Comments on: Fax machines, and PDFs, kicking off the deadmedia watch for 2010 http://www.thomaspurves.com/2009/12/29/fax-machines-and-pdfs-kicking-off-the-deadmedia-watch-for-2010/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Neil McG http://www.thomaspurves.com/2009/12/29/fax-machines-and-pdfs-kicking-off-the-deadmedia-watch-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-42641 Neil McG Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:44:44 +0000 http://www.thomaspurves.com/?p=782#comment-42641 I have to disagree with the article regarding landline telephones. It's pretty hard to beat magicJack at $20/year for unlimited North America calling (fine, I used to work for them).<br><br>Yes, you get a real phone number, and an RJ45 jack for plugging in a real phone. Their new femtoJack will let you use your cellphone in your house, using your Voip minutes. <br><br>One thing the article forgot...phone books! There is a stack of them in the hallway of my building. What are they for? I have to disagree with the article regarding landline telephones. It's pretty hard to beat magicJack at $20/year for unlimited North America calling (fine, I used to work for them).

Yes, you get a real phone number, and an RJ45 jack for plugging in a real phone. Their new femtoJack will let you use your cellphone in your house, using your Voip minutes.

One thing the article forgot…phone books! There is a stack of them in the hallway of my building. What are they for?

]]> By: Neil McG http://www.thomaspurves.com/2009/12/29/fax-machines-and-pdfs-kicking-off-the-deadmedia-watch-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-42642 Neil McG Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:14:11 +0000 http://www.thomaspurves.com/?p=782#comment-42642 Apparently PDFs are responsible for 80% of malware on the internets now<br><br><a href="http://tips.vlaurie.com/2010/02/pdf-files-are-major-carrier-of-malware-in-2009" rel="nofollow">http://tips.vlaurie.com/2010/02/pdf-files-are-major-carrier-of-malware-in-2009</a>/<br><br>Solution: Use Foxit Reader, and/or turn off JavaScript in your PDF Reader<br><br><br><br> Apparently PDFs are responsible for 80% of malware on the internets now

http://tips.vlaurie.com/2010/02/pdf-files-are-major-carrier-of-malware-in-2009/

Solution: Use Foxit Reader, and/or turn off JavaScript in your PDF Reader

]]> By: Neil McG http://www.thomaspurves.com/2009/12/29/fax-machines-and-pdfs-kicking-off-the-deadmedia-watch-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-20719 Neil McG Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:44:44 +0000 http://www.thomaspurves.com/?p=782#comment-20719 I have to disagree with the article regarding landline telephones. It's pretty hard to beat magicJack at $20/year for unlimited North America calling (fine, I used to work for them).<br><br>Yes, you get a real phone number, and an RJ45 jack for plugging in a real phone. Their new femtoJack will let you use your cellphone in your house, using your Voip minutes. <br><br>One thing the article forgot...phone books! There is a stack of them in the hallway of my building. What are they for? I have to disagree with the article regarding landline telephones. It's pretty hard to beat magicJack at $20/year for unlimited North America calling (fine, I used to work for them).

Yes, you get a real phone number, and an RJ45 jack for plugging in a real phone. Their new femtoJack will let you use your cellphone in your house, using your Voip minutes.

One thing the article forgot…phone books! There is a stack of them in the hallway of my building. What are they for?

]]> By: nrm604 http://www.thomaspurves.com/2009/12/29/fax-machines-and-pdfs-kicking-off-the-deadmedia-watch-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-20718 nrm604 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:14:11 +0000 http://www.thomaspurves.com/?p=782#comment-20718 Apparently PDFs are responsible for 80% of malware on the internets now<br><br><a href="http://tips.vlaurie.com/2010/02/pdf-files-are-major-carrier-of-malware-in-2009/" rel="nofollow">http://tips.vlaurie.com/2010/02/pdf-files-are-m...</a><br><br>Solution: Use Foxit Reader, and/or turn off JavaScript in your PDF Reader Apparently PDFs are responsible for 80% of malware on the internets now

