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Nominations for 2003 Vaporware Awards

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the amusing-traditions dept.

spin2cool writes "Wired News is now accepting submissions for its fifth annual Vaporware Awards. These awards "celebrate all those eagerly anticipated gizmos that were put off, put away or quietly put down. And, of course, those that existed merely as a figment of someone's imagination."

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  1. WMD detector by corebreech · · Score: 5, Funny

    nt

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    1. Re:WMD detector by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      And they say security through obscurity just doesn't work.

    2. Re:WMD detector by i_m_sane · · Score: 5, Funny

      Wait this is America...

      25% is considered passing!

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    3. Re:WMD detector by jkabbe · · Score: 4, Funny

      Wait this is America...

      25% is considered passing!

      It can certainly get you elected President :)

    4. Re:WMD detector by VivianC · · Score: 4, Funny

      I dropped this little eyeglass screw in a plush carpet. Took me forever to find it, I actually gave up for a day then the cat was playing around with something and I saw it was the screw, it found it in the carpet.

      Great idea! We'll send a bunch of cats to Iraq!

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    5. Re:WMD detector by pyros · · Score: 5, Funny
      And I can also search for "liberal satan ass cream" and I get results too, over 2000 in fact.

      Without commenting on the validity any opnions regarding the justification of the war, that is the best rebuttal of google evidence I've ever seen.

  2. (Insert DNF joke here) by Hentai · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or does anyone even still remember?

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    1. Re:(Insert DNF joke here) by pheared · · Score: 4, Funny

      They do, it's just not funny anymore. :-)

    2. Re:(Insert DNF joke here) by frenetic3 · · Score: 4, Funny

      (Insert DNF joke here)

      Did Not Finish

      *sigh* and i've reached a new low...

      -fren

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  3. Windows 95 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm still waiting for that bug-free OS we were promised years ago. Should be the vaporware king for years to come.

  4. Well, being that it's 2003 by Raul654 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hal 9000 is already 2 years late. Damn Illinois people ;)

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  5. Is that a joke? by eurleif · · Score: 4, Funny

    "And, of course, those that existed merely as a figment of someone's imagination."

    Is that a joke, or can they read minds now? I could come up 1000 things that I planned to create but didn't tell a soul about, could one of them win?

  6. Obviously! by djkitsch · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is obviously a clear winner...

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  7. Atari 1450 XLD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm STILL waiting for one of these wonder computers Alan Alda told me about!

  8. Re:And the winner is ... by frankthechicken · · Score: 5, Funny

    and spell checker on Slashdot

  9. Clue Ware by phrostie · · Score: 5, Funny

    i vote for infringing code by SCOG

  10. Windows Security by smartin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nuff said.

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  11. Stars! Supernova Genesis. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    At this point it's less vaporware and more religion, since it is largely sustained by faith.

  12. Re:Easy by bugbread · · Score: 4, Funny

    DoomIII is working on it. Somehow, though, I just can't shake the feeling that DoomIII is trying to fill DNF's shoes. It's like a kid who wants to be like his big brother. But one day, one day...BOOM!! Puberty hits, and DoomIII is the new king of vaporware!

    Or not. I couldn't really venture to guess. I'd put good money on DNF never coming out, though.

  13. SCO Linux by Treacle+Treatment · · Score: 5, Funny


    I nominate SCO Linux binary-only lisenced code. The only product supposedly on the market that no one has bought, no one knows what's in it, or why they should even purchase it.

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  14. The high-tech industry economic recovery ... by Pathetic+Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    that has been "six months away" for the last three years.

  15. My movie by WebMasterJoe · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm still waiting for History of the World: Part II. See! Hitler on Ice! Jews in Space!

    Now I'm just beginning to think they're never going to release that one. Stupid media censorship.

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  16. Microsoft Innovation by AlienRelics · · Score: 5, Funny

    Said to be coming for decades, haven't seen it yet.