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    What's the worst technology ever invented?

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    • RojoLocoR
      RojoLoco @momurda
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      @momurda said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

      Hitting 0 on 99.9% of these systems gets you to a person.

      I was just about to say that I just press 0, *, and # over and over until I get a person. And sometimes that person catches an earful of my rage, but I don't feel bad because they chose to answer phones for a living.

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      • RojoLocoR
        RojoLoco
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        My vote for worst tech ever is for the machine that cuts out those insipid vinyl stickers with the stick figure families. I'd love to go upside that idiot's head.

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        • momurdaM
          momurda
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          Dealing with this today
          CAPTCHA
          Select the following 9 pictures with street signs, cars, or roads in them. Dont mess up or you have to start over again with another image, then another.

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          • DashrenderD
            Dashrender
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            Nah worst text ever = fax.

            Mic drop.

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            • guyinpvG
              guyinpv
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              I don't know that faxing is the worst.

              I'd say email is to faxing what radio is to ham.

              Some day when the world burns and our enemies have destroyed the web, there will be nerds faxing each other over POTS.

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              • PenguinWranglerP
                PenguinWrangler @guyinpv
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                @guyinpv said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                I don't know that faxing is the worst.

                I'd say email is to faxing what radio is to ham.

                Some day when the world burns and our enemies have destroyed the web, there will be nerds faxing each other over POTS.

                I don't know if faxing is the worse either, but it is still one of the worse. Honestly though shouldn't printers be on the list, at the least the crappy ones?

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                • IRJI
                  IRJ
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                  Small office printers!!!!

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                  • RomoR
                    Romo @IRJ
                    last edited by

                    @irj said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                    Small office printers!!!!

                    Can't upvote your comment enough, really hate having to deal with them.

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                    • EddieJenningsE
                      EddieJennings
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                      From today's experience, I'd have to say the Cisco ASA 5505 😛

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                      • nadnerBN
                        nadnerB
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                        Printers that require programming.

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                        • MurtlapM
                          Murtlap
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                          pagers

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                            marcinozga
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                            Floppy drives.

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                            • IRJI
                              IRJ @marcinozga
                              last edited by

                              @marcinozga said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                              Floppy drives.

                              Floppy disks were great when there was no other removable storage that a normal person could afford.

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                              • IRJI
                                IRJ @Romo
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                                @romo said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                @irj said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                Small office printers!!!!

                                Can't upvote your comment enough, really hate having to deal with them.

                                An old comic, but definitely a good one

                                http://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers

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                                • dafyreD
                                  dafyre @IRJ
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                                  @irj said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                  @romo said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                  @irj said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                  Small office printers!!!!

                                  Can't upvote your comment enough, really hate having to deal with them.

                                  An old comic, but definitely a good one

                                  http://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers

                                  How have I never seen that one before. That is great!

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                                  • IRJI
                                    IRJ @dafyre
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                                    @dafyre said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                    @irj said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                    @romo said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                    @irj said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                    Small office printers!!!!

                                    Can't upvote your comment enough, really hate having to deal with them.

                                    An old comic, but definitely a good one

                                    http://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers

                                    How have I never seen that one before. That is great!

                                    yeah it's probably my favorite oatmeal comic.

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                                    • PenguinWranglerP
                                      PenguinWrangler @marcinozga
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                                      @marcinozga said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                      Floppy drives.

                                      I work at a law firm. So depending on how far a case dates back to we still deal with old tech. We have a Sony 3.5" floppy drive that connects via USB. We have even thought about trying to find 5.25" floppy to USB.

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                                      • AdamFA
                                        AdamF @Dashrender
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                                        @dashrender said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                        Nah worst text ever = fax.

                                        Mic drop.

                                        upvote X 1,000

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                                        • PenguinWranglerP
                                          PenguinWrangler @IRJ
                                          last edited by

                                          @irj said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                          @romo said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                          @irj said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                          Small office printers!!!!

                                          Can't upvote your comment enough, really hate having to deal with them.

                                          An old comic, but definitely a good one

                                          http://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers

                                          Maybe I am just showing my age but I remember hooking up my 9 pin dot matrix printer to my Epson 8088 DOS-based computer and running a word processor called (I believe) First Choice. That was an adventure. That comic doesn't even begin to touch on that.

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                                          • dafyreD
                                            dafyre @PenguinWrangler
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                                            @penguinwrangler said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                            @irj said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                            @romo said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                            @irj said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                            Small office printers!!!!

                                            Can't upvote your comment enough, really hate having to deal with them.

                                            An old comic, but definitely a good one

                                            http://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers

                                            Maybe I am just showing my age but I remember hooking up my 9 pin dot matrix printer to my Epson 8088 DOS-based computer and running a word processor called (I believe) First Choice. That was an adventure. That comic doesn't even begin to touch on that.

                                            I got ya beat, I think. I don't remember if the C64 beat the 8088s to omarket or not, but WordStar on a Commodore 64... which ran from a Cassette tape.

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