13th July 2010, 12:33 AM
Seriously? Really? I wouldn't say that's nearly as ubiquitous as e-mail, or as powerful or easy to use (or as easy to notify someone else that they've received a message). ... I mean... really?
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)