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Google Introduces Gmail Paper
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Zonk
on Sun Apr 01, 2007 06:37 AM
from the finally-i-can-be-pc-free dept.
from the finally-i-can-be-pc-free dept.
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What? (Score:5, Funny)
Google TiSP (Score:5, Funny)
(http://www.rc-net.com/)
TiSP & Soft Google Paper - the perfect mash up (Score:5, Funny)
(http://itheresies.blogspot.com/ | Last Journal: Wednesday April 28 2004, @12:06AM)
Frankly, I cannot wait to tell my boss what I did with his last memo.
Beware of viruses (Score:4, Funny)
weird quotes (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:weird quotes (Score:4, Informative)
C'mon now... (Score:4, Funny)
(http://clifgriffin.com/)
I can't be discerning at this ungody hour.
Photos could almost be useful (Score:3, Interesting)
(http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/ | Last Journal: Tuesday September 11, @05:30PM)
Re:Photos could almost be useful (Score:5, Insightful)
It's too bad this is a joke, because I think it might actually work. -sigh-
Hint (Score:1, Insightful)
Proposal (Score:4, Funny)
This is real (Score:2, Informative)
april fool (Score:1)
Great but .. HOW DO I JOIN THE BETA PROGRAM??? (Score:1)
April Fool's Modding? (Score:2, Insightful)
Moo (Score:2, Funny)
(http://tkatch.com/ | Last Journal: Monday October 29, @02:09PM)
Of course, Google Filing Cabinet, soon to be announced, does allow double filing by creating an ethereal copy for the second cabinet.
I knew it was a joke... (Score:3, Informative)
(Last Journal: Wednesday September 20 2006, @10:30AM)
come one guys, this has to be believable
One word... (Score:2)
(http://www.garyscott.net/)
This will make some people a lot more comfortable (Score:2, Funny)
(http://hub.jonathan-rothwell.co.uk/ | Last Journal: Thursday August 24 2006, @09:13AM)
From memory, he farms spaghetti on a farm in Switzerland that was featured on Panorama in the 1950s...
Sate Government would love this (Score:3, Funny)
On a side rant, it boggles my mind how everybody think putting something "on a computer" or worse yet "on the web" magically makes things better. Sometimes paper and pencil is the best solution.
Most depressing. April Fools. Ever. (Score:4, Informative)
"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.
Doesn't work, no button to click. (Score:2)
(Last Journal: Saturday January 27 2007, @03:18PM)
Excellent job (Score:2)
(http://thebestpageintheuniverse.net/)
Google is tricksy... (Score:2)
This didn't immediately set off my hoax radar, either, until I read the details. At first I thought perhaps Google had improved the printing functions of GMail to look better when printed out; it wasn't until I saw others talking about it that I actually saw the details and knew immediately it was a joke.
What's scary? 10 years ago this idea would've been funded and seen as visionary.
Not sure what to say. (Score:1)
(http://www.homerecordingconnection.com/)
stupid.
I'm still holding out for....... (Score:2, Funny)
(http://www.thecnik.com/)
REALLY.... (Score:1)
Gmail Paper easy way to read spam (Score:1)
(http://soltys.wordpress.com/ | Last Journal: Sunday October 29 2006, @06:38AM)
How much cost print 500 e-mails spam?
Actually, in India, they really do this. (Score:2)
(http://tao.ca/~wrench/dist)
Copied from TFA, because it's priceless: (Score:1)
(http://oldcrankyredneck.blogspot.com/)
And because they'll probably remove it once Mrs. Grundy complains about the scatological humor.
Welcome to Gmail's April Fool's Day joke (Score:1)
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/paper/more.html [google.com]
besides that, i think that, if actually implemented, it would not only surelly find it's own market niche, but also would become as cool as terrifying. not terrific, but terrifying. think google 'absorbing' not only a big chunk of email, but also another big chunk of snail mail - or the postal system if you want. add government mandated custom 'filtering', china style. cool, huh?
Lol (Score:1)
Hottie (Score:2)
(http://slashdot.org/)
Wait a minute. (Score:2)
Actually a service in rural India? (Score:5, Interesting)
(http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/)
"Oh this is so funny!!! Google tried to release an April Fool's joke today about Google Paper
- the ability to have your emails printed and sent via snail mail!
The problem they didn't realise is that in the latest issue of Fast Company, this ACTUALLY HAPPENS in India!!!
It's called the ePost service from the Indian post office. Now you have a Billion Indians who are thinking that this is a legitimate alternative to their ePost service - nice try Google, but next time, make sure your PR people read Fast Company!!"
Link to blog: http://www.vinnylingham.com/2007/04/massive-googl
Link to article: http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/113/next-worl
And no this definitely isn't my blog. And wtf, people being modded insightful just for asking? This must be April Fools day.
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Who says we love gmail? (Score:2)
I hate to think of the Google web "operating system" where daring to press the back button turns it off.
And In Other News (Score:1, Troll)
(http://www.4til7.com/)
A better link (Score:1)
Slight Problem with their plan ... (Score:2, Interesting)
Audio attachments (Score:2)
(http://dexplor.com/)
MP3 and WAV files will not be printed. We recommend maintaining copies of your non-paper Gmail in these cases.
Well, that pretty much makes this new service worthless. Someone let me know when they start printing audio attachments, and I might reconsider.
Dan East
It existed... (Score:2)
It was quite a useful tool; you could use it to send a mail to yourself@hinman to print out simple notes, and you could pick it up at your mail box instead of the main campus printers.
Now what more you expect from google? (Score:1)
I thought this was real... (Score:1)
Oddly enough... (Score:2)
(http://www.b-list.org/)
There is a startup called potsful [postful.com] which is doing something like this for real -- you can tie an email address to a postal address, and they'll print and mail to the postal address anything you send to the email address.
april fools (Score:1)
(http://www.360replays.com/)
Re:I miss the ponies. (Score:5, Funny)
(http://jfctravelclub.com/travelblog/)
What day in particular is that? I'd like to see them make the site completely useful for one day of the year
It'd be a start
Re:Mod me insightful for no special reason (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Mod me insightful for no special reason (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Mod me insightful for no special reason (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Mod me insightful for no special reason (Score:2, Funny)
Oh, wait. There's one.
*click*
Re:Since when? (Score:3, Informative)
(http://www.geocities.com/evil_rhinobird)
They've got that covered:
Re:Mod me insightful for no special reason (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I miss the ponies. (Score:1)
I'm laughing for long minutes!
Let's make slashdot useless for one day!
Re:I miss the ponies. (Score:1)
Re:Fuck April Fools' (Score:2)
Re:Fuck April Fools' (Score:2)
Mod me insightful for no reason!
Re:I miss the ponies. (Score:1)
Re:Mod me insightful for no special reason (Score:2)
(http://alpha.edtinger.at/)