On Nov 21, 2011, at 2:04 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > FAX is a nearly extinct technology, killed off by the internet. I can > understand needing to send or perhaps receive "one" FAX, but "adding FAX > capability" when the number of FAX machines available to communicate with is > quickly vanishing seems futile.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You seem to inhabit a strange world where "that which is not on the internet" is not, somehow, real. Faxes are in wide, wide usage. We just set up network fax capability on a large Ricoh network copier/printer for one of the larger groups in the College here because their old bank of 4 fax machines was dying. They send and receive hundreds of faxes a week. About half of all prescriptions filled remotely in the US is done by fax machine. A fax cannot be falsified via a MITM attack like an email can, nor can it be as easily forged, and faxes, unlike emails, support legal signature requirements. <rant/> Of course we could have a system whereby we did have unfalsifiable emails with valid signatures, but only drug dealers, terrorists and dirty f***ing hippies use email encryption, right? </rant> -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
