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Hottub
07-25-2006, 03:37 PM
<p><a href="http://www.usps.com/" target="_blank">usps.com</a>. Nice little site. Buy postage, check zips, track packages, etc.</p><p>My question is, why the .com? Why is it not .gov? Last time I checked the postal service was part of the federal government. Hell it is part of the major functions of the government. Deliver the mail, maintain post roads, mint money, and defend the borders.</p><p>Why .com?</p>
PhishHead
07-25-2006, 03:41 PM
they do also have usps.gov but it automatically takes you to usps.com. They most likely figured the normal person online is use to .com and not .gov<br />
angrymissy
07-25-2006, 03:42 PM
<p><a href="http://www.usps.gov/">www.usps.gov</a></p><p>I used usps.gov for years</p>
CuzBum
07-25-2006, 03:44 PM
<p>Why .com?</p><p>Because God's dead and we're alone.</p>
Thebazile78
07-25-2006, 03:49 PM
<p>I may be misremembering this, but I think that it actually used to be ".gov", but the USPS itself decided upon the change based on several factors, not the least of which is the signification of ".com" in most "old-school" heads as a "commercial" site, where you can buy and sell things, rather than a scary government entity. I tried really hard to find this on the USPS site, but their search function, much like the letter carrier supervisor at my local delivery master-center, stinks.<br /></p><p> </p><p>Totally aside from that, you gotta figure that most people are fucking dotards anyway and will type ".com" no matter what. </p><p> </p>
Hottub
07-25-2006, 03:53 PM
<p>WOW. that question was answered really quickly, and really well.</p><p>You guys are good!</p>
FUNKMAN
07-25-2006, 03:54 PM
<p>Why .com?</p><p>maybe they're a bunch of commies like Mojo...</p><p><img height="205" src="http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9htfR4Sr8ZE.AIBD_KjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN 0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=12g1ti1g9/EXP=1153958034/**http%3a//gobeyondwireless.com/catalog/images/archie_bunker.bmp" width="140" border="0" /></p>
CuzBum
07-25-2006, 03:55 PM
<strong>Hottub</strong> wrote:<br /><p>WOW. that question was answered really quickly, and really well.</p><p>You guys are good!</p><p>Question answered, LOCK IT UP!</p>
Hottub
07-25-2006, 04:08 PM
If only there was a mod online...
PhishHead
07-25-2006, 04:23 PM
stupid mods, never around when you need them <img border="0" src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/help.gif" /><br />
<strong>PhishHead</strong> wrote:<br />stupid mods, never around when you need them <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/help.gif" border="0" /><br /><p><font face="times new roman,times,serif" size="4">but do we ever really need one ? <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/ohmy.gif" border="0" /></font></p>
PhishHead
07-25-2006, 04:42 PM
<p> </p><strong>richg0404</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>PhishHead</strong> wrote:<br />stupid mods, never around when you need them <img border="0" src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/help.gif" /><br /><p><font size="4" face="times new roman,times,serif">but do we ever really need one ? <img border="0" src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/ohmy.gif" /></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>no, but we dont want them to know that. </p>
cupcakelove
07-25-2006, 05:01 PM
<p>I don't know if its already been said, but the USPS is actually a private company that has been given a licensed monopoly on all US metered mail, or something like that. I used to work on a contract for the post office and got to watch a super fun video on the background of the organization. But trust me, it is technically separate from the government.</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usps" target="_self">Here</a> is the wiki for it. It doesn't explicitly state that its separate from the government, but this line 'In 1971, the department was reorganized as a quasi-independent agency of the federal government and acquired its present name.' confirms what I was saying. From what I remember, its mostly regulated by the DoT.<br /></p>
<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by cupcakelove on 7-25-06 @ 9:05 PM</span>
suggums
07-25-2006, 05:05 PM
<p> </p><strong>Hottub</strong> wrote:<br /><p>WOW. that question was answered really quickly, and really well.</p><p>You guys are good!</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>ya know just cause you're a mod doesn't mean we're trying any harder </p>
bobrobot
07-25-2006, 08:45 PM
<p><strong>Hottub</strong> wrote: WOW. that question was answered really quickly, and really well.</p><p>You guys are good!</p><p><strong><font color="#000099">The poor villagers fear the wrath of ImHotub, the Mod MUMMY!!!</font></strong></p><p><img height="239" src="http://www.rense.com/1.cinehorror/mummy.gif" width="200" border="0" /></p>
zentraed
07-25-2006, 10:10 PM
<strong>cupcakelove</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I don't know if its already been said, but the USPS is actually a private company that has been given a licensed monopoly on all US metered mail, or something like that. I used to work on a contract for the post office and got to watch a super fun video on the background of the organization. But trust me, it is technically separate from the government.</p><p><a target="_self" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usps">Here</a> is the wiki for it. It doesn't explicitly state that its separate from the government, but this line 'In 1971, the department was reorganized as a quasi-independent agency of the federal government and acquired its present name.' confirms what I was saying. From what I remember, its mostly regulated by the DoT.<br /></p>
<span class="post_edited">This message was edited by cupcakelove on 7-25-06 @ 9:05 PM</span><p> </p>and even more interesting, they're actually profitable!<br />
SatCam
07-26-2006, 12:44 AM
<strong>zentraed</strong> wrote:<br><strong>cupcakelove</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I don't know if its already been said, but the USPS is actually a private company that has been given a licensed monopoly on all US metered mail, or something like that. I used to work on a contract for the post office and got to watch a super fun video on the background of the organization. But trust me, it is technically separate from the government.</p><p><a target="_self" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usps">Here</a> is the wiki for it. It doesn't explicitly state that its separate from the government, but this line 'In 1971, the department was reorganized as a quasi-independent agency of the federal government and acquired its present name.' confirms what I was saying. From what I remember, its mostly regulated by the DoT.<br /></p>
<span class="post_edited">This message was edited by cupcakelove on 7-25-06 @ 9:05 PM</span><p> </p>and even more interesting, they're actually profitable!<br /><p></p>
it's easy to be profitable when you're a government-sponsered monopoly...
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