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Obsolete
Posted by:
Warhawk
()
Date: June 23, 2009 12:15PM
I was cleaning out some junk in my basement this past weekend and came across a bunch of VHS tapes of stuff I'd taped on TV over the years. No longer owning a VCR, I trashed all of them, but it started me thinking:
Realistically, what common everyday things could potentially become obsolete in short order due to today's technology? Things that I experience today that my kids may never use in 5 years? I'm not a dumbass - I understand that eventually everything becomes obsolete even if you have some hangers-on that love their 8 tracks or you have some backwoods town that time forgot.
Here's two i can think of.:
Walk-in video rental stores (like Blockbuster) - due to Netflixx, Hulu, broadband, etc. I can't remember the last time I went into a place like that.
Road maps - due to ever evolving GPS units.
And I wouldn't be surprised if telephone companies become obsolete in the sense of having a home phone with long distance - considering that you can Skype over the internet and it costs nothing.
Realistically, what common everyday things could potentially become obsolete in short order due to today's technology? Things that I experience today that my kids may never use in 5 years? I'm not a dumbass - I understand that eventually everything becomes obsolete even if you have some hangers-on that love their 8 tracks or you have some backwoods town that time forgot.
Here's two i can think of.:
Walk-in video rental stores (like Blockbuster) - due to Netflixx, Hulu, broadband, etc. I can't remember the last time I went into a place like that.
Road maps - due to ever evolving GPS units.
And I wouldn't be surprised if telephone companies become obsolete in the sense of having a home phone with long distance - considering that you can Skype over the internet and it costs nothing.
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
bloody blisters
()
Date: June 23, 2009 12:29PM
news papers are very old no need to hang on to them, why wait until tomorrow to read the news of today. radios, thanks to the internet and those darn ipods. and friends, thanks to this forum.
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
pgens
()
Date: June 23, 2009 12:38PM
Blockbusters are already closing, and a Hollywood Video near me sold half its space to a restaurant. Netflix, broadband, gas prices and convenience all blended together to kick the brick-and-mortar rental stores out of relevance.
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
WashingTone Locian
()
Date: June 23, 2009 12:42PM
Broadcast television and radio.
Print newspapers.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/23/2009 12:43PM by WashingTone Locian.
Print newspapers.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/23/2009 12:43PM by WashingTone Locian.
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
Mr. Manners
()
Date: June 23, 2009 12:49PM
Warhawk Wrote:
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> Realistically, what common everyday things could
> potentially become obsolete in short order due to
> today's technology? Things that I experience
> today that my kids may never use in 5 years?
Manners and respect. Look at the way people address others on this forum. In real life people would either be too fearful or feel compelled to demonstrate a modicum of decency toward one another. With the incessant name calling and personal attacks in online forums, it is only a matter of time before human to human interaction follows suit.
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> Realistically, what common everyday things could
> potentially become obsolete in short order due to
> today's technology? Things that I experience
> today that my kids may never use in 5 years?
Manners and respect. Look at the way people address others on this forum. In real life people would either be too fearful or feel compelled to demonstrate a modicum of decency toward one another. With the incessant name calling and personal attacks in online forums, it is only a matter of time before human to human interaction follows suit.
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
WashingTone Locian
()
Date: June 23, 2009 12:50PM
TheMeeper Wrote:
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> The Republican Party
I was going to go there, then I thought better of it.
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> The Republican Party
I was going to go there, then I thought better of it.
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
WashingTone Locian
()
Date: June 23, 2009 12:51PM
Mr. Manners Wrote:
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> Warhawk Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Realistically, what common everyday things
> could
> > potentially become obsolete in short order due
> to
> > today's technology? Things that I experience
> > today that my kids may never use in 5 years?
>
> Manners and respect. Look at the way people
> address others on this forum. In real life people
> would either be too fearful or feel compelled to
> demonstrate a modicum of decency toward one
> another. With the incessant name calling and
> personal attacks in online forums, it is only a
> matter of time before human to human interaction
> follows suit.
Fuck you!
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> Warhawk Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Realistically, what common everyday things
> could
> > potentially become obsolete in short order due
> to
> > today's technology? Things that I experience
> > today that my kids may never use in 5 years?
>
> Manners and respect. Look at the way people
> address others on this forum. In real life people
> would either be too fearful or feel compelled to
> demonstrate a modicum of decency toward one
> another. With the incessant name calling and
> personal attacks in online forums, it is only a
> matter of time before human to human interaction
> follows suit.
Fuck you!
