Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote: >> And if you can't tell whether a bunch of bits is a scanned-in >> handwritten signature or not, you might as well not include that bunch >> of bits in the file since it's not adding any semantics. > > This is why I have always wondered how faxing a signed document was > supposed to be a binding thing.
This is why bicycle couriers are still employed: faxing of a signed document has yet to be tested up to the Supreme Court, so it may or may not be found to be binding should it go to court. - Michael