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PC World's 20 Most Annoying Tech Products

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the aol-cd-throne dept.

Craig Sender writes to tell us that PC World has compiled a list of the 20 most annoying tech products of all time. Topping the list was AOL's ubiquitous free trial CD's. "This list hardly covers every annoying tech product ever made. But where did this list of 20 come from? [PC World Readers] picked the worst ones by voting in our Annoyances Poll, and you'll see your Top 10 most annoying products flagged with icons. Just for fun, we've added 10 more products that didn't get enough votes from you in our poll but that we found particularly irksome."

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  1. seems empty . . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    compared to the article on the school shooting. Going from 31 dead people in a senseless mass killing to yet another top 20 list from a worthless site.

    1. Re:seems empty . . . by BristolCream · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I couldn't agree more. Speaks volumes for the morality and compassion of the editors here.

      Shame on you.

  2. hi by Mipoti+Gusundar · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Extended warrenty's!

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    Will code for new sig.
  3. no, its worse than that by wizardforce · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    250,000 people died yesterday and the same will die today from old age, disease, war and famine. the disturbing thing is that it is likely no one here even thought about it. it will get worse too- especially if our consumerist ways continue.

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    Sigs are too short to say anything truly profound so read the above post instead.
  4. ATTN: SWITCHEURS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you wish Xcode would reformat your code for consistency, GTFO.
    If you're overwhelmed by IB's multi-paletted interface, GTFO.
    If you've ever typed a backslash outside of ASCII art, GTFO.
    If you can't intuit your way from HyperTalk to AppleScript, GTFO.
     
    Bandwagon-jumpers are not welcome among real Mac geeks. Keep your filthy PC fingers to yourself.

  5. To quote Bill Cosby... by HockeyPuck · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Man invents. God creates.
    Man invented the AUTOMOBILE. Called it AMAZING!
    God made a tree said it was good.
    Man invented the REFRIGERATOR. Called it INCREDIBLE.
    God made a rabbit and called it good.

    The wheels fell off the car. The refrigerator lost its cool. Tree's still up and rabbit's still runnin'.