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    Devices that Time forgot.

    12 technology products that time forgot - BT

    For dear old Freako, this lists 10 devices that people (other than me) no longer use.



    Now where did I put that Windoze 3.11 install floppy? Oh. It's next to the crt monitor near the fax machine.

    Still use a netbook, irritating though it is.

    Damn thing slows to a crawl looking for M$ updates.

    Fax machine: still got two, one of which uses ink cartridges you can't buy any more, the other uses thermal paper.

    Got shedloads of calculators.

    Gutted that the ancient Casio scientific ones died after a mere 20 years or so.

    The modern ones use a different syntax which pisses I off somewhat.

    CRT tellies: lots. You can get really cheap ones at the side of the road these days. They're ok if you dry 'em out.

    Voice recorder: got one that uses cassette tapes. Last used to irritate the tulipe out of the dissector of human remains during a "communication meeting".

    I put some 35mm film in a camera last year. Haven't taken any photos though.

    Never rented a film.

    Got a couple of MP3 players. The rubber covered one has gone unpleasantly sticky.

    Two alarm clocks on the bedside "table": one is a LED clock from about 1978, the other is a travelling LCD alarm clock from about 1999.

    Don't use satnav. Got maps instead.

    Sometimes use floppies. Got usb floppy drives. And machines with 5.25" drives. Both 1.2Mb & 360k.
    Last edited by zeitghost; 8 June 2017, 07:44.

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    Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
    12 technology products that time forgot - BT

    For dear old Freako, this lists 10 devices that people (other than me) no longer use.
    Not 12 then? Or do your species work in duodecimal?
    Originally posted by MaryPoppins
    I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
    Originally posted by vetran
    Urine is quite nourishing

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      #3



      the teasmade
      (\__/)
      (>'.'<)
      ("")("") Born to Drink. Forced to Work

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        #4
        We still have an alarm clock.
        I have 3 calculators one of which is a scientific one. (2 at work one at home)
        We have a Dictaphone that gets occasional use
        I have 2 satnavs (one built in to my car & a TomTom)
        & I like to think I still use my brain

        The only ones that I would say are truly obsolete (or very niche) are the Typewriter, CRT TV & floppy disks
        Growing old is mandatory
        Growing up is optional

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          #5
          Alarm clocks - the trouble I have with clockwork alarm clocks is that I can hear the bloody ticking while trying to get to sleep so my Big Ben got consigned to the cellar. I now have a digital one in a big rubber case which still works even after throwing it across the room
          Calculators - been using one this week to do my mileage book
          Video rentals - sadly our local one shut down a couple of years ago. I used enjoy going in there, mainly to look at the covers of weird Italian horror porn movies
          Fax machines - still got and use
          Voice recorders - never had nor used one
          Netbooks - got one for Frau D. but seems to have been put somewhere in my office where I can't find it. I thought they were a reasonably good idea at the time but the keyboard was just too small and in the end, unusable for anything such as writing documents
          Satnav - the one in my car is pretty damn good. Apart from the traffic stuff I can surf the web, FB, tweet, stream music and a bunch of other stuff (even shows how much BHP I'm using at the time!)
          CRT television sets - one in the cellar as a backup
          Floppy discs - still use although had to buy a USB floppy drive. OS/2 and BeOS get installed now and then!
          MP3 players - iPod in the car (although the Satnav has a built-in 20gb hard drive for music) or on holiday
          Film - on holiday we buy those disposable cameras just for fun
          Our brains - nope, not seen in a long time...redundant presumably

          I think they need to go back another 15-20 years as many of these items are still very current...the bloke who wrote it seems a bit younger and so probably never came to use or rely on these things
          Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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            #6
            Alarm clocks - I have a bedside clock that's also a charging station for my landline DECT phone (which I expected to be on the list)
            Calculators - Use one at home pretty often, the mid 20's accountant at this client uses one all the time to check stuff.
            Video rentals - No idea when I used one, not sure of the last time I saw one
            Fax machines - A function built into my printer/scanner thing last used a year or so back for a contract "wet" signature.
            Voice recorders - Never used one, but I know a solicitor who uses one for notes, keeps it separate from his phone.
            Netbooks - Use one every day I'm away from home as a Slingbox client host and occasional browsing. Small, ok battery life, reasonably rugged and expendable. Have used it as a proper PC on a few occasions when I needed to.
            Satnav - Use one all the time more practical than phone for the task and it stays in the car.
            CRT television sets - I still use one as my main TV at home as it has superb sound and a nice clear screen, I will retire it when it busts or I find a feature on a flat screeny one that I want enough to buy it.
            Floppy discs - Can't recall the last time I used.
            MP3 players - Never much used one, my sons who did all use their phones now.
            Film - Can't recall the last time I used
            Our brains - duhhhhhhhhhhh

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              #7
              Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post



              the teasmade
              Would you like a Goblin teasmade?
              No, as long as it just makes tea I'll be happy.
              I'm not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions of the same untruth, but I hold that the influence of churches, and the effect of religious belief, is positively harmful. [Christopher Hitchens]

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                #8
                We've got a microfiche reader in our bedroom.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by mudskipper View Post
                  We've got a microfiche reader in our bedroom.
                  I didn't know you spoke French, or do you just look at the pictures

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                    #10
                    Comparing Google Maps with a proper SatNav is daft. Comparing it even with a proper SatNav app is daft.
                    Originally posted by MaryPoppins
                    I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
                    Originally posted by vetran
                    Urine is quite nourishing

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