I think the writer is wrong about the incandescent bulbs, though. There going to be around for a long time. I've replaced some of mine, but I still like to use the incandescent for reading.
> Subject: RE: Obsolete Tech > Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:20:48 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > 37 > > No attached cell phone (though I saw them in the movies) > No "old school word processor". I used a typewriter. > I never used carbon paper, but I used a "Xerox machine" (now known as a > "copier"). > > What about black and white TVs? You don't see those anymore... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ralph Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 7:52 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Obsolete Tech > > > > You have me beat, I get 36. > > Never had a need for a phone in my car, there were always plenty of pay > phones around. Try finding one of those now - recently I left my phone > at home and had to call my wife while I was out. It took me a half hour > driving from one strip mall to the next before I found one. > > While I was at concerts where people held up lighters I never did it > myself. Although I do have some fuzzy memories of holding up a lighter > and throwing rice at midnight showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. > > Laser disk - couldn't afford it. I didn't even get a color TV until > sometime in the early 80's, and a VCR in the mid to late 80's. > > Boombox - never wanted one. > Blind date - siituation never came up, but plenty of my friends did. > > > Just as interesting are the 12 that still apply. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 8:18 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Obsolete Tech > > I'm pretty close. I'd say 38, but 2 only because I couldn't afford them > when they came out: > > Phone installed in Car > Laser Disk > > > > Chris Bodnar, MCSE > Sr. Systems Engineer > Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services > Guardian Life Insurance Company of America > Email: [email protected] > Phone: 610-807-6459 > Fax: 610-807-6003 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 3:57 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: OT: Obsolete Tech > > I must be obsolete, I'm 36-for-40: > > Obsolete Technology: 40 Big Losers - PC World > http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,169863/printable.html > > I have done all of thes except I can't remember holding up a lighter at > a > concert (but I can't remember many concerts, either ;-)); I can't > remember > > making a "mix tape", and I never had a calculator watch (I pre-date > that, > can > you say "slide rule", boys and girls?); I never used a dedicated "word > processor" (my first "word processing" experience was writing my MS > thesis > > using TECO) ... > > Is anybody here 40-for-40? > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ----------------------------------------- > This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information > that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under > applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended > recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, > distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please > notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the > message and any attachments. Thank you. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > Confidentiality Notice: > > ---------------------------------- > > > > This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential > information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it > is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this > communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly > prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the > sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original > message. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > _________________________________________________________________ Get back to school stuff for them and cashback for you. http://www.bing.com/cashback?form=MSHYCB&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MSHYCB_BackToSchool_Cashback_BTSCashback_1x1 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
