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How The Postman Almost Owned E-Mail

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-kinda dept.

Thrawn writes "'Imagine that the U.S. Postal Service was in charge of e-mail. Sound absurd? It does to most people until they realize that it almost happened.' " I think the chance of it actually happening are massively overstated in this article, but it's still an interesting "What If". But about as likely, as say, The Confederacy ? winning the US Civil War ? .

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  1. Postman by Wrexen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry, I find it highly unlikely that Costner could have "owned" anything

    1. Re:Postman by DEBEDb · · Score: 5, Funny

      The Postman always pings twice...

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    2. Re:Postman by Fastball · · Score: 4, Funny

      This is actually one of Costner's better movies. Yeah, I know, he's put forth some real stinkers, but The Postman was thought provoking despite being too long. The point that the post office and the postman help people communicate with each other & thus bring us together is not something that comes out of Hollywood often.

  2. Re:What? by alizard · · Score: 5, Funny
    The South shall rise again!

    Try Viagra.

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