Time to Give Fax Machines a Decent Burial

Fascimile transmission seems akin to the Linotype. At least to this writer, who is boggled by several recent communications that could only be received via antiquated technology. (This item, by the way, is not really about CIRM or stem cells.) Why anyone would want to use fax instead of email or other electronic transfer methods is hard to understand. It seems a waste of time and particularly a waste of physical storage space, which is undoubtedly more expensive than digital storage. Perhaps we are missing something concerning the use of fax. If so, hopefully someone can enlighten us.