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The Best and Worst Technologies of 2003?

Posted by Cliff on from the rate-your-own dept.

Phoe6 asks: "Last year, at Hexadecimals discussion group we shared a news that Worst Technology of 2002 was TIA (Total Information Awareness by DARPA). What is the Worst Technology of 2003? For the Best, Time Magazine seems to have adjudged Steve Jobs' iTunes as the Invention of 2003. What are your ratings?"

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  1. Best technology by Uma+Thurman · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Rutan's rocket ship! Broke the sound barrier in 2003, though it's suborbital spaceflight will be in 2004.

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  2. SATA by Uma+Thurman · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How about Serial ATA drives which became popular this year. It was about time that the old fashioned ribbon cables were replace with something more modern.

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  3. Worst technology: Disposable Digital Camera by pimpbott · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Lemmie see if I got this straight. Inferior camera, none of the advantages of digital apply here, costs more than a disposable film camera.... what's the advantage again? Okay, I can see saving one use film strips, so it is 100% reusable, but that is the only benifit. OTOH, now that it can be hacked, there may be one benifit. A cheap digital that you can take in poor environemntal conditions and not feel bad about wrecking it. ALso, you can use it in situation where you know you will destroy it, such as taking close up pics of explosions, etc.

  4. My Picks for Worst by Gudlyf · · Score: 5, Interesting
    • Segway -- Lots of hype for not a whole heck of a lot.
    • Camera-phones -- Some people may love this invention. I think it's just plain silly.
    • Smart ID WiFi Detector -- What use is this when it doesn't tell you if the AP is encrypted or not?
    • TurboTax 2003 -- When Intuit decided to put key info. in an "unused" portion of the boot block area, causing all sorts of crashes for customers, many who have now sworn off TurboTax for good. Nice one.
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