USPS Ending Overnight First-Class Letter Service

New submitter cstacy writes "The United States Postal Service will be closing half of its processing centers this spring. Currently, 42% of first-class mail is delivered the following day for nearby residential and business customers. But that overnight mail will be a thing of the past, with delivery guaranteed only for 2-3 days. About 51% will be delivered in two days. Periodicals may take up to nine days. (Additional delays beyond this may come into play when Congress also authorizes USPS to close operations for some days each week.)"

Re:Netflix

[h0dg3s]

They won't use UPS if they ever want to see their discs again.

Re:It's a SERVICE

[Anonymous Coward]

If are tax dollars aren't being used to kill someone or throw them in jail then it's just inefficiency and overreaching government!

Re:What?

[Virtual_Raider]

They probably have some fancy-fangled-ass-shit to pop open and reseal an envelope without showing signs of tampering, too.

The word you are looking for is "equipment" ;)

Re:What?

[LostMyBeaver]

Ok... so Fancy-frangled-ass-shit-equipment then?

Was wondering what the proper name for it was :)

Re:What?

[DarwinSurvivor]

You can get deb and rpm files in the mail now?!?

Re:Netflix

[skovnymfe]

Oh get off your high horse, you SOCIALIST.

Re:What?

[93 Escort Wagon]

Unless you use a fairly paranoid design(eg. an envelope chemically treated so that it will freak out in some obvious way if the adhesive is tampered with, or a residue-free volatile fluid is used to render the paper temporarily transparent) opening a letter isn't rocket surgery. If the feds are on your back, you probably have a problem. If somebody sends you cash, that particular envelope may just 'get shredded in a mechanical malfunction' and never arrive.

That's why, after sealing the envelope, I drip hot wax over the seam and make an imprint using my signet ring.

Re:Netflix

[soundguy]

OK, then they won't use UPS if they want their discs to be intact.

EVERY. SINGLE. THING. that gets sent to me UPS appears to have been intentionally kicked, punched, or slashed. This goes for parcels as well as envelopes.

I got three new 1U servers sent to me via UPS last year. One of the cartons had a TIRE TRACK across the top of it.

Re:What?

[hellop2]

In forensic circles it's known as a "Ferric Semi-sealed Dihydrogenmonoxide Phase Change Apparatus".

Re:What?

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

Forsooth, man, cans't not your trusty vassal deliver a simple epistle without knavish tampering?

Re:Netflix

[ToiletBomber]

Can it still run Linux?

Re:Netflix

[rubycodez]

it runs NetBSD, but it's dying