http://tips.vlaurie.com/2010/02/pdf-files-are-m…

Solution: Use Foxit Reader, and/or turn off JavaScript in your PDF Reader

]]> By: Thomas Purves http://www.thomaspurves.com/2009/12/29/fax-machines-and-pdfs-kicking-off-the-deadmedia-watch-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-14234 Thomas Purves Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:49:26 +0000 http://www.thomaspurves.com/?p=782#comment-14234 @Craig that's a great one voice mail HAS to go. It's a cheap scam to drive up voice minutes. Carriers have the perverse incentive to make take as many seconds as possible on a voice channel to check your messages. Googlevoice does it so much better by emailing you the machine-generated trascript of the voicemail. Even if the trascription isn't perfect at least you have an idea of who called and what the call was about, archived, and at a glance. but goddamn I wish I could get a canadian googlevoice number. @Craig that’s a great one voice mail HAS to go. It’s a cheap scam to drive up voice minutes. Carriers have the perverse incentive to make take as many seconds as possible on a voice channel to check your messages.

Googlevoice does it so much better by emailing you the machine-generated trascript of the voicemail. Even if the trascription isn’t perfect at least you have an idea of who called and what the call was about, archived, and at a glance.

but goddamn I wish I could get a canadian googlevoice number.

]]> By: Thomas Purves http://www.thomaspurves.com/2009/12/29/fax-machines-and-pdfs-kicking-off-the-deadmedia-watch-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-44347 Thomas Purves Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:49:00 +0000 http://www.thomaspurves.com/?p=782#comment-44347 @Craig that's a great one voice mail HAS to go. It's a cheap scam to drive up voice minutes. Carriers have the perverse incentive to make take as many seconds as possible on a voice channel to check your messages. Googlevoice does it so much better by emailing you the machine-generated trascript of the voicemail. Even if the trascription isn't perfect at least you have an idea of who called and what the call was about, archived, and at a glance. but goddamn I wish I could get a canadian googlevoice number. @Craig that’s a great one voice mail HAS to go. It’s a cheap scam to drive up voice minutes. Carriers have the perverse incentive to make take as many seconds as possible on a voice channel to check your messages.

Googlevoice does it so much better by emailing you the machine-generated trascript of the voicemail. Even if the trascription isn’t perfect at least you have an idea of who called and what the call was about, archived, and at a glance.

but goddamn I wish I could get a canadian googlevoice number.

]]> By: Craig http://www.thomaspurves.com/2009/12/29/fax-machines-and-pdfs-kicking-off-the-deadmedia-watch-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-14233 Craig Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:38:15 +0000 http://www.thomaspurves.com/?p=782#comment-14233 Oh, and Google Voice is only available in the States. Oh, and Google Voice is only available in the States.

]]> By: Craig http://www.thomaspurves.com/2009/12/29/fax-machines-and-pdfs-kicking-off-the-deadmedia-watch-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-44346 Craig Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:38:00 +0000 http://www.thomaspurves.com/?p=782#comment-44346 Oh, and Google Voice is only available in the States. Oh, and Google Voice is only available in the States.

]]> By: Craig http://www.thomaspurves.com/2009/12/29/fax-machines-and-pdfs-kicking-off-the-deadmedia-watch-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-14204 Craig Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:43:34 +0000 http://www.thomaspurves.com/?p=782#comment-14204 Voice Mail. It's everything you hate about .pdfs plus having to dial in to a separate system. And enter a password. Then remember a phone number if you want to reply. Replies are done outside of the voicemail system and don't track the conversation. It has to go. Voice Mail.

It’s everything you hate about .pdfs plus having to dial in to a separate system.

And enter a password.

Then remember a phone number if you want to reply.

Replies are done outside of the voicemail system and don’t track the conversation.

It has to go.

]]> By: Craig http://www.thomaspurves.com/2009/12/29/fax-machines-and-pdfs-kicking-off-the-deadmedia-watch-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-44345 Craig Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:43:00 +0000 http://www.thomaspurves.com/?p=782#comment-44345 Voice Mail. It's everything you hate about .pdfs plus having to dial in to a separate system. And enter a password. Then remember a phone number if you want to reply. Replies are done outside of the voicemail system and don't track the conversation. It has to go. Voice Mail.

It’s everything you hate about .pdfs plus having to dial in to a separate system.

And enter a password.

Then remember a phone number if you want to reply.

Replies are done outside of the voicemail system and don’t track the conversation.

It has to go.

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