Ten Technologies That Refuse to Die

kudyadi writes "Technology Review has an interesting article on, as the title suggests, ten technologies that we continue using despite advances made in the same. The best example is that of analog watches, "Compared to today's digital timepieces, old-fashioned, sweep-hand watches are pathetic one-trick ponies. Digital-watch wearers can check temperature, altitude, and the time in Tokyo, play tunes and games, and send messages. Can wristwatch videoconferencing, Web surfing, and tarot readings be far off? But what digital watches can't do, according to sweep-hand proponents, is display the time and context as elegantly and intuitively as an analog model."" Interesting counterpoint to this post from a few years back about technologies that didn't manage to hang on. And Bruce Sterling has a short list of ones he'd like to see go away, too ;)

Comments

#11 technology that we wish would die

[0WaitState]

And #11 technlogy that we wish would die is...

"Free" web pages that require subscriptions to view them. Fuck off asswipes, I'm not paying you a time tax on top of giving you the priviledge of engaging my attention long enough to read what you have to say. What goddamned arrogance.

Owning Crate amps (tube or not) should be

[melted]

... punishable by large fines or imprisonment or both. Because Crate amps are CRAP.