Ask Slashdot: What Old Technology Can't You Give Up? 635
An anonymous reader writes: It's the year 2014, and I still have a floppy drive installed on my computer. I don't know why; I don't own any floppy disks, and I haven't used one in probably a decade. But every time I put together a PC, it feels incomplete if I don't have one. I also have a Laserdisc player collecting dust at the bottom of my entertainment center, and I still use IRC to talk to a few friends. Software, hardware, or otherwise, what technology have you had a hard time letting go? (I don't want to put a hard limit on age, so you folks using flip-phones or playing on Dreamcasts or still inexplicably coding in Perl 4, feel free to contribute.)
Simple (Score:5, Funny)
vi. Because emacs is for the devil.
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How about... (Score:4, Funny)
Slashdot? *grin*
Slashdot (Score:2, Funny)
I still find myself coming to the site many years after it was started.
Re: Desktop (Score:4, Funny)
Depends on how broadly we're talking (Score:4, Funny)
Cards, vibrators, air conditioners, vibrators, antibiotics, vibrators, dishwashers, vibrators, ...
Re:Simple (Score:5, Funny)
Re: slashdot (Score:5, Funny)
But if you just keep repeating it enough.....
Model M Keyboard (Score:5, Funny)
Perfection in engineering... it not only solves the problem of creating the perfect typing experience, it's also tough enough to use as your own personal Hammer of Thor when your office mates storm your cubicle trying to stop the noise.
Re:Simple (Score:4, Funny)
This reads like a letter to the editor in the Onion, if the Onion cared about vi. I honestly can't tell if you're being ironically pro-vi, or if you're just a simple Pico-loving soul.
Clothes (Score:5, Funny)
Ancient technology I know, but I feel really naked when I try to leave home without them.
Re:Simple (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Gopher (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Simple (Score:5, Funny)
Whoosh. [gnu.org]
Re:Simple (Score:5, Funny)
Re: Rosetta (Score:4, Funny)
Dead animals and a cave wall.
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