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
Oh really
()
Date: June 23, 2009 12:53PM
Mr. Manners Wrote:
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> Warhawk Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Realistically, what common everyday things
> could
> > potentially become obsolete in short order due
> to
> > today's technology? Things that I experience
> > today that my kids may never use in 5 years?
>
> Manners and respect. Look at the way people
> address others on this forum. In real life people
> would either be too fearful or feel compelled to
> demonstrate a modicum of decency toward one
> another. With the incessant name calling and
> personal attacks in online forums, it is only a
> matter of time before human to human interaction
> follows suit.
I tried to read what you just said but then I discovered you suck cock. Faggot
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> Warhawk Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Realistically, what common everyday things
> could
> > potentially become obsolete in short order due
> to
> > today's technology? Things that I experience
> > today that my kids may never use in 5 years?
>
> Manners and respect. Look at the way people
> address others on this forum. In real life people
> would either be too fearful or feel compelled to
> demonstrate a modicum of decency toward one
> another. With the incessant name calling and
> personal attacks in online forums, it is only a
> matter of time before human to human interaction
> follows suit.
I tried to read what you just said but then I discovered you suck cock. Faggot
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
Warhawk
()
Date: June 23, 2009 01:05PM
Mr. Manners Wrote:
> Manners and respect. Look at the way people
> address others on this forum. In real life people
> would either be too fearful or feel compelled to
> demonstrate a modicum of decency toward one
> another. With the incessant name calling and
> personal attacks in online forums, it is only a
> matter of time before human to human interaction
> follows suit.
Sweet. I hate dealing with people.
Attachments:
> Manners and respect. Look at the way people
> address others on this forum. In real life people
> would either be too fearful or feel compelled to
> demonstrate a modicum of decency toward one
> another. With the incessant name calling and
> personal attacks in online forums, it is only a
> matter of time before human to human interaction
> follows suit.
Sweet. I hate dealing with people.
Attachments:
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
WashingTone Locian
()
Date: June 23, 2009 01:09PM
I think the Forum is a nice outlet. I hate being fake with people, and that's what most people expect. I don't like chit, chat or small talk about bullshit. I would rather come on here a fuck with people and express what I really think. I think that is a positive, not a negative.
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
bloody blisters
()
Date: June 23, 2009 01:09PM
dont fuck with the E thugs. those niggas are hardcore!
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
Warhawk
()
Date: June 23, 2009 01:15PM
WashingTone Locian Wrote:
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> Compact Disks
Shit, I forgot about them. I'm still a little old school with music, I'll buy CD's and then burn them to Itunes. I only buy mp3s here and there. My son and all of his friends don't own one single CD. Amazing.
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> Compact Disks
Shit, I forgot about them. I'm still a little old school with music, I'll buy CD's and then burn them to Itunes. I only buy mp3s here and there. My son and all of his friends don't own one single CD. Amazing.
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
bloody blisters
()
Date: June 23, 2009 01:23PM
segways, those things are just stupid
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
Furfur
()
Date: June 23, 2009 01:32PM
I thought it was ghetto that I didn't have a house phone and only used a cell phone, but I just read that a lot more people are doing this, and also people are ditching wrist watches and using their cell phones as time pieces.
Also, for the past ten years, cell phones have pretty much killed pay phones.
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“It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton Lavey
Also, for the past ten years, cell phones have pretty much killed pay phones.
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“It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton Lavey
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
pgens
()
Date: June 23, 2009 01:35PM
I haven't worn a watch in over a decade, it never made sense to once I started carrying a phone around.
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
fairfaxdude
()
Date: June 23, 2009 01:36PM
Driving drunk.
Don't hate me cuz I'm persistent.
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I have had to change the addresses to my retaliatory blogs over half a dozen times.
Don't hate me cuz I'm persistent.
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I have had to change the addresses to my retaliatory blogs over half a dozen times.
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
Furfur
()
Date: June 23, 2009 01:40PM
VOIP is really hurting traditional phones as more large companies switch to IP.
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“It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton Lavey
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“It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton Lavey
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
WashingTone Locian
()
Date: June 23, 2009 01:41PM
bloody blisters Wrote:
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> segways, those things are just stupid
They were obsolete before they were ever built.
If you go by the new DOT building, they have a "Transportation Walk." One of the items they feature is the Segway. WTF?
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> segways, those things are just stupid
They were obsolete before they were ever built.
If you go by the new DOT building, they have a "Transportation Walk." One of the items they feature is the Segway. WTF?
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
bloody blisters
()
Date: June 23, 2009 01:48PM
WashingTone Locian Wrote:
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> bloody blisters Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > segways, those things are just stupid
>
>
> They were obsolete before they were ever built.
