carry on, carry on

[annefranknstein]

Sometimes I like to think about what if the fax machine was invented before the telephone. It would be the next level of the telegraph, which came before the telephone, invented by Samuel F.B. Morse, who also invented morse code. it was sweet.

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[prenetic]

In 1913 Western Union developed multiplexing, which it made possible to transmit eight messages simultaneously over a single wire (four in each direction). Teleprinter machines came into use about 1925. Varioplex, introduced in 1936, enabled a single wire to carry 72 transmissions at the same time (36 in each direction). Two years later Western Union introduced the first of its automatic facsimile devices. In 1959 Western Union inaugurated TELEX, which enables subscribers to the teleprinter service to dial each other directly.

That, is way sweet(er).

[annefranknstein]

yes, it is.
if we only had fax machines, and not telephones, it/d be sweet. everyone would be all, "why didn/t you return my fax?" instead of "why didn/t you return my call?"

[prenetic]

We still have snail mail, you know...for the nostalgic touch. ;)

more gooder.

[aligula]

Got a quarter tank of gas in my new E class,
But that's alright, cause I'm gon' ride.
Got everythang in my momma name
But I'm Hood Rich, da dah da da da dah.

Re: more gooder.

[annefranknstein]

i/m more black than anyone will ever know.

[brain_meat]

I still prefer smoke signals and carrier pigeons.