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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://tools.ietf.org/search/rfc2542">RFC 2542 - Terminology and Goals for Internet Fax (ietf.org)</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In 1999, this was an attempt to describe what fax was and why anyone on the internet would care (or not).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>These days, you can hold a piece of paper to your camera in a zoom call.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://LarryMasinter.net"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://LarryMasinter.net</span></a> <a href="https://interlisp.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://interlisp.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Armando Fox<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 23, 2021 8:49 AM<br><b>To:</b> Jonathan Coopersmith <j-coopersmith@tamu.edu><br><b>Cc:</b> SIGCIS <members@sigcis.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [SIGCIS-Members] faxing, covid, and printout v faxing confusion<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>thanks, this was a darkly amusing article. i'm teaching a technology-and-society freshman seminar this semester (<a href="http://digitalquandary.org">digitalquandary.org</a>) 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.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Armando Fox (he, él, il, lui)<br>Professor, Computer Science Division • Faculty Advisor, Digital Learning Strategy<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Associate Dean for Online Education, Division of Computing, Data Science & Society<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>CS Diversity Officer, College of Engineering Equity Council, Campus Equity Advisor<br>390 Soda Hall MC#1776, Berkeley, CA, 94720-1776 • +1.510.642.6820 / <a href="http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~fox">http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~fox</a> • PGP/GPG key ID: </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Menlo",serif;color:black;background:white'>0x9AD0E747</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Menlo",serif;color:black'>-----<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Menlo",serif;color:black'>Washing your hands after being around others is a personal choice. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Menlo",serif;color:black'>Getting vaccinated is a choice to be socially responsible.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Menlo",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Menlo",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sep 23, 2021, at 08:27, Jonathan Coopersmith <<a href="mailto:j-coopersmith@tamu.edu">j-coopersmith@tamu.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>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<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210903-how-covid-19-could-finally-be-the-end-of-the-fax-machine">https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210903-how-covid-19-could-finally-be-the-end-of-the-fax-machine</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Stay sane and keep wearing a mask (partially for you; more for others),</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Jonathan</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Jonathan Coopersmith</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Professor</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Department of History</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Texas A&M University</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>College Station, TX 77843-4236</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>979.739.4708 (cell)</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>979.862.4314 (fax)</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Voting challenges: </span><span style='color:#222222'><a href="https://theeagle.com/opinion/columnists/texas-should-be-the-model-for-secure-voting/article_4c35a332-e42c-11eb-b0d8-534c59b58ebe.html" target="_blank">https://theeagle.com/opinion/columnists/texas-should-be-the-model-for-secure-voting/article_4c35a332-e42c-11eb-b0d8-534c59b58ebe.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Preserving space archives: <a href="https://www.toboldlypreserve.space/" target="_blank">https://www.toboldlypreserve.space/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>International standards battles: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/geek-life/history/lets-thwart-this-terrible-idea-for-standards-setting__;!!KwNVnqRv!R4dbJx9DOnSkoiNAwXjHq9sp5vMvdGEVtOMlWJUc6AH7iQiRA7bw1VEUYeo6i2St9sgf$" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/geek-life/history/lets-thwart-this-terrible-idea-for-standards-setting</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>FAXED. The Rise and Fall of the Fax Machine</span></i><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> (Johns Hopkins University Press) </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>This email is relayed from members at <a href="http://sigcis.org">sigcis.org</a>, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. 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