you can send mail to a telephone number: standardise a login name (email), no password, and allow anonymous email at that account. Now email is as convenient as FAX, for what Email is good for. And with the right sort of modem, one that can speak FAX protocol as well as normal async ascii, you have one number people can send you FAX and Email to. -- _--_|\ Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . / \ also, . \_.--._/ Xenix Support -- it's not just a job, it's an adventure! v "Have you hugged your wolf today?" `-_-' --