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Title: fax machines please die
Post by: Daddy on April 22, 2014, 08:10:24 AM
I need to fax something because National Grid is stuck in the 90s.  >.<

I need to track down a fax on campus.

why are companies still using faxes.

i've seen arguments that would make sense from a security perspective (e.g. no man in the middle, delivery reports, being sure who sent the message) but those also are possible with email and other mediums.  You can sign and hash a transmission to be sure it hasn't been tampered with.  Delivery reports are completely possible.  Digital certs exist for this reason.


please die fax machines we have the internet now
Title: Re: fax machines please die
Post by: don't let's on April 22, 2014, 08:40:49 AM
I can send a fax from my smartphone
Title: Re: fax machines please die
Post by: snoorkel on April 22, 2014, 09:17:28 AM
you can send faxs for free online
Title: Re: fax machines please die
Post by: silvertone on April 22, 2014, 09:27:46 AM
faxes are good for getting documents that need signatures signed
Title: Re: fax machines please die
Post by: Daddy on April 22, 2014, 10:35:28 AM
Quote from: cybermancer on April 22, 2014, 09:27:46 AM
faxes are good for getting documents that need signatures signed
most pdf readers can read in a signature or you can scan a signature once and attach it
Title: Re: fax machines please die
Post by: ME## on April 22, 2014, 11:19:55 AM
In the future New Jersey and Oregon will have laws protecting fax machines
Title: Re: fax machines please die
Post by: Daddy on April 22, 2014, 11:42:28 AM
Quote from: David on April 22, 2014, 11:19:55 AM
In the future New Jersey and Oregon will have laws protecting fax machines
you can't fax your own documents. you need to have a dedicated fax attendant
Title: Re: fax machines please die
Post by: ME## on April 22, 2014, 12:37:29 PM
Quote from: Khadafi on April 22, 2014, 11:42:28 AM
Quote from: David on April 22, 2014, 11:19:55 AM
In the future New Jersey and Oregon will have laws protecting fax machines
you can't fax your own documents. you need to have a dedicated fax attendant
the american middle class rejoices at this flood of new jobs
Title: Re: fax machines please die
Post by: Classic on April 22, 2014, 01:48:06 PM
Hotels use faxes all the time lol
Title: Re: fax machines please die
Post by: Samus Aran on April 22, 2014, 02:10:52 PM
sometimes we get advertisements for various vacations and whatnot faxed to us at our store because our company just does things like that and it's annoying
Title: Re: fax machines please die
Post by: Daddy on April 22, 2014, 05:20:23 PM
Quote from: Classic HD on April 22, 2014, 01:48:06 PM
Hotels use faxes all the time lol
but why
Title: Re: fax machines please die
Post by: Classic on April 22, 2014, 06:24:28 PM
Invoices, confirmations, cancellations, etc.


I agree 100% with you.


But still. That's just how it operates.
Title: Re: fax machines please die
Post by: Samus Aran on April 22, 2014, 10:42:32 PM
we have to use our fax machine daily at work

every single night the closing person has to fax a report showing that our currency exchange tills are all balanced properly, signed by the employee

and we fax to and from customs and various parts of the company for all sorts of reports

in addition to the aforementioned dumb advertisements that get faxed to us
Title: Re: fax machines please die
Post by: snoorkel on April 22, 2014, 11:00:46 PM
you run fax to foreign governments?
Title: Re: fax machines please die
Post by: don't let's on April 22, 2014, 11:18:40 PM
show me the carfax
Title: Re: fax machines please die
Post by: Daddy on April 23, 2014, 07:20:17 AM
we should still use dial up because poor people in africa use dial up and we need t do business with them
Title: Re: fax machines please die
Post by: silvertone on April 23, 2014, 08:17:09 AM
poor people ruin everything
Title: Re: fax machines please die
Post by: Daddy on April 23, 2014, 08:29:59 AM
Quote from: cybermancer on April 23, 2014, 08:17:09 AM
poor people ruin everything
pov death
Title: Re: fax machines please die
Post by: ncba93ivyase on April 24, 2014, 07:14:08 AM
Quote from: Khadafi on April 23, 2014, 07:20:17 AM
we should still use dial up because poor people in africa use dial up and we need t do business with them
well technically that's what we're doing with faxes since they go through the same connection
Title: Re: fax machines please die
Post by: Classic on April 24, 2014, 10:09:01 AM
Ours uses an internet connection too lol
Title: Re: fax machines please die
Post by: silvertone on April 24, 2014, 01:15:30 PM
Quote from: Classic HD on April 24, 2014, 10:09:01 AM
Ours uses an internet connection too lol
dont they have to