Technology that refuses to die

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i am not of the same opinion as you. i may be what you call "old" (compared to you), but my consideration about the matter is sound.

if you only follow your own lines of inquiry from a young age, you will be narrowly led into a mental matrix that has progressively diminishing returns.

i often have the "TV" on, and i have a 55" screen, so happenings on the screen often catch my eye. i look at my computer monitor much more than the TV screen, but i have been distracted by what is on TV on occasions (and i un-muted it) and it led me to a whole new avenue of interests that i would never have thought about if i had only ever followed my own lines of interest.

like i saw out of the corner of my eye a show called "the hudderites", and i was distracted by it more and more until i un-muted it and i actually watched the show and ignored the computer.

it taught me many things that i never knew, and if i was left to my own devices of curiosity, i would never have learned what i learned.

another show called "the people who built america" i found enthralling , and i had three days of fun researching "jp morgan" and "john rockerfella" etc, but i would never have dreamed of the reality of what i was inspired to research if it was not unsolicitedly beamed into my home by a TV planner.


i think that ones own curiosity is priceless, but i also think that a refusal to be curious about other peoples questions is the great leveler.


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i think buttons on shirts are very arduously senescent.
also laces on shoes i consider to be archaic.

velcro (as a factor in the structural component) should be a choice in every garment i wish to buy. i have old shoes with velcro fasteners like in the following clip.
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surface mail. i hate my letterbox!! i only collect letters from my letterbox at 2pm every friday afternoon. it is a habit.

My car has the socket to plug stuff in but has never had an actual cigarette lighter. I think a lot of the newer cars do this now.

if there is a coronal mass ejection that flows toward us, then digital storage of valuable knowledge would be desrtroyed

There are situations where electronic records are more practical than paper records. But there are also situations where paper trumps electronics. Paper requires no power source and no technological compatibility beyond being able to read the language.

[quote="Janissy"]

The paper also has to last a long time. Now paper is made so that it does not oxidize and turn brown and brittle. Also the inks do not fade quickly when exposed to air.

ruveyn

I guess I'll add to this: I don't think giving up TV is feasible right now. While the internet has revolutionized the entertainment industry and will hopefully get rid of the notion of traditional TV scheduling, it's not quite there yet. Also, most video game consoles rely exclusively on television to display game graphics, and I don't think that's going to change anytime soon. And as b9 said, TV provides some experiences that the internet just can't replicate.

I find most of my new shows online/ but sometimes through tv..


One point I will say is that I hate watching "to be continued" episodes on tv. +1 for internet there.

If it's been out for more than a month, I will not be waiting a week to see it on some backwater channel.. I will be watching it after it finishes buffering in 5-10 minutes.

I know this is going to sound absurd but, the idea of limited location based wi-fi in that, I once hard heard of of WiMax-Providing a wireless alternative to cable and digital subscriber line . But, this never really took of as neither did Power line internet access yes, both of them exist but, they are only in small quantity in terms of the marketplace.

Lastly, I wish there was a time when electricity distribution was not done via power lines as, Nikola Tesla had tried to develop such technology.

There's nothing I find more useless than stupid FAX MACHINES!

Ultimately, that's just an opinion. I can only speak for myself when I say that I still enjoy a number of DOS games, which I sometimes find to be just as enjoyable as modern games. And before you call that nostalgia, note that DOS was before my time; I was never a DOS gamer. My earliest gaming experiences are with 3D games on the first PlayStation.

FAXs have their uses. Not everyone has a computer.

ruveyn

For me, touchscreen cell phones. Albeit more practical for cellaholics(not me, not even interested in buying a cellphone any time soon) battery lives are just dreadful and terrible. Can't they optimize it? Probably they can - they want cheap technology, that's what I think. Until it isn't optimized, let's hope that something innovating and refreshing comes out from technological companies.

That would be the backlight on the lcd screen.. something new that looks promising is O-LED's.

It's not the touchscreen that drains it, just turn the brightness down if you want amazing battery life!

Here is one technology that refuses to die: Fossil fuels.

Indeed. Promising, yet not applied to cellphones.
Well, I won't do that because I don't have a cellphone.
Well, if you actually turn the brightness down battery life gets better - still, is it going to be compared to phones that are not touchscreen? Well, I guess not.

Dial up internet. I like my Technics too much to put it on this list.