Fax machines are still heavily used un medical and legal areas > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > Behalf Of zMan > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2024 4:06 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: [Very much off-topic] Re: AI is the real deal. > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] > > The FAX machine's impact wasn't exactly tiny. Short-lived, yes. > > On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 7:04 PM Dave Beagle < 00000525eaef6620-dmarc- > requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > Picking on Krugman is typical of the right. But, that’s not exactly > > what he said. Here’s the context. > > > > > > > https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furld > > > efense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fpau > l-krugm > > an-responds-to-internet-quote-2013- > 12%3Famp__%3B!!JmPEgBY0HMszNaDT!pUV > > > U8USJPSqXuREx80y0bQ5MR7v2G271msUDJVyimwcA0x0oiPePyvVMbEFmX > vp0KkVgyslQg > > > BkUcCIgOietLWEjpfoWVvXo%24&data=05%7C02%7CGIBNEY%40WSU.EDU% > 7Ce292b02ec > > > ab547644c8d08dc34034e72%7Cb52be471f7f147b4a8790c799bb53db5%7 > C0%7C0%7C6 > > > 38442436003405898%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAw > MDAiLCJQIjoi > > > V2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=rkxa > e42Xnjdr > > ZsbYsztE%2FeQftM45pYXwoSisSXM3MvA%3D&reserved=0 > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > > > On Thursday, February 22, 2024, 5:12 PM, Bob Bridges < > > 00000587168ababf-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > > Speaking of old predictions: /* By 2005 or so, it will be clear that > > the Internet's impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax > > machine's. -Paul Krugman, Nobel-prize-winning economist in 1998 */ > > > > --- > > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > > Behalf Of Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw > > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2024 16:58 > > > > Sorry, the date has been truncated on the left. > > That should be 11994. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > > Behalf Of Allan Staller > > Sent: 22 February 2024 19:42 > > > > The last mainframe will be turned off in 1994 - Gartner Group > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > > Behalf Of Seymour J Metz > > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2024 11:11 AM > > > > A 5-year prediction is generally safe, because in 5 years people will > > have forgotten the predictions. Who remembers the failed 5-year > > predictions for, e.g., controlled fusion, human level machine translation? > > > > I expect it to eventually happen, but as for when, Hypotheses non > > fingo < > > > https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furld > efense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHypo > theses_non_fingo__%3B!!JmPEgBY0HMszNaDT!pUVU8USJPSqXuREx80y0bQ > 5MR7v2G271msUDJVyimwcA0x0oiPePyvVMbEFmXvp0KkVgyslQgBkUcCIgOi > etLWEjpRKs5ifv%24&data=05%7C02%7CGIBNEY%40WSU.EDU%7Ce292b02 > ecab547644c8d08dc34034e72%7Cb52be471f7f147b4a8790c799bb53db5 > %7C0%7C0%7C638442436003413344%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8ey > JWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D > %7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=I69SwWniPcqnRRWi98MnELuNXk1a6kYh%2B1kY > H9wRX2g%3D&reserved=0 >. > > > > On the flip side, hand optimization for pipelined machines is labor > > intensive and fragile; a compiler with an ARCHLVL parameter is better > > suited for the job. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > -- > zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
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