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Technologies that Have Exceeded Their Expectations?

Posted by Cliff on from the didn't-know-it-could-do-that-didja dept.

drfunch asks: "With the recent 'passing' of Pioneer 10 after over 30 years of service, I wonder what other technologies have far exceeded expectations. One example from my own experience is my trusty HP calculator, which is still going strong after 21 years. What technologies or devices have gone far beyond your expectations?"

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  1. Re:Palm OS Devices by Tin+Weasil · · Score: 0, Troll

    As a physician, don't you have better things to do then hang out at Slashdot? I mean... go save somebody's life or something.

    The more contact I have with doctors, the more surprised I am to find that so many of them are closet geeks.

  2. Re:Voyager by Magius_AR · · Score: 0, Troll
    Voyager exceeded your expectations? I thought it was the worst of the lot. The characters were flat, and the plots were repetitive. Every other damn episode was about time travel, and they did it poorly.
    Sounds like the new Enterprise to me.
  3. QWERTY keyboard by zenst · · Score: 0, Troll

    Given that it was designed to be the least effecient form of input given the arrangement (believe any random layout is likely to be at least 10% more effecient) you have to wonder at people with the latest and greatest techology at there fingertips calling people lydites when they use a QWERTY keyboard :)