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Ask Slashdot: What Tech Products Were Built To Last?
itwbennett writes: "When you think about tech products these days, you probably think 'refresh cycle' more than 'built to last.' But there are plenty of tech products that put up with hard, daily use year after year. Here's a few to get you started: Logitech MX510 mouse, Brother black & white laser printer, Casio G-Shock watch, Alvin Draf-Tec Retrac mechanical pencil, Sony Dream Machine alarm clock. What's your longest-lasting, hardest-working device?"
It's gotten nothing but shit every day for 30 years and it still works just as well as when I first got it.
Its not easy to get JoeWalsh out of bed in the morning. I assume it is because he goes to parties.... sometimes until 4.
"In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women..." -H. Simpson
"my scsi-3 bus is fast and its wide,
I lost my R-term and now it won't drive."
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"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
I have a firewall
So I won't get jacked
My password's weak
So I still got hacked
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November 6, 1989 is the date on the sticker on the back of mine.
I found it in a thrift shop while killing time walking around in a small downtown area waiting for an appointment. It was in a pile of used crappy bubble keyboards. I paid either $5 or $10 for it -- can't remember which. I should have asked if they had any artwork or old vases too.
What changed under Obama? Nothing Good
You'll probably still use them after they catch fire though.
We had one at work, the damn thing smelled like a fucking two-cylinder engine puking fumes when it printed even though the prints were fine.
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I think you're confused.
egarland's law states that only pompous windbags have their names associated with obvious phenomenon that everyone has always known.
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So got me an office
With a fat cat-6 pipe
Send me an email
Maybe I'll skype.
General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
A computer that has run for three years. That's so cute!
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