Poll

Which of the 25 worst products have you used/owned?

America Online (1989-2006)
16 (17.6%)
RealNetworks RealPlayer (1999)
15 (16.5%)
Syncronys SoftRAM (1995)
0 (0%)
Microsoft Windows Millennium (2000)
14 (15.4%)
Sony BMG Music CDs (2005)
5 (5.5%)
Disney The Lion King CD-ROM (1994)
3 (3.3%)
Microsoft Bob (1995)
4 (4.4%)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (2001)
7 (7.7%)
Pressplay and Musicnet (2002)
1 (1.1%)
dBASE IV (1988)
2 (2.2%)
Priceline Groceries and Gas (2000)
3 (3.3%)
PointCast (1996)
0 (0%)
IBM PCjr. (1984)
4 (4.4%)
Gateway 2000 10th Anniversary PC (1995)
0 (0%)
Iomega Zip Drive (1998)
5 (5.5%)
Comet Cursor (1997)
5 (5.5%)
Apple Macintosh Portable (1989)
0 (0%)
IBM Deskstar 75GXP (2000)
1 (1.1%)
OQO Model 1 (2004)
0 (0%)
CueCat (2000)
0 (0%)
Eyetop Wearable DVD Player (2004)
1 (1.1%)
Apple Pippin @World (1996)
1 (1.1%)
Free PCs (1999)
2 (2.2%)
DigiScents iSmell (2001)
2 (2.2%)
Sharp RD3D Notebook (2004)
0 (0%)

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Offline Nemesis

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Re: POLL: 25 worst Tech Products of all time
« Reply #20 on: June 22, 2006, 10:20:18 pm »
Quote from: Punisher NCC-2000 on June 22, 2006, 04:47:16 pm
Bah! Your attempts to keep this thread on topic will fail old man!

Look, I shall derail everything with a single word that shall turn this forum into a seething and uncontrollable mob.

Poop!

Yes, that's the word. LET CHAOS REIGN!!

::crickets::

Or the word panties.

Humm I forget.

::wanders off::

The topic can wander so long as it wanders in a way suitable to this forum.  That particular topic is inappropriate and all too likely to get "Hot" and Engineering is not for that type of "Hot".
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Re: POLL: 25 worst Tech Products of all time
« Reply #21 on: June 23, 2006, 03:37:01 pm »
hmm... sounds like SOMEONE needs a few fans in their shorts or something :P


j/k ;D
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Re: POLL: 25 worst Tech Products of all time
« Reply #22 on: June 23, 2006, 06:15:27 pm »
Quote from: IKV Nemesis on June 22, 2006, 10:20:18 pm
Quote from: Punisher NCC-2000 on June 22, 2006, 04:47:16 pm
Bah! Your attempts to keep this thread on topic will fail old man!

Look, I shall derail everything with a single word that shall turn this forum into a seething and uncontrollable mob.

Poop!

Yes, that's the word. LET CHAOS REIGN!!

::crickets::

Or the word panties.

Humm I forget.

::wanders off::

The topic can wander so long as it wanders in a way suitable to this forum.  That particular topic is inappropriate and all too likely to get "Hot" and Engineering is not for that type of "Hot".

::sigh:: Fine you win.

Horrible tech products? I really hate whatever son-of-a-bitch that invented auto dialers that let computers from companies dial your home phone, but no one answers for like 15 seconds when you pick up.

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Re: POLL: 25 worst Tech Products of all time
« Reply #23 on: June 24, 2006, 02:53:17 am »
Quote from: Punisher NCC-2000 on June 23, 2006, 06:15:27 pm
Horrible tech products? I really hate whatever son-of-a-bitch that invented auto dialers that let computers from companies dial your home phone, but no one answers for like 15 seconds when you pick up.

I hate the automated ad that calls you and you are not able to disconnect them and use your own phone line until the ad finishes 5 minutes later.  I'm waiting for the lawsuit when a 911 call can't be made because when you hang up you aren't disconnected. 
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Re: POLL: 25 worst Tech Products of all time
« Reply #24 on: June 24, 2006, 06:54:31 pm »
You're kiddin right? Never heard of that before. You mean that just hanging up won't clear the line?

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Re: POLL: 25 worst Tech Products of all time
« Reply #25 on: June 24, 2006, 07:15:21 pm »
Quote from: Punisher NCC-2000 on June 24, 2006, 06:54:31 pm
You're kiddin right? Never heard of that before. You mean that just hanging up won't clear the line?

No joke.  My phone numbers are unpublished (not just unlisted, the phone company is supposed to deny I have a phone) so I have only recieved 2 such calls over the years but you cannot disconnect them by hanging up.  How they manage it I don't know.  You have to wait until the machine finishes its spiel before you can use your phone to make an outgoing call.
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Re: POLL: 25 worst Tech Products of all time
« Reply #26 on: June 26, 2006, 02:38:41 pm »
Quote from: IKV Nemesis on June 24, 2006, 07:15:21 pm
Quote from: Punisher NCC-2000 on June 24, 2006, 06:54:31 pm
You're kiddin right? Never heard of that before. You mean that just hanging up won't clear the line?

No joke.  My phone numbers are unpublished (not just unlisted, the phone company is supposed to deny I have a phone) so I have only recieved 2 such calls over the years but you cannot disconnect them by hanging up.  How they manage it I don't know.  You have to wait until the machine finishes its spiel before you can use your phone to make an outgoing call.

You know, that would piss me off.

Every so often I get a solicitation call at work on one of the standard phone lines (The non-STU secured lines) I don't usually answer the phone, but sometimes I'm at the help-desk so eh, I gotta answer the phone.

Ring, Ring: Hello, METOC systems center, we are not secure, this is James speaking how can I help you?

Telemarketer: Hi, can I speak to the person who makes decisions on your long distance provider?

Me: That would be the U.S. government, sir.

Telemarketer: I'm sorry??

Me: You're calling a government installation, in violation of about 5 different FTC regulations, which carries up to a 5,000 dollar fine each violation.

Telemarketer: ::Click::

Hehe. Works every time.
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Re: POLL: 25 worst Tech Products of all time
« Reply #27 on: June 27, 2006, 03:25:57 pm »
It should be possible to drop a virus back down the line while it's playing the ad.  When you answer the phone and realize it's one of the kind that doesn't shut up, connect a PC that's loaded with pr0n with no firewall and you're good to go.
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Re: POLL: 25 worst Tech Products of all time
« Reply #28 on: June 29, 2006, 09:22:54 am »
Oh, did anyone ever get one of those 286 Cyrix processor upgrade chips that fit in the math coprocessor slot?  Man those blew.
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Re: POLL: 25 worst Tech Products of all time
« Reply #29 on: June 29, 2006, 02:10:21 pm »
Wern't they like 300 bucks or something?
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Re: POLL: 25 worst Tech Products of all time
« Reply #30 on: June 29, 2006, 03:28:17 pm »
Yeah, in 1992 money.
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Re: POLL: 25 worst Tech Products of all time
« Reply #31 on: June 29, 2006, 04:02:55 pm »
My God! That's like a brazilion kagillion dollars!!
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