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MikeH II posted 06-29-99 09:59 AM ET
It's so annoying! What they expect me to actually speak to them? send them physical paper?! How do you communicate with someone who doesn't have e-mail? Aaaaaaargh!
Picker posted 06-29-99 10:06 AM ET
Ummmmm... Gee, telephone maybe.
Saras posted 06-29-99 10:08 AM ET
One always responds to a letter [jingle jingle jingle]
Royal Mail Ad
OhWell posted 06-29-99 10:08 AM ET
No e-mail? Go figure...
I vaguely remember something about an ancient communications technology. I think that it was called a TELL-O-FONE or something like that. I think that it was used in the old days when people still talked to each other.
umbra1 posted 06-29-99 10:20 AM ET
How are you ment to express feeling over the tell-o-fone without smilies ? No one would have any idea what wou were talking about ! And no HTML ? Barbarric !

GaryD posted 06-29-99 10:25 AM ET
Semaphore ?
MikeH II posted 06-29-99 11:25 AM ET
The worst thing is in face to face conversation, you make a joke and say Colon close bracket and everyone looks at you like you are mad.
Anyone ever handwritten (an ancient art) a note and put an emoticon on it?
Dreadnought posted 06-29-99 11:41 AM ET
Yes yes, you see, see you, in the future, no doubt, no douBtS at all..Humans! Yes that's hOmO sApIeNs (That means wise). We, you and I, will JUMP, that's right, JUMP, through the la computadora and SPEAK to you right then and there, there and then.
Dreadnought posted 06-29-99 11:43 AM ET
Ughhhhhh, I think I had too much Cap'n Crunch. That vile poison does nothing but attribute to INSANITY. I apologize for wasting valuable bandwith.........
Resource Consumer posted 06-29-99 12:14 PM ET
So, what's wrong with carrier pigeons other than they crap all over passers-by?
JohnIII posted 06-29-99 01:22 PM ET
"Anyone ever handwritten (an ancient art) a note and put an emoticon on it?
"
Yes, many a time. In fact, I smile as I write to emphasise the smily (unless it's , when I make sad face).
RC: Carrier pigeons? What are they then? Something to replace sending a servant out?
John III
OhWell posted 06-29-99 02:42 PM ET
Dreadnought,
Too much Cap'n Crunch? What you need is a cereal killer.
RC,
�The carrier pigeons... crap all over passers-by�
Birdie birdie in the sky.
Why did you do that in my eye?
Boy am I glad cows can�t fly!
JohnIII,
Smile when you say that!
walruskkkch posted 06-29-99 05:28 PM ET
Carrier Pigeons are extinct. While other pigeon species can carry messages this particular one, I'm afraid, can no longer do so. Did you know that the Germans in WWI trained Falcons to intercept messenger pigeons used by the allies? Just like that cartoon "Stop the Pigeon, stop the Pigeon!"
Your faithful and obedient servant
Valtyr posted 06-29-99 05:53 PM ET
I remember that cartoon: "Stoppa duvan, stoppa duvan, stoppa duvan..."
Spoe posted 06-29-99 07:21 PM ET
"Carrier pigeons? What are they then? Something to replace sending a servant out?"
Sadly, pigeons have joined the information age as well.
Both RFC 1149: A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers and RFC 2549: IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service deal with this.
MikeH II posted 06-30-99 04:34 AM ET
So my choices for communicating with someone without e-mail are:
a) Telephone, what I have to convert all my messages into decimal? I've only got a number pad how do I type? Forget it.
b) Letter, write an e-mail. Print it, then put it in an envelope no forget that leave the house to go and find an envelope. Ugh. buy an envelope stamp and things. (Hopefully if I ask nicely in the post office they'd do that for me.) Maybe I could e-mail the letter to the post office and they'd do it for me? That's an option.
c) Keep some smelly birds in my loft and spend weeks training them to fly between wherever I want them to go and my house?
d) Semaphore, not bad, I already know it but I'm limited by line of sight.

There's only one solution. Never speak to anyone who doesn't have e-mail.
