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- Calamier, on 06/10/2009, -4/+53Buried. I'm not clicking through ten pages, I will never do it. Screw off.
- caintrain, on 06/10/2009, -0/+25(cough) one page (cough)
http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,165546 ... - DirtyVicar, on 06/10/2009, -0/+2311. Multipage slideshows for top ten lists.
- kmg90, on 06/10/2009, -0/+20http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,165546 ...
Why not just digg the printable page instead? - chuckerton, on 06/10/2009, -2/+15You could just click the "print" button; it will show the article on one page.
- Jhorra, on 06/10/2009, -0/+12I wouldn't call a singing deer head a tech product anymore than I would call one of those singing dancing animals you see all over the place a Valentine's.
The Mira doesn't seem like a bad product either, the price was just to high.
Also I wouldn't call a Windows CE 1.0 device a dumb product, considering they are still around. That was just version 1, lot's of version 1 products aren't the greatest. That's why they came out with version 2, 3 etc, to fix the issues with the previous versions. - rossisdead, on 06/10/2009, -0/+12Buried for ***** slideshow link clickin' *****
- Yousty, on 06/10/2009, -0/+11Hahaha, I actually own the CueCat barcode scanner. I bought it to scan in my entire collection of 500+ DVDs into DVD Profiler. Was well worth the $5 I paid for it cuz it saved me countless hours of work manually typing in barcodes.
- Dermisgermis, on 06/10/2009, -1/+8Where's the Digg bar?
- manstein01, on 06/10/2009, -0/+7Yeah, I gave up after three. Ridiculous.
- cubicledrone, on 06/10/2009, -0/+7They won't think of anything, and articles like this are the reason why. Creative people are relentlessly ridiculed in our society, and doubly so if they invent anything that isn't a world-changing success on par with magnetism or the wheel. The people who dedicate themselves to thinking and building in America are told to "get a life." "Life" is defined in America as being constantly drunk, up to your ass in debt and dating an cast-iron bitch future trophy ex-wife.
Creative people are hounded out of our schools, fired from our companies and socially rejected by everyone else. That's one of many reasons we haven't invented ***** since the Apollo Program. Truth hurts. Big ***** smile now. - Wesside, on 06/10/2009, -0/+4Yes you are trying to brag, no you don't know anything about science or programming, but you do seem to know an awful lot about trolls.
- tiroger, on 06/10/2009, -1/+5I could not agree with you more. I understand that they need the ad revenue, but this is getting ridiculous! What's next, clicking through paragraphs?!?
- psykid24, on 06/10/2009, -0/+4#12. DVD Rewinder
http://mediahora.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/dvd_r ... - jbmcb, on 06/10/2009, -0/+3Missing:
CD "Demagnetizers" and the Tice Power clock (both audiophile lunatic crap)
The 8-Track - C'mon, it was an awful idea from the start
The "Cube" computer - Meant to compete with the new, stylish Macs, I think, it came out in the late 90's. It was an underpowered PII clone (Cyrix?) in the shape of a desktop-space sucking cube standing on point. It was ugly, expensive, and all around ridiculous.
NexGen 586 - It's like a Pentium, only a little cheaper and a whole lot slower! - mrroarke, on 06/10/2009, -1/+4Maybe by v3 they implemented cut and paste?
- Smokeydabear, on 06/10/2009, -0/+3For a second there I thought that said "free handjobs that no one will take" and nearly spit out my root beer!
- Elranzer, on 06/10/2009, -0/+3Printable version Genie appears with the article on one page:
http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,165546 ... - SystemicThought, on 06/10/2009, -0/+3The Pomo display tech looks pretty cool. It would be great for running dual monitors if they could make it compatible with a normal monitor port.'
I think that tech could be reinvented to be functional, since they could probably fit all that tech in a box the size of an altoids tin now. Except the keyboard, of course.
Also: The virtual boy? It was awesome. - bdbr, on 06/10/2009, -0/+3CE 1.0 wasn't "dumb", it was just immature, like any Microsoft 1.0 version.
- wbeavis, on 06/10/2009, -0/+3Are hastily made, filler TOP X list articles considered Tech?
- BDOUG, on 06/10/2009, -0/+3I'd be interested... if the cat's eyes were frikkin' lasers.
- crazzy88ss, on 06/10/2009, -0/+3I have a friend that has an internship at PCWorld. She was working on a story, and she really wanted them to put it in the magazine, instead of online. Her boss told her "yea we're gunna put it online as a slide show, that way we can get ad revenue."
:/ - ryancawdor, on 06/10/2009, -0/+3"Pomo" looks too much like "Porno". I hope they used a different font in their marketing.
- inactive, on 06/10/2009, -0/+311 pages of adds. That's all the story is.
- franklymister, on 06/10/2009, -0/+3I use a CueCat to scan barcodes from books and DVDs for Delicious Library. I've used it for 4 years, bought it off eBay for $5 originally.
Works like a charm. - Darkhacker, on 06/10/2009, -0/+3I tried a CueCat once simply because I got it free at Radio Shack. The problem was that there was a nasty bug in the software that would readjust my volume. Don't ask me why a bar code reader would need to adjust the volume, but it did. It turned everything up to max volume and I nearly blew out my ear drums. I'm not kidding. I had no idea my speakers would even go that loud. I thought it might have been caused by something else, but it happened every time without fail until I uninstalled the CueCat software. Have any of you ever turned up your speaker so loud they produce a squeaking noise even when no sound is playing? That's what happened. If it's ever happened to you, be thankful you aren't deaf.
- SacraBos, on 06/10/2009, -0/+2The CueCat (Digital Convergence) was brain-childed by Jovan Philylaw (used to work for a large Dallas ISP). Each one has a serial number encoded in it, and is included in part of the base64-ish barcode results so you can track all the scans by the user.. Digital Convergence had a sister company called Digital Demographics to.... well... what do you think?
