Technology that refuses to die

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16 Mar 2013, 7:28 pm

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16 Mar 2013, 9:14 pm

Atari 2600. River Raid will never die.

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17 Mar 2013, 2:57 am

auntblabby wrote:

Ichinin wrote:

Tollorin wrote:

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), printed magazines...

Not everyone got a tablet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Www
Can be read when you need info. (And solid state drives at around 60GB are pretty cheap now)

reading ANYTHING online [using a pc] is an uncomfortable and under-ergonomic PITA. tablets are far more comfortable and booklike but are still too damned expensive for most working-class types. so magazines will stay around to serve the hoi polloi.

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17 Mar 2013, 2:59 am

CornerPuzzlePieces wrote:

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Electro-Convulsive "Therapy".

I was under the impression this was already gone?

Aside from young children learning not to stick metal things into sockets and careless electricians>?

Yes, those young children should be taught not to stick things into electricians, careless or otherwise.

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17 Mar 2013, 10:56 am

Piston engines; it's not like there is no better alternative. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasiturbine

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17 Mar 2013, 11:34 am

Burning organic crud to make energy.

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17 Mar 2013, 12:42 pm

marshall wrote:

Burning organic crud to make energy.

That "organic crud" has more joules per kilogram that the so called renewable stuff. Energy density rules the roost.

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17 Mar 2013, 1:56 pm

ruveyn wrote:

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Burning organic crud to make energy.

That "organic crud" has more joules per kilogram that the so called renewable stuff. Energy density rules the roost.

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Only because it was created and deposited over thousands of years. 99.999% of it originally came from the sun at some point millions of years ago.

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17 Mar 2013, 3:19 pm

marshall wrote:

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Burning organic crud to make energy.

That "organic crud" has more joules per kilogram that the so called renewable stuff. Energy density rules the roost.

ruveyn

Only because it was created and deposited over thousands of years. 99.999% of it originally came from the sun at some point millions of years ago.

No one disputes that. We are getting at what amounts to zillions of years of sunshine. Current sunshine is thin and cannot be used to run an industrial strength economy. That is why we are going to have to use nuclear power if we want to cut our emissions.

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17 Mar 2013, 4:20 pm

The 4 stroke combustion engine.

bullet firing weapons.

Coal fired power stations.

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17 Mar 2013, 4:24 pm

Who_Am_I wrote:

CornerPuzzlePieces wrote:

Fnord wrote:

Electro-Convulsive "Therapy".

I was under the impression this was already gone?

Aside from young children learning not to stick metal things into sockets and careless electricians>?

Yes, those young children should be taught not to stick things into electricians, careless or otherwise.

Lol.. oh come on. Now I have to watch what I say.. :lol:

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18 Mar 2013, 10:00 am

Fax machines
Landline phones
CDs
Terrestrial TV
Xorg

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18 Mar 2013, 10:05 am

thomas81 wrote:

The 4 stroke combustion engine.

bullet firing weapons.

Coal fired power stations.

As long as energy dense hydrocarbons are economical there will be four stroke engines.

When we stop burning stuff for high power, then they might disappear, like horse and buggy rigs and buggy whips.

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18 Mar 2013, 10:15 am

CornerPuzzlePieces wrote:

Who_Am_I wrote:

CornerPuzzlePieces wrote:

Fnord wrote:

Electro-Convulsive "Therapy".

I was under the impression this was already gone? Aside from young children learning not to stick metal things into sockets and careless electricians>?

Yes, those young children should be taught not to stick things into electricians, careless or otherwise.

Now I have to watch what I say...

No ... you have to listen to what you say, and watch what you type!

:wink:

More tech that won't die:

Wax crayons

Silly Putty

Landfills

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18 Mar 2013, 2:38 pm

ruveyn wrote:

marshall wrote:

ruveyn wrote:

marshall wrote:

Burning organic crud to make energy.

That "organic crud" has more joules per kilogram that the so called renewable stuff. Energy density rules the roost.

ruveyn

Only because it was created and deposited over thousands of years. 99.999% of it originally came from the sun at some point millions of years ago.

We could also grow algae for cheaper energy storage. I think a combination of wind, solar, hydro, and replenishable biofuel will be enough for residential and commercial energy if we learn ways to be more efficient. We'd still need some nuclear plants to power heavy manufacturing.

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18 Mar 2013, 2:42 pm

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I like old technology. I don't even like buying new technology. It took me til 2012 to even care about getting an HDTV for myself. Before that I just used CRTs, usually from the 1980s. And I have records, record players, cassettes. My last time taping an audio cassette was in like 2010 or 2011. Video cassette the same. I don't wish for any technology to die. I feel people are too petty with "killing" technology, and I see technology dying almost like it's an animal or a person dying. Think Island of Misfit Toys.

Anyway....
Plastic bottles? An "advancement" that's not really one at all. Just use glass and just return the glass bottles to be washed out after and be reused instead of being recycled. But then us rich spoiled folks will complain our bottles are scratched up if we reuse glass bottles.

Cartridge/disposable razors. Totally pointless and wasteful. We should have stuck with the double edge and/or injectors. Double edge blades cost 10c and have no patents, though, so no cash to be made there.

I do agree there. I still use VHS and for a TV, I've been watching the same set daily since we got it in 1983 (1982 Zenith). One thing I do like about digital TV, you do have more choices since you can piggyback more than one channel on a signal, I love to watch old programs on MeTV for example.

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