>
> If you go by the new DOT building, they have a
> "Transportation Walk." One of the items they
> feature is the Segway. WTF?
hahaha no shit. if anything walking has become obsolete. you either drive or have some machine transport you to the places you want to go
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> bloody blisters Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > segways, those things are just stupid
>
>
> They were obsolete before they were ever built.
>
> If you go by the new DOT building, they have a
> "Transportation Walk." One of the items they
> feature is the Segway. WTF?
hahaha no shit. if anything walking has become obsolete. you either drive or have some machine transport you to the places you want to go
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
Warhawk
()
Date: June 23, 2009 01:53PM
Ha ha ha, porno mags! No kidding. Shoot, you can watch porn on your iPhone if you want to. No wonder Penthouse filed for bankruptcy after changing it up to a bi-monthly mag..
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
Furfur
()
Date: June 23, 2009 01:57PM
Segways are very popular with the midgets; less cumbersome than a wheechair.
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“It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton Lavey
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“It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton Lavey
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
Gravis
()
Date: June 23, 2009 01:57PM
Warhawk Wrote:
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> And I wouldn't be surprised if telephone companies
> become obsolete in the sense of having a home
> phone with long distance - considering that you
> can Skype over the internet and it costs nothing.
SKYPE is a piece of shit and you cant call 911.
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
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> And I wouldn't be surprised if telephone companies
> become obsolete in the sense of having a home
> phone with long distance - considering that you
> can Skype over the internet and it costs nothing.
SKYPE is a piece of shit and you cant call 911.
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
bloody blisters
()
Date: June 23, 2009 02:00PM
Furfur Wrote:
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> Segways are very popular with the midgets; less
> cumbersome than a wheechair.
they prefer to be called "little" people. and i can speak for all of them since i am not a midget.
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> Segways are very popular with the midgets; less
> cumbersome than a wheechair.
they prefer to be called "little" people. and i can speak for all of them since i am not a midget.
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
Furfur
()
Date: June 23, 2009 02:00PM
I thought mainframe computers and tape reels were obsolete, but government agencies and large companies still use them. Hell, even Dell sells tape drives for long term storage.
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“It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton Lavey
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“It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton Lavey
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
Furfur
()
Date: June 23, 2009 02:03PM
bloody blisters Wrote:
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>
> they prefer to be called "little" people. and i
> can speak for all of them since i am not a midget.
Can I still call them dwarves? Because if I ever become a multi-millionare, I'm going to walk around in public with a dwarf on a long black leash.
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“It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton Lavey
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>
> they prefer to be called "little" people. and i
> can speak for all of them since i am not a midget.
Can I still call them dwarves? Because if I ever become a multi-millionare, I'm going to walk around in public with a dwarf on a long black leash.
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“It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton Lavey
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
bloody blisters
()
Date: June 23, 2009 02:06PM
Furfur Wrote:
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> bloody blisters Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
>
> >
> > they prefer to be called "little" people. and i
> > can speak for all of them since i am not a
> midget.
>
> Can I still call them dwarves? Because if I ever
> become a multi-millionare, I'm going to walk
> around in public with a dwarf on a long black
> leash.
you can call 'em pep pep if that pleases you. you dont need to be a multi-millionare. just throw 'em some bread crumbs out of a brown paper bag and you'll have a whole flock of them.
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> bloody blisters Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
>
> >
> > they prefer to be called "little" people. and i
> > can speak for all of them since i am not a
> midget.
>
> Can I still call them dwarves? Because if I ever
> become a multi-millionare, I'm going to walk
> around in public with a dwarf on a long black
> leash.
you can call 'em pep pep if that pleases you. you dont need to be a multi-millionare. just throw 'em some bread crumbs out of a brown paper bag and you'll have a whole flock of them.
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
bloody blisters
()
Date: June 23, 2009 02:11PM
thats another thing thats obsolete, a sense of humor, everyone feels the need to be politically correct. grow a pair, take a joke, and laugh at it
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
Warhawk
()
Date: June 23, 2009 02:33PM
Gravis Wrote:
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> SKYPE is a piece of shit and you cant call 911.
I'll give you the 911 thing (which also goes for cellphones), but there's something to be said for being able to get on Skype with a webcam and talk to somebody overseas or on the other side of the country for $0.00. I don't use Skype but my boss and neighbor do and they like it. Both have families in Eastern Europe.
Edit: One too many spelling/grammar FAILs
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/23/2009 02:34PM by Warhawk.
