Comments on: Addressing the Problem of Addresses http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2010/05/addressing-the-problem-of-addresses/ Challenging your thinking, pushing your imagination, creating the future Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:41:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Barbara Mason http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2010/05/addressing-the-problem-of-addresses/comment-page-1/#comment-4784 Barbara Mason Tue, 18 May 2010 18:33:35 +0000 http://www.futuristspeaker.com/?p=1071#comment-4784 Having the responsibility of delivering over 500K peices of mission critical mail to the warfighter in every battle theatre I understand all of the issues and problems. Linking mail to a person (NCOA) is not the only answer. The answer is in having flexible and adaptive systems within USPS. Is this impossible, no but regreatfully also not very likely. Having the responsibility of delivering over 500K peices of mission critical mail to the warfighter in every battle theatre I understand all of the issues and problems. Linking mail to a person (NCOA) is not the only answer. The answer is in having flexible and adaptive systems within USPS. Is this impossible, no but regreatfully also not very likely.

]]> By: Mark Vickers http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2010/05/addressing-the-problem-of-addresses/comment-page-1/#comment-4732 Mark Vickers Sun, 09 May 2010 15:40:52 +0000 http://www.futuristspeaker.com/?p=1071#comment-4732 GPS systems, of course, potentially allow people to be tracked via mobiles, and a person could give permission to the Postal Service or other entity to temporarily track them when needed. Whether delivery could be just-in-time/place is another question. A person could also, of course, just set up a system that beams his or her current location (hotel room, P.O., etc.) to deliverers whenever it changes, much like an Outlook reminder when people are away from the Office. The technology doesn't seem difficult. It's the delivery logistics and privacy issues that are tough. GPS systems, of course, potentially allow people to be tracked via mobiles, and a person could give permission to the Postal Service or other entity to temporarily track them when needed. Whether delivery could be just-in-time/place is another question. A person could also, of course, just set up a system that beams his or her current location (hotel room, P.O., etc.) to deliverers whenever it changes, much like an Outlook reminder when people are away from the Office. The technology doesn’t seem difficult. It’s the delivery logistics and privacy issues that are tough.

]]> By: Matt Grimes http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2010/05/addressing-the-problem-of-addresses/comment-page-1/#comment-4690 Matt Grimes Thu, 06 May 2010 13:33:03 +0000 http://www.futuristspeaker.com/?p=1071#comment-4690 This is definitely an evolving dilemma and as you mentioned has been met successfully by the phone companies and email providers. Yet, there is a significant difference in receiving a digital signal/message vs. a physical item. The only technical solution that comes to mind would require the "transporter" technology from Star Trek. I can see a scenario where you ordered a pair of new boots from a store, and receive a message from the store that the boots are ready for "pickup". You stop by a convenient transporter station (or perhaps each home has one) and key in the coordinates provided in the message. Voila, the boots materialize, you collect them and off you go. In your Scenario #1 above I would not say that delivering mail to the military is a logistical nightmare. The services have been doing that successfully for centuries. The distinction is simply that each individual is assigned to an organizational unit and the location of the unit is always known. Thus, mail be dealyed while a unit is in transit but will always eventually meet up with the recipient. This is definitely an evolving dilemma and as you mentioned has been met successfully by the phone companies and email providers. Yet, there is a significant difference in receiving a digital signal/message vs. a physical item. The only technical solution that comes to mind would require the “transporter” technology from Star Trek.

I can see a scenario where you ordered a pair of new boots from a store, and receive a message from the store that the boots are ready for “pickup”. You stop by a convenient transporter station (or perhaps each home has one) and key in the coordinates provided in the message. Voila, the boots materialize, you collect them and off you go.

In your Scenario #1 above I would not say that delivering mail to the military is a logistical nightmare. The services have been doing that successfully for centuries. The distinction is simply that each individual is assigned to an organizational unit and the location of the unit is always known. Thus, mail be dealyed while a unit is in transit but will always eventually meet up with the recipient.

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