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Wired News 2006 Vaporware Awards

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it's-that-time-of-year-again dept.

silentounce writes "Wired News has released the winners of its 9th annual Wired News Vaporware Awards. I won't list any of them in the summary because I don't want to spoil anyone's surprise. They have some interesting entries, one that is more a concept of a product than an actual product. I'm not sure how you can claim something is vaporware if it hasn't even been given a specific name or a developer yet, but apparently they think they can. "

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  1. Nothing for you to see here. Please move along by Klaidas · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hmmm... story vaporware?

    1. Re:Nothing for you to see here. Please move along by Bastard+of+Subhumani · · Score: 4, Funny

      Metavaporware: vaporware about vaporware.

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  2. Duke by tedgyz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, Duke Nukem Never is still there. It is eligible for a lifetime achievement award.

    Move along. Next article.

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    1. Re:Duke by bndnchrs · · Score: 4, Funny

      Read the article. Lifetime achievement was three years ago. We are now awarding Picasso-esque posthumous medals of success. or something like that

    2. Re:Duke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's "WON", you illiterate turd.

    3. Re:Duke by AuMatar · · Score: 2, Funny

      Unless they run it on a PS3. Because nothing will ever fully utalize the resources of a PS3.

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  3. Re:Vaporware by Dunbal · · Score: 5, Funny

    tired old joke?

          Old jokes never tire on Slashdot, you insensitive clod!

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  4. Re:Vaporware? by Dunbal · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hell, even Duke Nukem may be out some day AFAIK.

          Aww come on, now you're pushing it, man!

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  5. Misread by Rob+Carr · · Score: 2, Funny
    I thought the one item on the list read Skype Sybian.

    I bet it would sell....

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  6. Re:Vaporware by slashbob22 · · Score: 4, Funny

    tired old joke?

    Old jokes never tire on Slashdot, you insensitive clod! Cue the: In Soviet Russia joke tires you.
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  7. Re:A380 is not vaporware... by east+coast · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hate to bust your bubble but I just got my A380 delivered yesterday. It's sweet.

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  8. I am starting to wonder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Did Nascar get their DNF acronym (did not finish) from Duke Nukem Forever

  9. Re:Vaporware by rblancarte · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can you imagine a beowulf cluster of tired old jokes?

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  10. Re:Vaporware by jbrader · · Score: 4, Funny
    My theory on DNF goes like this:

    They really are still working on it. Sometime in the near future they're going to release a demo and set a firm shipping date. We'll all play the demo and it'll so rad everyone will have a video game induced orgasm and toss out all their copies of the now obsolete Halo. The day before the actual release Jesus will return and send everyone off to their just reward, meaning no one will ever actually get to play the damn thing since video games are way to evil to be allowed in Heaven and way to fun to be allowed in Hell.

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  11. DNF should not be on the list by electricalen · · Score: 2, Funny
    They broke their own criteria by listing Duke Nukem Forever. From the beginning of the article:

    How about the final spec for 802.11n, the blazing-fast new Wi-Fi? While many hoped to see it finalized this year, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has been saying not to expect anything until January 2007. No false promises, no Vaporware Award.

    Then about Duke: The company still has a message on its website saying that the game will be released "when it's done."

    It doesn't sound like they're promising anything to me, so it shouldn't be on the list.

  12. Re:Missle defense is real! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh yeah? It doesn't work, huh? Why would Bush thank Rumsfeld for the success of a working missle defense shield in Rumsfeld's farewell ceremony? Why say that if it isn't true? His exact quote is "...took ballistic missile defense from theory to reality". How can it be vapor ware if it is a reality now? Why do you hate America? Are you trying to embolden our enemies? Because this missle defense shield scares the crap out of our enemies, and telling them it doesn't exist is dangerous and irresponsible.

    http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:uDkHgVZTU8sJ:w ww.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/12/20061218-7 .html+transcript+rumsfeld+ceremony+bush+%22missile +defense%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1&client=firefo x-a/