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> SKYPE is a piece of shit and you cant call 911.
I'll give you the 911 thing (which also goes for cellphones), but there's something to be said for being able to get on Skype with a webcam and talk to somebody overseas or on the other side of the country for $0.00. I don't use Skype but my boss and neighbor do and they like it. Both have families in Eastern Europe.
Edit: One too many spelling/grammar FAILs
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/23/2009 02:34PM by Warhawk.
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
WashingTone Locian
()
Date: June 23, 2009 02:53PM
MySpace. Soon to be followed by YouTube and Twitter.
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
Furfur
()
Date: June 23, 2009 02:56PM
WashingTone Locian Wrote:
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> MySpace. Soon to be followed by YouTube and
> Twitter.
Why Youtube? As long as people's cats can play the piano, there will always be Youtube.
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“It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton Lavey
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> MySpace. Soon to be followed by YouTube and
> Twitter.
Why Youtube? As long as people's cats can play the piano, there will always be Youtube.
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“It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton Lavey
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
WashingTone Locian
()
Date: June 23, 2009 02:57PM
The Postal Service.
The thing exists solely to deliver bills and junk mail.
The thing exists solely to deliver bills and junk mail.
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
WashingTone Locian
()
Date: June 23, 2009 02:58PM
Furfur Wrote:
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> WashingTone Locian Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > MySpace. Soon to be followed by YouTube and
> > Twitter.
>
>
> Why Youtube? As long as people's cats can play the
> piano, there will always be Youtube.
All the good content is getting restricted by lawyers and YouTube can't net any income off of cats playing piano. Hulu and other sites that pay for content are going to overtake it at some point unless Google drastically changes the business model.
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> WashingTone Locian Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > MySpace. Soon to be followed by YouTube and
> > Twitter.
>
>
> Why Youtube? As long as people's cats can play the
> piano, there will always be Youtube.
All the good content is getting restricted by lawyers and YouTube can't net any income off of cats playing piano. Hulu and other sites that pay for content are going to overtake it at some point unless Google drastically changes the business model.
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
Gravis
()
Date: June 23, 2009 03:16PM
Furfur Wrote:
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> As long as people's cats can play the
> piano, there will always be Youtube.
LOL!
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
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> As long as people's cats can play the
> piano, there will always be Youtube.
LOL!
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
Furfur
()
Date: June 23, 2009 04:18PM
WashingTone Locian Wrote:
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> French Canadians.
To add to this, futurists predict different races will be a thing of the past in less than a century. With inter-racial pregnancies on the rise, there will be no white, black, asian, hispanic, etc. The average human will have a light brown complexion with mixed facial features.
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“It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton Lavey
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> French Canadians.
To add to this, futurists predict different races will be a thing of the past in less than a century. With inter-racial pregnancies on the rise, there will be no white, black, asian, hispanic, etc. The average human will have a light brown complexion with mixed facial features.
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“It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton Lavey
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
Gravis
()
Date: June 23, 2009 04:27PM
Furfur Wrote:
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> WashingTone Locian Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > French Canadians.
>
>
> To add to this, futurists predict different races
> will be a thing of the past in less than a
> century. With inter-racial pregnancies on the
> rise, there will be no white, black, asian,
> hispanic, etc. The average human will have a light
> brown complexion with mixed facial features.
you know vince is hoping for it. however, i dont think that's going to be the case at least for a few centuries.
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
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> WashingTone Locian Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > French Canadians.
>
>
> To add to this, futurists predict different races
> will be a thing of the past in less than a
> century. With inter-racial pregnancies on the
> rise, there will be no white, black, asian,
> hispanic, etc. The average human will have a light
> brown complexion with mixed facial features.
you know vince is hoping for it. however, i dont think that's going to be the case at least for a few centuries.
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
Furfur
()
Date: June 23, 2009 04:40PM
Actually I am under the impression Vince is against inter-racial relationships. I'm sure if one of his daughters brought home a white guy he would have cardiac arrest.
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“It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton Lavey
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
Gravis
()
Date: June 23, 2009 04:57PM
Furfur Wrote:
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> Actually I am under the impression Vince is
> against inter-racial relationships. I'm sure if
> one of his daughters brought home a white guy he
> would have cardiac arrest.
im sure he thinks it's great... as long as it doesnt effect him personally.
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
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> Actually I am under the impression Vince is
> against inter-racial relationships. I'm sure if
> one of his daughters brought home a white guy he
> would have cardiac arrest.
im sure he thinks it's great... as long as it doesnt effect him personally.
