Примечания. 1as much as you can— как можно бoльше

¹ as much as you can — как можно бoльше

² you will avoid the disappointment of missing out — зд. вы ɪнe испытаете разочарования, попав в магазин нeвoврcмя (т.е. когда on закрыт)

³ to make your stay in a foreign country more enjoyable and less frustrating —сделать вaшe пребывание в чужой стране более приятным и не разочаровать вас

ТЕКСТ 2. DON'T BURY THE FAX YET

If ‿ dinosаurs ‿ hаd ‿ been ‿ more ‿ like ‿ fаxes¹, they'd ‿ still ‿ be ‿ roаming ‿ around². The ‿ crusty ‿ fаx ‿ mаchine — a ‿ tenаcious ‿ anаlog ‿ device ‿ in ‿ a ‿ digitаl ‿ world — is ‿ showing ‿ robust ‿ survivаl ‿ skills ‿ in ‿ a ‿ new ‿ environment. Some ‿ lаrge ‿ compаnɪes ‿ report ‿ thаt ‿ 40% ‿ of ‿ their ‿ phone ‿ bills ‿ go ‿ to ‿ fаxing³. There ‿ are ‿ fully ‿ 100 ‿ million ‿ fаx ‿ mаchines ‿ around ‿ the ‿ globe, аnd ‿ sаles ‿ of ‿ fаx ‿ hаrdwаre⁴ ‿ аnd ‿ services ‿ are ‿ increаsing ‿ 20% ‿ a ‿ year.

Trаditionаl facsimile machines are eаsily understood. To operаte them is аs eаsy аs mаking a phone call: insert paper, diаl number, push button. The process becomes more complicated when a fax is sent by a PC. That involves special software to work with the fax modem5 on most computers. A company with a local area network can add fax capability to its server so that everyone on the network can send a message from any computer. Finally, a fax, or its equivalent, can undertake parts of its journey on the Internet. None of these chores is particularly expensive, but some services require the customer to buy software or pay a page rate or a monthly fee6. Others are offering their services for nothing7 at least at no cost to the user.

So how did we get to this moment in which the digital technology and its aged uncle, old-fashioned faxing, are thriving side by side?

The answer lies in adaptation. Unlike its doomed Mesozoic counterpart⁸, the fax has morphed into many new species⁹ while retaining its essential nature.

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