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I don't get it - why is this cool? Isn't "mail" one of those outdated meatspace idioms we can finally allow to die?

i know email isn't the cool thing to do anymore as far as connecting online, but in business, i think it's still king.

i'd have serious doubts about someone wanting to correspond about business matters via twitter, facebook, etc.

so i'd say that, no, mail is not something outdated and should die - just another form of communication that has it's place.

Yep. Suits, spammers, scammers and diehard hackers (using mutt in a tiling window manager no doubt). Everyone else is jumping ship. I'm not saying Facebook/Twitter or even Wave is the future... but something else than email is, and we'll probably see it within a year or two.

I've only seen the term, "meatspace", in the last few weeks. Is this some new nerd trend? Attempting to ostracise yourself from the general public by referring to them with degrading inhuman terms such as this is a rather stupid idea, IMHO.

I've only seen the term, "meatspace", in the last few weeks. Is this some new nerd trend?

It's at least 15 years old and faded out with the rest of the "cyberpunk" genre.

It's not really an attempt to ostracize oneself from the general public by referring to them with degrading inhuman terms.

It's just a handy word to refer to stuff that's not online.

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