Terrible tech you loved

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Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Everyone's experienced it at some point. Some piece of technology that did not stand the test of time, despite your best efforts to see it to the future. Certainly some people loved the betamax, or... god forbid, HD-DVD (sorry Charlie). This thread is for sharing the stuff you loved that, ultimately, failed.



The Sony Discman, mp3 edition! This bad boy would not only play audio cd's, but would also play data cd's with mp3's burned to them! I felt like the future was finally here, and was able to fit up to 30 songs on one disc at a decent bitrate! But this was only the beginning, because soon after, I upgraded to...



That's right, bitches! The sony minidisc! All the convenience of an mp3 player with all the annoyance of bulky, removable media. Not only could this thing play music off of a minidisc, it could also WRITE music to a minidisc! The future is now, motherfucker!
 
Cheesy1

Cheesy1

This little thing got me through college. "OMG, 100 megs! I'll never be able to fill it up all the way!" :rolleyes:

 
Shakey

Shakey

I had a watch that would hold contacts and could sync with a computer by holding it up to the monitor. It was a Microsoft product. It didn't last long.
 
Cheesy1

Cheesy1

It's that Pac-Man game you all know and love! You should buy it for your Atari right now! And don't forget to look for the game based off of the smash hit movie "E.T.", you'll also love that for sure!
 
Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

ThatNickGuy said:


Oh, it was bad. I couldn't even play Mike Tyson's Punch Out with this piece of crap. But it was so...damn...cool!
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I had a power glove. I bought it second hand from a flea market, but I could never get it to work correctly. I always thought it was broken... nope. Working as intended.
 
sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

fade said:
What does the sling blade have to do with anything?
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When I first heard the famous monologue from "Sling Blade," I thought how in the hell are you supposed to kill some one with one of those delicate things... Then I figured out he meant a ditch knife or brush hook... it made more sense then.
 
Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

I never owned one, but I remember wanting to go to Target with my parents every chance I could get, so I could run over to the electronics department and play the Virtual Boy they had on demo. I loved that shit
 
Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

True story, I sold my Sega Genesis, and all my games (Including Sonic The Hedgehog, Sonic 2, Sonic 3, and the Sonic & Knuckles combo cart) so that I could afford to buy a Virtual Boy.

Worst decision ever. I'm pretty sure it's the reason I now wear glasses.
 
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sixpackshaker said:
When I first heard the famous monologue from "Sling Blade," I thought how in the hell are you supposed to kill some one with one of those delicate things... Then I figured out he meant a ditch knife or brush hook... it made more sense then.
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Yeah we called what he was talking about in the movie a "bush axe".
 
CynicismKills

CynicismKills

I rented a Virtual Boy back when Blockbuster would rent out systems. I enjoyed the hell out of some of the games (Wario Land, that robot boxing one) but the headache I'd get after like 20 minutes of playing was just the worst.
 
North_Ranger

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Apparently I'm a dinosaur at the tender age of twenty-nine because
1.) I use Internet Explorer,
2.) wear a wrist watch and
3.) consider newspapers my primary source of information.
 
Silver Jelly

Silver Jelly

North_Ranger said:
Apparently I'm a dinosaur at the tender age of twenty-nine because
1.) I use Internet Explorer,
2.) wear a wrist watch and
3.) consider newspapers my primary source of information.
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I also wear a wrist watch. A mechanical one, with hands and a calendar. This apparently makes me an eccentric...
 
Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

I wear a wristwatch, with analog hands and a calendar. It's not mechanical though. It's quartz electric, uses Citizen's eco-drive to be light powered, 15 minutes of sunlight is enough to power it for a month.



Watches are not terrible tech. Unless they also play UMD movies.
 
North_Ranger

North_Ranger

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Heh, got the Eco-Drive as well, although not the exact same model you have, 'Poe.

I have noticed, however, that more and more people forego wrist watches of any kind in favour of using their cellphones as timepieces. Which to me feels more than a little silly. Granted, I use mine as an alarm clock, but I still prefer to check my watch than check my phone for time.
 
Bubble181

Bubble181

I wear a mechanical wristwatch...In winter. In summer, the band on my wristwatch can either be a bit loose and jingle and annoy me, or, if I tighten it, be too tight and leave marks. My arms really swell and deflate throughout a day because of fluids pooling in my arms, sweat, etc in summer. I'm young but I' ve got old people's problems :(

However, my alarm clock is of the wind-up kind, so that counts as old fashioned, right?

As for horrible tech I love... Man I loved my very first walkman, with tape recorder. Still have it, though I don't know if it still works.
 
David

David

I would love to get an old fashioned wind-up pocket watch. Just to keep in a vest pocket and make a show of pulling out to check any time somebody asks me the time. I may or may not wear a monocle for this social interaction.
 
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