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Google Introduces Gmail Paper

Posted by Zonk on from the finally-i-can-be-pc-free dept.

SlashRating© 56 slashdottit! tm nacturation writes "Everyone loves Gmail. But not everyone loves email, or the digital era. What ever happened to stamps, filing cabinets, and the mailman? Now with Gmail Paper, you can request a physical copy of any message with the click of a button, and it'll be sent to you in the mail. Photo attachments are printed on high-quality, glossy photo paper, and secured to your Gmail Paper with a paper clip. And it's totally free: the cost of postage is offset with the help of relevant, targeted, unobtrusive advertisements printed on the back of every print."

6 of 134 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Mod me insightful for no special reason by fondacio · · Score: 5, Informative

    Thanks! Maybe by posting this, now I can get modded informative for no particular, real or special reason.

  2. This is real by Aqwis · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is no april fools joke (you heard it here first).

  3. Re:Since when? by Rhinobird · · Score: 2, Informative

    They've got that covered:

    But what about the environment?

    Not a problem. Gmail Paper is made out of 96% post-consumer organic soybean sputum, and thus, actually helps the environment. For every Gmail Paper we produce, the environment gets incrementally healthier.



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    If Mr. Edison had thought smarter he wouldn't sweat as much. --Nikola Tesla
  4. I knew it was a joke... by joe+155 · · Score: 2, Informative

    I just wanted to say that I had forgot that today was the 1st but I got the joke (even without the OMG PONIES!!!!) or opening TFA (hell, I wouldn't do that on a regular day) - there was one massive tell; it was already ou of BETA, less than 100 years after they thought of the idea...

    come one guys, this has to be believable

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  5. Most depressing. April Fools. Ever. by Channard · · Score: 3, Informative
    No, not this one, but while we are on the subject of April Fools, the BBC's article on April Fools reported that

    "In Romania, during the Ceausescu era, one newspaper printed an article as an April Fool's joke saying all political prisoners were being freed. People started turning up at prisons and waiting for family and friends to be released. It didn't go down well when it was revealed to be a hoax."

    I checked this wasn't a fool with in a fool, and it wasn't. This really happened. Jesus Christ, can you imagine that? A mother and her kids rushing along to the prison, the kids skipping along.. 'Yayy! We're going to get Daddy back!' And then to be told it was a joke. Easily the most depressing thing I've read about in weeks.

  6. Re:weird quotes by HAKdragon · · Score: 3, Informative

    thanks for that insight, Captain Obvious.

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