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
ITRADE
()
Date: June 23, 2009 05:04PM
Video tape survived well over 30 years - albeit in Betamax form.
How about floppy diskettes.
How about floppy diskettes.
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
Gravis
()
Date: June 23, 2009 05:05PM
ITRADE Wrote:
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> Video tape survived well over 30 years - albeit in
> Betamax form.
>
> How about floppy diskettes.
i have some 5.25" disks and a drive.
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
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> Video tape survived well over 30 years - albeit in
> Betamax form.
>
> How about floppy diskettes.
i have some 5.25" disks and a drive.
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
Furfur
()
Date: June 23, 2009 05:10PM
A few years ago there was a prediction that game consoles were going obsolete. PCs would be able to handle any new games that came out.
This of course was before the new generation of consoles came out.
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“It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton Lavey
This of course was before the new generation of consoles came out.
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“It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton Lavey
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
Gravis
()
Date: June 23, 2009 05:18PM
Furfur Wrote:
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> A few years ago there was a prediction that game
> consoles were going obsolete. PCs would be able to
> handle any new games that came out.
> This of course was before the new generation of
> consoles came out.
yes, what they failed to recognize was that consoles are successful because they are standardized platforms.
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
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> A few years ago there was a prediction that game
> consoles were going obsolete. PCs would be able to
> handle any new games that came out.
> This of course was before the new generation of
> consoles came out.
yes, what they failed to recognize was that consoles are successful because they are standardized platforms.
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
§
()
Date: June 23, 2009 05:27PM
What about those Laserdisc movies? IIRC, it was like a CD on roids.
I seem to remember an obscure game system from back in the early 90s called NEO GEO. Some kid in my neighborhood had one (retailed for a rediculous $600), then I remember about 2 years later, they went kaput.
Then there's the Tandy computer from Radio Shack...ugh.
I seem to remember an obscure game system from back in the early 90s called NEO GEO. Some kid in my neighborhood had one (retailed for a rediculous $600), then I remember about 2 years later, they went kaput.
Then there's the Tandy computer from Radio Shack...ugh.
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
Furfur
()
Date: June 23, 2009 05:31PM
§ Wrote:
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> What about those Laserdisc movies? IIRC, it was
> like a CD on roids.
>
> I seem to remember an obscure game system from
> back in the early 90s called NEO GEO. Some kid in
> my neighborhood had one (retailed for a rediculous
> $600), then I remember about 2 years later, they
> went kaput.
>
> Then there's the Tandy computer from Radio
> Shack...ugh.
Remember the Jaguar game console? Also the Amiga computers of the 80s.
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“It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton Lavey
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> What about those Laserdisc movies? IIRC, it was
> like a CD on roids.
>
> I seem to remember an obscure game system from
> back in the early 90s called NEO GEO. Some kid in
> my neighborhood had one (retailed for a rediculous
> $600), then I remember about 2 years later, they
> went kaput.
>
> Then there's the Tandy computer from Radio
> Shack...ugh.
Remember the Jaguar game console? Also the Amiga computers of the 80s.
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“It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton Lavey
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
ITRADE
()
Date: June 23, 2009 05:33PM
Computer types are common. Within 6 months a type of computer is obselete.
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
cynicalfun
()
Date: June 23, 2009 08:14PM
Libraries are pretty obsolete. They should keep all the books in a single distribution center and take them to libraries when someone orders a specific book, kinda like netflix. Instead of books the libraries should simply be filled with computers for internet access.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/23/2009 08:15PM by cynicalfun.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/23/2009 08:15PM by cynicalfun.
Re: Obsolete
Posted by:
Gravis
()
Date: June 25, 2009 05:45AM
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> What about those Laserdisc movies? IIRC, it was
> like a CD on roids.
it actually was just a REALLY large CD.
> I seem to remember an obscure game system from
> back in the early 90s called NEO GEO. Some kid in
> my neighborhood had one (retailed for a rediculous
> $600), then I remember about 2 years later, they
> went kaput.
yeah, the carts were really expensive, especially because some games required additional hardware which they would build into the cart. it was a true arcade platform.
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
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> What about those Laserdisc movies? IIRC, it was
> like a CD on roids.
it actually was just a REALLY large CD.
> I seem to remember an obscure game system from
> back in the early 90s called NEO GEO. Some kid in
> my neighborhood had one (retailed for a rediculous
> $600), then I remember about 2 years later, they
> went kaput.
yeah, the carts were really expensive, especially because some games required additional hardware which they would build into the cart. it was a true arcade platform.
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."