Fax: Technology That Refuses to Die Under Attack 281
securitas writes "The BBC Magazine's Paul Rubens reports on the ever-growing popularity of the fax machine, despite the widespread availability of e-mail and digital document/photo scanners. Why is fax still so popular? Partly because it is a mature technology that has legal weight and because of the emergence of Internet and Web e-mail-to-fax and fax-to-e-mail gateways, not to mention the relative lack of spam faxes. But that is changing. The New York Times Technology's Lisa Napoli reports that Infoseek founder Steve Kirsch is waging a battle against purveyors of illegal junk faxes (IHT) like Fax.com, which Kirsch has sued for $2.2 trillion, detailed at junkfax.org. Also joining the fight are lawyer and Telephone Consumer Protection Act co-author Gerard Waldron - he won $2.25 million from Fax.com. Finally consumer advocate Robert Braver's junkfaxes.org has 36 lawsuits pending against the junk fax industry. More evidence that spammers are among the lowest forms of life on Earth."
A HA! (Score:4, Funny)
Let's hope he doesn't any movie reviews!
AHAAA!! (Score:1, Funny)
2) Wait for Unsolicited Faxes
3) PROFIT!!!
Email2Fax (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Email2Fax (Score:4, Funny)
I'm sure that it would have brought in a pretty penny on ebay.
LK
Fax has its limits.. (Score:3, Funny)
Fax is not easy, apparently (Score:5, Funny)
Fax Revenge (Score:5, Funny)
A piece of blackpaper
Sellotape
Place the blackpaper into the fax machine and sellotape to make a tube.
Enter the number and hit send
All the other end will receieve it page after page of black printout. It might be an urban legend but apparently there was one type of fax machine that would overheat and catch fire if this was done to it
Rus
Re:Email2Fax (Score:3, Funny)
Hi! How are you?
I send you this file in order to have your advice
See you later. Thanks
Daniel
Here is why fax won't die (Score:2, Funny)
Step 1: Lift cover of scanner and insert document face down with the letterhead toward the hinge of the cover
Step 2: Import the document into $MS_PRODUCT
Step 3: Select File -> Print
Step 4: Select the "Fax" Printer
Step 5: Press Print, enter Fax Number when Prompted, then click OK
Troubleshooting: If document fails to scan, follow the "Scanner Troubleshooting" section of your 2000 page user manual. If document fails to fax, follow the "Microsoft Printer Subsystem" troubleshooting section of your 2000 page user manual. If neither works, contact a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer at a cost of $100/hr.
Using a Fax machine:
Step 1: Insert Document Face Down
Step 2: Dial Number
Step 3: Hit "Send"