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Author	Topic: There's no excuse for someone not to have e-mail!
MikeH II	posted 06-29-99 09:59 AM ET It's so annoying! What they expect me to actually speak to them? send them physical paper?! How do you communicate with someone who doesn't have e-mail? Aaaaaaargh!
Picker	posted 06-29-99 10:06 AM ET Ummmmm... Gee, telephone maybe.
Saras	posted 06-29-99 10:08 AM ET One always responds to a letter [jingle jingle jingle] Royal Mail Ad
OhWell	posted 06-29-99 10:08 AM ET No e-mail? Go figure... I vaguely remember something about an ancient communications technology. I think that it was called a TELL-O-FONE or something like that. I think that it was used in the old days when people still talked to each other.
umbra1	posted 06-29-99 10:20 AM ET How are you ment to express feeling over the tell-o-fone without smilies ? No one would have any idea what wou were talking about ! And no HTML ? Barbarric !
GaryD	posted 06-29-99 10:25 AM ET Semaphore ?
MikeH II	posted 06-29-99 11:25 AM ET The worst thing is in face to face conversation, you make a joke and say Colon close bracket and everyone looks at you like you are mad. Anyone ever handwritten (an ancient art) a note and put an emoticon on it?
Dreadnought	posted 06-29-99 11:41 AM ET Yes yes, you see, see you, in the future, no doubt, no douBtS at all..Humans! Yes that's hOmO sApIeNs (That means wise). We, you and I, will JUMP, that's right, JUMP, through the la computadora and SPEAK to you right then and there, there and then.
Dreadnought	posted 06-29-99 11:43 AM ET Ughhhhhh, I think I had too much Cap'n Crunch. That vile poison does nothing but attribute to INSANITY. I apologize for wasting valuable bandwith.........
Resource Consumer	posted 06-29-99 12:14 PM ET So, what's wrong with carrier pigeons other than they crap all over passers-by?
JohnIII	posted 06-29-99 01:22 PM ET "Anyone ever handwritten (an ancient art) a note and put an emoticon on it? " Yes, many a time. In fact, I smile as I write to emphasise the smily (unless it's , when I make sad face). RC: Carrier pigeons? What are they then? Something to replace sending a servant out? John III
OhWell	posted 06-29-99 02:42 PM ET Dreadnought, Too much Cap'n Crunch? What you need is a cereal killer. RC, �The carrier pigeons... crap all over passers-by� Birdie birdie in the sky. Why did you do that in my eye? Boy am I glad cows can�t fly! JohnIII, Smile when you say that!
walruskkkch	posted 06-29-99 05:28 PM ET Carrier Pigeons are extinct. While other pigeon species can carry messages this particular one, I'm afraid, can no longer do so. Did you know that the Germans in WWI trained Falcons to intercept messenger pigeons used by the allies? Just like that cartoon "Stop the Pigeon, stop the Pigeon!" Your faithful and obedient servant
Valtyr	posted 06-29-99 05:53 PM ET I remember that cartoon: "Stoppa duvan, stoppa duvan, stoppa duvan..."
Spoe	posted 06-29-99 07:21 PM ET "Carrier pigeons? What are they then? Something to replace sending a servant out?" Sadly, pigeons have joined the information age as well. Both RFC 1149: A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers and RFC 2549: IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service deal with this.
MikeH II	posted 06-30-99 04:34 AM ET So my choices for communicating with someone without e-mail are: a) Telephone, what I have to convert all my messages into decimal? I've only got a number pad how do I type? Forget it. b) Letter, write an e-mail. Print it, then put it in an envelope no forget that leave the house to go and find an envelope. Ugh. buy an envelope stamp and things. (Hopefully if I ask nicely in the post office they'd do that for me.) Maybe I could e-mail the letter to the post office and they'd do it for me? That's an option. c) Keep some smelly birds in my loft and spend weeks training them to fly between wherever I want them to go and my house? d) Semaphore, not bad, I already know it but I'm limited by line of sight. There's only one solution. Never speak to anyone who doesn't have e-mail.