Radio Shack, Dallas Morning News, and several other companies lost lots of money buying into this.
These days, it does make for a nice inexpensive barcode reader. - bdbr, on 06/10/2009, -0/+2As the article mentioned, it was useful in industrial settings where technicians need to be mobile and hands-free, but also need PC access. Laptops were pretty bulky at the time, and trying to use a laptop while working was a good way to drop it. It wasn't dumb; it just wasn't consumer tech.
- 2of8, on 06/10/2009, -0/+2Is the CueCat barcode scanner comparable to any other barcode scanner one might purchase, in terms of variety of formats it can scan and reliability?
- ProKid, on 06/10/2009, -0/+2No mention of this tech masterpiece?
http://www.amazon.com/The-Easy-Reader-book-holder/ ... - xero9, on 06/10/2009, -0/+2They had me confused when they mentioned DivX, which I thought were the DivX DVD players, which I think you can still buy. Turns out they meant DIVX, which is NOT the same thing.
- PsychoPNut, on 06/10/2009, -0/+2i'd do the chick with the fingers for legs
- desiv, on 06/10/2009, -0/+2Actually, the POMO looked sweet. My guess was it was just too expensive and not good for the general public.
The NGage, as I understand, has a good hacker following and plays a lot of homebrews/emus.
And I have a "neutered" cue cat (tweaked to not send the ID, just the bar code). Used it as a bar code scanner for a while. But to be useful, that would have involved me keeping my database up to date, and no amount of technology will make me do that. :-) - mrpunman, on 06/11/2009, -0/+2"Number 9: You Will Not Be Assimilated
Xybernaut Pomo (2002)"
Pardon me for seeing "Porno" in that one. It would be cool though.. - NoozeHound, on 06/10/2009, -0/+2Mr Deth, I think on a units sold basis, the tech you mention is most likely in a different stratosphere to that detailed in the horrendous, click-grabbing abomination linked at the top of the page.
Like ya thinkin' tho :D - jbmcb, on 06/11/2009, -0/+2> Remember that the 8-track came well before cassettes.
WRONG. The compact analog cassette predated 8-tracks by at least a couple of years. They didn't become popular until the late 60's / early 70's, though, neither did the Stereo 8, really.
> Why the hell is that an awful idea?
Because the compact cassette was already out, and the 8-track was a mechanical nightmare in comparison. It relied on the friction of tape against tape alone to get the tension against the head correct, which meant quality would inevitably degrade over time, usually significantly. It was a compromised system from the start, when a better solution was already out.
> I didn't see too many cars with record players installed in my day...
And yet, they were there all the same...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9687999-1.html
> especially since you are clueless about the history of technology.
I'll just assume you didn't know I have a functioning Data General Nova 3 in my basement. - SystemicThought, on 06/10/2009, -0/+2Can't blame you. I thought the same thing. m and rn look awfully similar. I had some chopsticks with instructions to hold the stick between your forefinger and thurnb.
- slayerbabe, on 06/11/2009, -0/+1Those Dance Dance Revolution controller mats which are too light, made out of the cheapest plastic and causes you to slip and fall more rather than scoring points! N-gage is super gay tho
- westyvw, on 06/11/2009, -0/+1The "Top Ten List of Tech That Robdeth Doesnt Understand" is a different article. Use your AOL account and search for it. :P
- bradleyland, on 06/11/2009, -0/+1The CueCat is the type of scanner you have to actually swipe across the barcode. It's not one of the type you'll see at stores with a laser and spinning mirror. Still, they work well, and they're cheap as hell. I wouldn't consider using it in a commercial environment, but at $5 a whack, you could buy multiple and just throw them away as they break.
- mrBitch, on 06/11/2009, -0/+1Windows CE is now a mature product, and it's still dumb...
- inactive, on 06/11/2009, -0/+1K-Rad!
- grimacebrown, on 06/10/2009, -0/+1This is the second front page article in a week that has taken a ***** on the Virtual Boy... and the second time I have read through the comments where people mention that the Virtual Boy was awesome.
Tech Writers are apparently out of touch with their audience... - mrBitch, on 06/11/2009, -0/+1It's not a "feature", it's part of the nasty privacy invading spyware that is included in the CueCat software :
http://pandora.tcs.tulane.edu/blogs/clay/index.cfm ...
"... In order to use the CueCat, you had to register with Digital Convergence and a unique hardware ID was associated with your CueCat scanner. The software running on your system gathered information about what you scanned and associated that information with you through the hardware ID. This information was then pedaled to advertisers as "business intelligence," or whatever the pond scum marketers called it back then. I remember the uproar over the privacy issues (which were conveniently mentioned only in the fine print of some click-through EULA). In addition, the scanner driver and tracking software was a poorly written resource hog that caused stability problems for those fool enough to install it - something that added insult to injury to the ever-so-stabled Windows 95 - the operating system of the day." - Domthedude001, on 06/10/2009, -0/+1http://i39.tinypic.com/28b6u7o.jpg
- Elranzer, on 06/10/2009, -0/+1The Pomo didn't look that bad. At least, it didn't look that bad on Sean Captain...
- Darkhacker, on 06/10/2009, -0/+1@SacraBos - Thank you for the explanation. I never knew about that feature and was left wondering all these years why the CueCat software did that. It scared the crap out of me since I was not expecting my audio to be that high.
- jeroenrnl, on 06/10/2009, -1/+2You mean like any Microsoft product...
- mrBitch, on 06/11/2009, -0/+1Wow, you're getting buried by both Microsoft AND Apple fan boys ... at the same time!
Good effort, and +1 to you, sir. -
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