[SIGCIS-Members] faxing, covid, and printout v faxing confusion

[Larry Masinter]

RFC 2542 - Terminology and Goals for Internet Fax (ietf.org) <https://tools.ietf.org/search/rfc2542>  

 

In 1999, this was an attempt to describe what fax was and why anyone on the internet would care (or not).

These days, you can  hold a piece of paper to your camera in a zoom call.

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From: Members <members-bounces at lists.sigcis.org> On Behalf Of Armando Fox
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2021 8:49 AM
To: Jonathan Coopersmith <j-coopersmith at tamu.edu>
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Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] faxing, covid, and printout v faxing confusion

 

thanks, this was a darkly amusing article.  i'm teaching a technology-and-society freshman seminar this semester (digitalquandary.org <http://digitalquandary.org> ) and in open discussion last week a student asked about how healthcare is often the last major sector to adopt IT innovation.  the article is an excellent example of that and i'll pass it along, even though these students were born well after the decline of fax.

 

btw - i read jonathan's "Faxed" book last year and it was great and highly informative - definitely a worthwhile addition to my bookshelf of tech history.  definitely recommended!

 

 

Armando Fox (he, él, il, lui)
Professor, Computer Science Division • Faculty Advisor, Digital Learning Strategy

Associate Dean for Online Education, Division of Computing, Data Science & Society

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On Sep 23, 2021, at 08:27, Jonathan Coopersmith <j-coopersmith at tamu.edu <mailto:j-coopersmith at tamu.edu> > wrote:

 

At the risk of self-promotion, this might be of interest, if only to note the photo with a computer printout and not faxed sheets - I pointed out the error to the author

 

   https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210903-how-covid-19-could-finally-be-the-end-of-the-fax-machine

     

 

Stay sane and keep wearing a mask (partially for you; more for others),

 

Jonathan

 

Jonathan Coopersmith

Professor

Department of History

Texas A&M University

College Station, TX  77843-4236

979.739.4708 (cell)

979.862.4314 (fax)

 

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FAXED.  The Rise and Fall of the Fax Machine (Johns Hopkins University Press) 






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