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    What's the worst technology ever invented?

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    • PenguinWranglerP
      PenguinWrangler @guyinpv
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      @guyinpv said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

      I don't know that faxing is the worst.

      I'd say email is to faxing what radio is to ham.

      Some day when the world burns and our enemies have destroyed the web, there will be nerds faxing each other over POTS.

      I don't know if faxing is the worse either, but it is still one of the worse. Honestly though shouldn't printers be on the list, at the least the crappy ones?

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      • IRJI
        IRJ
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        Small office printers!!!!

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        • RomoR
          Romo @IRJ
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          @irj said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

          Small office printers!!!!

          Can't upvote your comment enough, really hate having to deal with them.

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          • EddieJenningsE
            EddieJennings
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            From today's experience, I'd have to say the Cisco ASA 5505 😛

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            • nadnerBN
              nadnerB
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              Printers that require programming.

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              • MurtlapM
                Murtlap
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                pagers

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                  marcinozga
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                  Floppy drives.

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                  • IRJI
                    IRJ @marcinozga
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                    @marcinozga said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                    Floppy drives.

                    Floppy disks were great when there was no other removable storage that a normal person could afford.

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                    • IRJI
                      IRJ @Romo
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                      @romo said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                      @irj said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                      Small office printers!!!!

                      Can't upvote your comment enough, really hate having to deal with them.

                      An old comic, but definitely a good one

                      http://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers

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                      • dafyreD
                        dafyre @IRJ
                        last edited by

                        @irj said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                        @romo said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                        @irj said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                        Small office printers!!!!

                        Can't upvote your comment enough, really hate having to deal with them.

                        An old comic, but definitely a good one

                        http://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers

                        How have I never seen that one before. That is great!

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                        • IRJI
                          IRJ @dafyre
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                          @dafyre said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                          @irj said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                          @romo said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                          @irj said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                          Small office printers!!!!

                          Can't upvote your comment enough, really hate having to deal with them.

                          An old comic, but definitely a good one

                          http://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers

                          How have I never seen that one before. That is great!

                          yeah it's probably my favorite oatmeal comic.

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                          • PenguinWranglerP
                            PenguinWrangler @marcinozga
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                            @marcinozga said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                            Floppy drives.

                            I work at a law firm. So depending on how far a case dates back to we still deal with old tech. We have a Sony 3.5" floppy drive that connects via USB. We have even thought about trying to find 5.25" floppy to USB.

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                            • AdamFA
                              AdamF @Dashrender
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                              @dashrender said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                              Nah worst text ever = fax.

                              Mic drop.

                              upvote X 1,000

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                              • PenguinWranglerP
                                PenguinWrangler @IRJ
                                last edited by

                                @irj said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                @romo said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                @irj said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                Small office printers!!!!

                                Can't upvote your comment enough, really hate having to deal with them.

                                An old comic, but definitely a good one

                                http://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers

                                Maybe I am just showing my age but I remember hooking up my 9 pin dot matrix printer to my Epson 8088 DOS-based computer and running a word processor called (I believe) First Choice. That was an adventure. That comic doesn't even begin to touch on that.

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                                • dafyreD
                                  dafyre @PenguinWrangler
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                                  @penguinwrangler said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                  @irj said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                  @romo said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                  @irj said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                  Small office printers!!!!

                                  Can't upvote your comment enough, really hate having to deal with them.

                                  An old comic, but definitely a good one

                                  http://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers

                                  Maybe I am just showing my age but I remember hooking up my 9 pin dot matrix printer to my Epson 8088 DOS-based computer and running a word processor called (I believe) First Choice. That was an adventure. That comic doesn't even begin to touch on that.

                                  I got ya beat, I think. I don't remember if the C64 beat the 8088s to omarket or not, but WordStar on a Commodore 64... which ran from a Cassette tape.

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                                  • coliverC
                                    coliver @dafyre
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                                    @dafyre said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                    @penguinwrangler said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                    @irj said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                    @romo said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                    @irj said in What's the worst technology ever invented?:

                                    Small office printers!!!!

                                    Can't upvote your comment enough, really hate having to deal with them.

                                    An old comic, but definitely a good one

                                    http://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers

                                    Maybe I am just showing my age but I remember hooking up my 9 pin dot matrix printer to my Epson 8088 DOS-based computer and running a word processor called (I believe) First Choice. That was an adventure. That comic doesn't even begin to touch on that.

                                    I got ya beat, I think. I don't remember if the C64 beat the 8088s to omarket or not, but WordStar on a Commodore 64... which ran from a Cassette tape.

                                    By a few months.

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                                    • travisdh1T
                                      travisdh1
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                                      Wireless HDMI adapters.

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