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Cell Phone Is The Most Hated Invention

Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 20, 2004 @12:28PM from the seattle-police-car-572-hates-turn-signals dept.

Romeo Elias Cabrera writes "The most hated invention in America -although also one of the most used- is the cell phone, according a recent survey. The Lemelson-MIT Invention Index, an annual survey by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, found that among adults asked what invention they hate most but can't live without, 30 percent said the cell phone."

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Re:What about... by Acidic_Diarrhea · 2004-01-20 12:30 · Score: 5, Informative

The survey was asking about inventions that the respondants could not live without. I think that all the things you listed clearly fall into the category of being items everyone can live without.

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Re:Well duh... by Larry+David · 2004-01-20 13:30 · Score: 3, Informative

I love the way that was modded up 'Insightful.'

Actually, I really like Natalie Portman, but when I saw those (real) topless pics of her.. man, she's just normal, nothing going on there.

Check it out.. pictures 1, 3, 4, and the first and second ones on the second row are real. All of rest are fake or clothed.
Re:Alarm Clock UI sucks by sabNetwork · 2004-01-20 13:57 · Score: 4, Informative
Hey, not all alarm clocks are bad. I realize that we're talking about the worst inventions here, but look at these:
- The Puzzle Alarm Clock (yes they are out of stock right now but this changes frequently).
- The BioBrite Sunrise Alarm Clock - I actually own this thing and recommend it. It makes waking up in the morning about twice as easy.
Anyways, just because your alarm clock sucks doesn't mean every one does :D