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Title: Ten tech items you won't be needing anymore
Post by: Clive on December 20, 2011, 16:20: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/12/ten-unneeded-tech-items.html

Oi! I've only just bought most of that stuff! :bawl:
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Post by: Rik on December 20, 2011, 16:48: I still have a Palm Pilot. :)
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Post by: Simon on December 20, 2011, 17:11: I still have several CD players.
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Post by: Rik on December 20, 2011, 17:12: The Flash camera is still being sold.
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Post by: Clive on December 20, 2011, 17:29: Quote from: Rik on December 20, 2011, 16:48
I still have a Palm Pilot. :)

I used to use mine a lot. Oh wait.... :laugh:
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Post by: Rik on December 20, 2011, 17:30: It's a shame they sold out, they were great tools in their day.
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Post by: Simon on December 20, 2011, 17:32: And I still use flash memory sticks. Sod that cloud stuff!
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Post by: Rik on December 20, 2011, 17:45: Hear hear. :clap:
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Post by: sam on December 20, 2011, 19:31: Indeed.
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Post by: Clive on December 20, 2011, 22:07: I have a full box of fax paper. :)x
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Post by: Simon on December 20, 2011, 22:21: How useless were faxes? You could hardly make out what the document was, as the print quality was so poor, and the paper used to curl, making it virtually impossible to read or file!
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Post by: Clive on December 20, 2011, 22:27: Oi! My work revolved about my fax machine when I was doing inspections. :laugh:
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Post by: Simon on December 20, 2011, 22:32: Well, I guess in their day, they were seen as a great technological achievement - I'm just amazed that some people, like doctors, still use them!
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Post by: Clive on December 20, 2011, 22:38: Yes, it is a bit weird that anyone has a use for them these days. Each fax I received would have around 40 pages and it was always a difficult moment when the paper or cartridge ran out halfway through. :)x
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Post by: sam on December 20, 2011, 23:08: yeah they are one of these technologies that were great at the time but were supposed quickly. Surely emails and scans of documents if needed are the way things should happen. Our work photocopy does that, it will however, still send it as a fax if you like - but who would!
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Post by: Simon on December 20, 2011, 23:14: Luddites like Clive? ;D
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Post by: Clive on December 21, 2011, 07:01: Carving messages in stone was good enough for my parents and is good enough for me!
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Post by: Simon on December 21, 2011, 08:31: :laugh:
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Post by: Rik on December 21, 2011, 09:09: Solicitors for one, Sam. With most fax machines now being inkjet, often supporting colour, it can be seen as a remote printer.