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Xerox Reveals Transient Documents
Heartless Gamer writes "Xerox has lifted the veil from some of its research and development work in the field of printing. They demoed the very intriguing 'transient documents.' These offer the prospect of reusable paper in the sense that the content is automatically erased after a period of time, ready for fresh printing. Inspired by the fact that many print outs have a life-span of a few hours (think of the emails you may print out just to read, or the content you proof read on the train journey back home), the specially prepared paper will preserve its content for up to 16 hours."
Meanwhile, the Disney and Circuit City folks are trying to figure out how to leverage forward-frame synergies and shift new paradigms into cross-functional matrix adaptive committee clusters so they can provide new proactive technology-centric solutions to use this in a new "pay to see" limited shelflife consumer product.
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The next use of this paper will be for printing those Microsoft Genuine Advantage certificates with your Windows registration code on them. Made expecially for those rare folk who do know where their documentation is.
Laughter is the Spackle of the Soul.
This memo is set to self-destruct in 16 hours.
If this signature is witty enough, maybe somebody will like me.
Who speaks for the trees?
I do. They're pleased these printers aren't made of wood.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
This will make for awesome practical jokes. "What do mean I just turned in blank pages professor!?"
What about the Paperless Bathroom?
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What kind of documents do hobos need, aside from IOUs, and you might want those to last a while...
Hey, guys. Big gulps, huh? Cool. All right! Well, see ya later.
Well, Demolition Man introduced The Three Seashells.
Now I just have to find out how to use them.
This sig does not contain any SCO code.
"Print is dead."
He said that in 1984, mind you.
At my age I find coming up with a witty signature too exhausting.
Just remove the fuser from your printer, make a printout, and when you're done reading, take a "can of air" and blast the toner off the page.
Finally, contracts that aren't worth the paper they're written on.
Now when people send me paper documents, I will require digitally signed digital copies as the authentic "masters". Because the "paper trail" could disappear after I accept the paper copy.
Apparently Xerox is trying to get all the electronic voting business that Diebold is losing because the people are demanding paper trails.
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make install -not war
I'm sorry, this article has been misrouted. You meant to send it to my boss.
I'll print out a copy and show it to him.
I have been sending out hundreds of resumes lately... and not ONE return phone call or job offer!
Of more concern is compatibility. I mean, will you be able to use Paper-RW in a Paper+RW Printer?
And let's not get into Paper-RAM.
What's their plane for maintaining the soil?
I wasn't aware this involved aviation. Maintaining soil by plane does sound interesting though. It sorta happens when chutes don't open if only those pesky next of kin and their friends would stop removing the remains.
If my grammar and spelling are off, I am [distracted/tired/careless] (take your pick)
".. can I um.. borrow the sheet of paper tonite?"
"Ok, Son, just have it clean by my meeting at 9:30 am.""Enjoy what you're doing! If it becomes drudgery, you're doing it wrong!" - Jim Butterfield