Web Site Lets Users Send E-mail to the Future

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ABCNews.com
Nahal Toosi

NEW YORK Dec 19, 2005 — In the year 2009, on the 25th of April, a man named Greg is supposed to get an e-mail. The e-mail will remind Greg that he is his best friend and worst enemy, that he once dated a woman named Michelle, and that he planned to major in computer science.

"More importantly," the e-mail says, "are you wearing women's clothing?"

The e-mail was sent by none other than Greg himself through a Web site called FutureMe.org.

The site is one of a handful that let people send e-mails to themselves and others years in the future. They are technology's answer to time capsules, trading on people's sense of curiosity, accountability and nostalgia.

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Wow, that's really nifty!

What a creative idea!
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I sent one to myself for me in 2036. I hope the net is still functional then lol!
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I might give it a try. XD
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Mental (For those who don't know mental is good) i sent on to my future self
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I gave it a try and sent it so I'll get it on my 20th birthday! There were some really funny ones!

This actually made me laugh out loud! XD

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Hehe... what a laugh.




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What if our e-mail address doesn't exist by that time? We won't get it!
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Thats what I thought, oh well lol!
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Does it work if you try to send it to a friend?
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Yeah of course, just put your mates email in instead of yours and it will send to them in years to come lol!
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