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   E-mail is so old now

   

   Keith_Emperor_of_Penguins (profile), Oct 17th, 2011 @ 3:58pm

   
   

   it has turned into regular mail for the younger generation.

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   Re: E-mail is so old now

   

   UVShane, Oct 17th, 2011 @ 4:04pm

   
   

   Especially now that UPS can send any package via email. ;)

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   I think it's conception was 40 years ago...

   

   Paul (profile), Oct 17th, 2011 @ 4:21pm

   
   

   ... it required another 11 years before it was born in any form that people could use widely across a wide range of hardware and software. This took SMTP, and SMTP was defined in RFC 821 in 1982.
   
   That is when I would claim email was born.

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   Re: Re: E-mail is so old now

   

   TheStupidOne, Oct 17th, 2011 @ 4:24pm

   
   

   UPS? So last century. I added my replicator address to my amazon account last year. Free one hour shipping from anywhere in the world!

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   Re: I think it's conception was 40 years ago...

   

   Ron Rezendes (profile), Oct 17th, 2011 @ 4:27pm

   
   

   guarantee there is an IP troll out there that would probably file suit for even suggesting the reality of the situation.
   
   You should be receiving something from their attorney in 3...2...1...

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   Re: Re: Re: E-mail is so old now

   

   Keith_Emperor_of_Penguins (profile), Oct 17th, 2011 @ 4:27pm

   
   

   pffft, you call that advanced?
   I use a tachyons modem. I get all my packages before I order them.

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   Krish (profile), Oct 17th, 2011 @ 4:57pm

   
   

   I use a tachyons modem. I get all my packages before I order them.

   
   
   My neutrino modem was supposed to do that too but it looks like it was just hype.

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   Re: Neutrinos?

   

   Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Oct 17th, 2011 @ 5:03pm

   
   

   Those neutrinos probably were delivering the packages, but they passed right by your address without stopping. You know you need something like 1250 tons of lead just to get one of them to notice you once in a while?

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   Jim_G, Oct 17th, 2011 @ 5:05pm

   
   

   Oh yeah, tachyons modems. I remember those. Nowadays I just use a quantum model configured for the "Many-Worlds" interpretation. All possible version of myself receive every possible package.
   
   Much better than the old "Schrödinger's cat" models, because then all my packages were simultaneously broken and non-broken. Very confusing until the wave function collapsed into one state.

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    Christopher (profile), Oct 17th, 2011 @ 5:21pm

    
    

    E-mail is slow compared to IRC, instant messaging, etc. That is why most people won't bother with it, they want instant gratification.
    
    Add into this that regular e-mail without encryption is unsafe, and you have another reason why it is unpopular.

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    Gracey (profile), Oct 17th, 2011 @ 5:49pm

    
    

    These days my packages come stamped with "Delivery by Starship Enterprise"...but my messages still come by emai and even (gasp) telephone.

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    Re: Re: Re: Re: E-mail is so old now

    

    Anonymous Coward, Oct 17th, 2011 @ 5:54pm

    
    

    I use an object reconstruction printer. I get my packages delivered via the Internet and printed out via my 3D printer.

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    Anonymous Coward, Oct 17th, 2011 @ 6:41pm

    
    

    I guess im young, 23 :D. Don't use email except for official type business, between friends NEVER, hell, don't know most my friends emails. Also, we hate grammer

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    Re: I think it's conception was 40 years ago...

    

    ChurchHatesTucker (profile), Oct 17th, 2011 @ 7:10pm

    
    

    >... it required another 11 years before it was born in any form that people could use widely across a wide range of hardware and software. This took SMTP, and SMTP was defined in RFC 821 in 1982.
    
    And another decade before everyone got onboard with that. Remember UUCP?

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    Re: Re: Re: E-mail is so old now

    

    Anonymous Coward, Oct 17th, 2011 @ 7:19pm

    
    

    http://fabathome.org/
    http://www.reprap.org/wiki/Main_Page
    
    Did you print that already?

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    Anonymous Coward, Oct 17th, 2011 @ 7:28pm

    
    

    I tried to create an email the other day, holly mother of God, what the hell did I get myself into.
    
    I took a beating from the captcha's, and after 10 or 15 tries I got it right.
    
    I hope I'm not the only old dude who have problems with the distorted images in a 24" screen.

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    I still find it odd...

    

    Yakko Warner (profile), Oct 17th, 2011 @ 7:56pm

    
    

    I still find it odd when someone refers to email as "old-fashioned".

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    Anonymous Coward, Oct 17th, 2011 @ 8:07pm

    
    

    When you have nothing of consequence to say, Facebook / Texting / Twitter will do just fine. To folks like that, writing an email must feel like writing an essay.

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    Rekrul, Oct 17th, 2011 @ 8:23pm

    
    

    Also, we hate grammer
    
    Yes, your message demonstrates that.

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    Rekrul, Oct 17th, 2011 @ 8:37pm

    
    

    I tried to create an email the other day, holly mother of God, what the hell did I get myself into.
    
    I took a beating from the captcha's, and after 10 or 15 tries I got it right.
    
    I hope I'm not the only old dude who have problems with the distorted images in a 24" screen.
    
    Captchas for email?
    
    Web sites like Hotmail and Gmail are just web interfaces to the email system. There are many stand-alone email programs that run on your computer and connect to the mail servers directly, such as Mozilla Thunderbird. They can even be configured to work with Gmail and probably Hotmail.
    
    When sending email with these programs, there's no captcha to deal with. Sometimes when I send a message through Gmail, it asks me to re-type my password, but that's all. My ISP email address never asks since I told it to save the password.

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    Re: Re:

    

    Anonymous Coward, Oct 17th, 2011 @ 9:15pm

    
    

    You are right of course, after it is created there is none, but they do ask for it for the creation of it.

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    Re: Re:

    

    John Mahoney, Oct 18th, 2011 @ 4:55am

    
    

    I hate Kelsey Grammer too!

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    Ninja (profile), Oct 18th, 2011 @ 5:50am

    
    

    Old doesn't mean outdated ;)
    
    And kids nowadays don't know the fun of adding a bunch of your friends in the To: field and doing a mail chat ;)
    
    The kids also don't have issues with their workplaces blocking everything but their mails lmao
    
    E-mail ftw ;)

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    Anonymous Coward, Oct 18th, 2011 @ 6:50am

    
    

    This entire thread has made my morning.
    
    Did you opt for the Heisenberg package tracking option?

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    Hephaestus (profile), Oct 18th, 2011 @ 6:55am

    
    

    "Much better than the old "Schrödinger's cat" models, because then all my packages were simultaneously broken and non-broken. Very confusing until the wave function collapsed into one state."
    
    Next time buy the Schrödinger shipping insurance, it will either be paid out ... or not. And for some reason they don't insure cats.

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    ibaconi (profile), Oct 18th, 2011 @ 8:03am

    
    

    Snail mail would still be the vogue if you could write one letter, send it to all your friends and their friends and so on, automatically. Come on, it evolution of another art form!

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    Slicerwizard, Oct 18th, 2011 @ 6:47pm

    
    

    "Also, we hate grammer"
    
    And spelling, obviously.

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    Re: Re: Re:

    

    Rekrul, Oct 20th, 2011 @ 5:25pm

    
    

    You are right of course, after it is created there is none, but they do ask for it for the creation of it.
    
    Not even for the creation of it, if you use a local email client instead of webmail.

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