A Decade of Dumb Tech

[Mr. Analog]

Remember seeing mounds of unsold Windows ME boxes?

Remember the Segway?

What about Transmeta?

Sony Rootkit?

How about a sleeping Comcast service tech?

Or Steve Jobs and his "new" 1980s technology: multi-touch!

Ahh, it's a fun stroll down memory lane...

Check out the whole article here:
http://technologizer.com/2009/12/20/dumb-moments/

[Thorin]

I think the most hilarious bit in all of that is when a guy tries to cancel an AOL account and recorded it: http://consumerist.com/2006/06/the-best-thing-we-have-ever-posted-reader-tries-to-cancel-aol.html

"CANCEL THE ACCOUNT.  I don't know how to make this any clearer.  CANCEL THE ACCOUNT."

[Mr. Analog]

I think the most hilarious bit in all of that is when a guy tries to cancel an AOL account and recorded it: http://consumerist.com/2006/06/the-best-thing-we-have-ever-posted-reader-tries-to-cancel-aol.html

"CANCEL THE ACCOUNT.  I don't know how to make this any clearer.  CANCEL THE ACCOUNT."

LOL that is one of the better ones