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> It’s telling that Clark used a fax to announce his closure, in the year 2005, considering that email had supplanted the fax long before then. The closure of C
by mulmen 4y ago
> It’s telling that Clark used a fax to announce his closure, in the year 2005, considering that email had supplanted the fax long before then. The closure of Clark dragged the American surfboard industry from the mid-20th century to the late 20th century, and set the stage for the leaps forward we’ve made to the 21st.
Tangent but the first commercial tax service opened in 1865, 11 years before the telephone was invented. Lindy's law suggests the fax will outlast email, and surfboards.
- zardo 4y agoAfaik the surfboard was invented in pre-european contact Hawaii, sometime between ~1100-1700.
- scheme271 4y agoAlthough those surfboards were radically different from the ones now. They were huge, really heavy (200+ lbs) and had no fins. I think they were probably only really good for riding the wave straight in.
- HyperSane 4y agoFaxes are obsolete in every aspect.