“IT” will not “change the way cities are designed”.
Posted on 04/04/2007 10:40:49 AM PDT by ShadowAce
But it's been around
for more than 50 years. That
can't be called a flop!
Meter maids in Seattle ride these. A conservative candidate for state legislature rented one last election cycle and used it to doorbell in his district. He claims it was a great conversation starter...still lost.
The PCjr was both expensive and unpleasant to use. Its infamous chiclet keyboard was wireless, but the raised keys -- kind of like BlackBerry keys that overdosed on growth hormone -- were uncomfortable to use for basic tasks like touch-typing. And, in another burst of dubious inspiration, PCjr didn't come with a hard drive. Instead, programs were contained on cartridges that you plugged into the front of the device.
Kinda like the first Trash-80 CoCo's......
LOL
Soon to be added: Zune.
“IT” makes you look like a fag when you ride one!
True in the mass market, not true with professionals. As the article alludes, Betamax, until very recently, was used by probably every single television studio in the country.
“Just as futurists in the 1950s boldly but inaccurately predicted that computers would cut our work days in half, offices without paper have turned out to be a pipe dream.”
Someone will have to explain to me why school districts who had 50 administrators, put in computers to cut the work and then hired another 50 administrators.
All the while showing no increase in students.
Add to that my iPod Nano and a small battery powered DVD player. I can have a home theater, computer, & stereo all on my person as I walk down the street. Toss my robot dog in the Vette, throw a solar panel in the back and I am set!
LOL!
I’m surprised Windows ME is absent from the list. Worst. Operating system. Ever.
Two words...
Re-Wind...
Having spent many hours in the studio using DATs, I am aware of some of their advantages over CDs, but the buying public will never embrace a literal digital cassette. Sounds better, but just as much of a hassle.
IMHO
I have been an MS beta tester since win95 but I have never installed a fresh-released os on my main machine. I always wait a year or so until they get all of the bugs out. I’ll do that with Vista also.
Good point! However, I believe the article was focusing more on consumer products - especially those that were way over-hyped. I do not remember any ad wars between Beta and VHS, just the relative amount of space allocated to each in the local video rental place.
DAT got pretty popular in Europe, especially among musicians and audiophiles. But the costs were high due to low volume, which was due to this law.
The flops were Sony's MiniDisc and Philip's DCC (Digital Compact Cassette.) But even the MiniDisc has found a home in professional recording, just a consumer flop. DCC is DEAD.
Ultimate fag-transportation...
Really, really cool ... if, by cool, you mean totally geeky. ;^)
WebTV was stupid as a lone paid-for device. But the beta Opera browser in my Wii isn’t too bad for being on a TV. The Wiimote lets me pan around the page pretty quick.
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