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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 08:57 AM
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Which new technology did you incorrectly think would fail/succeed?
Edited on Tue Jan-25-05 08:57 AM by SemiCharmedQuark
I thought DVDs would fail. I thought the minidisc player was the greatest thing ever.
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ret5hd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 09:03 AM
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1. fire...
i was sure it was a flash n the pan
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 09:04 AM
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2. Ouch. nt
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Allenberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 09:06 AM
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3. Electric cars.
...so far.
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 09:09 AM
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4. Laser disks...
When I found out they had already made DVDs, I knew Laser-disks would never last..
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 09:16 AM
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5. MS Windows.
I never thought it would suck for this long!

:D
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aden_nak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 11:11 AM
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6. "The internet is a fad." - Bill Gates
"640Kb* is enough for everyone." - Bill Gates

*Conventional Memory was the segment of your computer's RAM that you actually loaded the program and drivers into. 1024Kb = 1 MB, and Windows XP alone can use upwards of 48 MB just loading.
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Worst Username Ever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 11:28 AM
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7. Digital Tapes
What the hell happened to those?
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