Someone eliminate the fax machine already
I've had to do more faxing in the last 5 weeks than I have in the last 5 years (a rush of NDA's, contracts, legal documents, blah, blah, blah). And you know what I've remembered? I frickin
hate fax machines, that's what. Print, get up, walk across the room, forget the frickin fax number back at your desk, walk back, retrace your steps, wait around for the thing to connect, hope you dialed the right number, Oh C*%P a paper jam, try not to smash the goddamn thing, clear it.....Aaarrrhhgghhh!
The only reason we are still doing this is because there is no standard for an electronic signature....a problem that Verisign went public claiming they were going to solve, but never even came close. Can the government please step in and define a standard? You could give someone a monopoly for 5 years (like Network Solutions) on the standard, and then open it up. How hard can it be? It's a big database with encryption and some process standards and access protocols/clearance. The government tells Microsoft, the big email client developers and web guys to play ball or else, and you drop an easy to use interface into all of them, so that anytime you need to you can easily make a signature a 'legal signature' by clicking a few buttons (This could be the idea that creates a mass market for biometrics...hey...that's a good idea government, have the biometrics associations pay for the development, and it's free!).
Oh sure, electronic signatures would help the economy in a bunch of ways, and create a lot of benefits. That's all well and good...I just want the fax machine gone.
Kevin Gulley
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