Do Tools Ever 'Die?'

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday February 1, 2011 @04:43AM from the situation-is-immortal dept.

An anonymous reader writes "NPR recently ran a debate between two commenters regarding the perpetual lifespan of tools... in other words, that no tool ever goes completely out of use. This debate wasn't focused just on mechanical tools based on simple machines, but included electronics as well (vinyl record players, for example). Did you know you can still buy 8-inch floppy drives online? NPR is looking for examples of tools that have gone entirely out of use... any ideas, Slashdot?"

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kdawson? by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-01 04:46 · Score: 2, Funny

I'm pretty sure he's still sucking in oxygen
Obvious one: by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-01 04:47 · Score: 1, Funny

Slashdot editors.
Hitler died by ObitMan · 2011-02-01 04:47 · Score: 2, Funny

Hitler Died, He was a tool.

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Need some time by Lev13than · 2011-02-01 04:53 · Score: 4, Funny

Too easy - I just took a bunch of pictures of obsolete technology to include in my response (and to make it authentic I shot it on film). Now, if you can please hold on a bit I just need to send the roll off to get processed into Kodachrome slides. Shouldn't take more than a few days, so please check back.

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1. Re:Need some time by Richy_T · 2011-02-01 06:33 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I thought the "whoosh" was no longer in use but I hear it's been seen in the wild recently.
Marriage by __aayejd672 · 2011-02-01 05:09 · Score: 3, Funny

My tool hasn't been in use since I got married.
the stones. by mevets · 2011-02-01 05:12 · Score: 3, Funny

I saw a documentary about stone-age families. Apparently they used baby wooly mammoths to wash their dishes, and adult wooly mammoths to shower themselves. The woolly mammoth is quite extinct, so it is unlikely that it is still in use.
Re:Radioactive tools by rarel · 2011-02-01 05:17 · Score: 2, Funny

I guess technically they're just half-dead, being radioactive and all... :p
Re:How sillilly obvious by hazydave · 2011-02-01 05:44 · Score: 4, Funny

> Vacume tubes
Dictionaries and/or spell-checkers?

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Regrettably by reboot246 · 2011-02-01 05:59 · Score: 3, Funny

I don't use my tool as often as I did when I was younger. There may come a day in a few years when I won't use it at all, except for draining the bladder.