Dearest mother, I am still not receiving any of your emails. I can't imagine why they aren't getting through.
Therefore, it is with great honor and pride that I provide the following rant on email.
Everything about email, and I do mean EVERYTHING, about this Internet service is broken, stupid, annoying, non-functional, and useless. Email needs a reboot. Here's a suggestion for an implimentation of a new email system:
Everyone gets a name as an address. Think AOL screennames. PLAIN FUCKING TEXT FILES can be sent from one name to another freely, but the initial text file must be accepted. When an initial contact is made, the receiver automatically quarentines the file and the user can look it over. If its content is acceptable, then all future communications are sent directly through to the in-box.
To distribute all of this mail, multiple centralized servers should be used. Every major ISP and big-boy telecom should administrate these things. Maybe universities too. There is no reason for joe-six-pack to run a server. The database of names and addresses can be kept in a big-ol' database that's mirrored across these servers.
I dunno, it's not the answer, I know. But something has to happen, because email is severely broken. It's too complicated to adminiaster because SendMail junkies need jobs. Fuck email.
Anwyay, i'm off to San Louis Obispo for the next four days. We'll be doing the Relay For Life. I know it's late to ask, but this is a charity event, and donations are greatly appreciated. Just click on this link to send in a couple bucks for cancer research.
Oh, and I've got tickets to see the O's and A's. Twice. In the same week! Hurrah! Too bad the O's just SUCK this year.....