What outdated technologies do you still use out of no practical reasons?
>>108232560f'kin hellThat youngun must have had a crack habit to challenge charlie sheen to look like tht by 30.What 'outdated tech' is that, anon? DS? GBA? curious resolution...
>>108232560Washing machine from 1968. Fridge from 1971. Freezer from 1983-1984.Old fashioned light bulbs, box full from the 90's. Dumb phone with buttons. Manual car from the 70's. And a lot more but those are the ones that came to mind right now.
>>108232575>What 'outdated tech' is that, anon?Picrel? Mega Man Star Force 3 for the DS.
>>108232617>Washing machine from 1968.Legit suprised that functions.>Fridge from 1971. Even more so. >Freezer from 1983-1984.>Old fashioned light bulbsAre you *trying* to be uneconmic with consumption?I'll grant you not having to replace the washing machine for near seven decade gonna impact total cost of ownership, but the other tech you list has actually improved - tho retrofitting gasses and insulation could parity the fridge/freezer - and the cost of running these devices is stacking up, and only increasing. Your energy aint gettin' cheaper at the wall over time...Only thing I see with 'valid' cause is the car. Mostly as a musuem piece. Working examples o that gotta be gettin' thin on the ground, driving that about the streets isn't clever... to ignore the inevitable dipshit driving into you, wear n tear on zero replacement parts... I understand your perspective is likely from the 'control of my vehicle' angle.>Dumb phone with buttons. No rotory dial?Don't you miss the pulse encoding, anon?
>>108232707Wanna know the reason I don't upgrade anything? Laziness. Inherited the house, the car and everything else. The only thing I bought myself on that list was the phone and only as a backup but then my old phone (Moto G Play or whatever it was called) died and it became my daily. I just can't be bothered buying shit, hauling it home, hauling away the old shit when stuff still works.
>>108232560>out of no practical reasonsWhat do you consider practical reasons? I still play tetris on a Gameboy Color but that's because I genuinely like gameboy tetris and like to play it in bed, so it is not practical per se but i'm not using it without reason.
>>108232560I use wired headphones with a 10-foot extension to watch DVDs on my 4th gen i7 HTPC and 42" 1080p TV.
Minidisc player I've had for 24 years.13 inch CRT I got from a bank that was trashing it.Anything else I tend to use thats older or outdated has good reasoning behind it like a clock radio but I have really no excuse for the TV and MD player when I have more modern alternatives like LCDs and iPod/phone easily available
>>108232714>when stuff still works.But that within itself is the remarkable factor in your tale. Even with 'heavy maintainence', ie: strippin' n cleanin' anything relevant, applying oils n greases to anyfink what moves ... Just on the outflow pump to the washer there should have been like 19 failures by now. Prolly an over estimate. But same rewls apply. Fridge/freezer... Compressors in them things - same rewls, motor -> moving parts. 'cept them typically in a sealed unit. Seal on that aint too hot tho and just in number of recharges that shoulda had a new purchase justified... That period it's likely a CFC system, too. Good luck gettin' them. >>108232761>I genuinely like gameboy tetrisDiffers significantly from any other tetris - that isn't trying to differ itself significantly... how?or is it just the 'hold in bed' factor? >>108233143Get into samplin'. Use a phono jack for easy corrolation with headphones.You'll soon notice every mm of cable drops sound quality...
>>108233355>Minidisc playerHeh. Many, many moons ago I had one of these. Cheap lil $ony fing (not many other options, duh). Mebbe £35. I abused the fuck outta that. That took the knocks and bangs I recieve on the day2day and kept goin'. I'd plug it into folks ears and give it: Look *throw at wall* It doesn't skip. When it enevitably died, I thought I'd get a 'good one'. MZ-NH1. At the time, that was flagship. New ATRAC3 compression and HiMD discs that could hold a smidge under 1GB could hold ~64 full albums, seriously competing with the MP3 players of the day typically measured in megabytes. Few, like the ipod offered a little more space, but the interchangable discs give me moar.It lasted less than six weeks. I had actually looked after that. The case was <1mm thick anodised aluminium and if didn't even have a f'kin fingerprint.$ony stiffed me onna warranty.Eventually I ripped it to bits, them lil screws that rotate, catching the laser lense caddy and running it up/down the diumpherence of the disc had worn. No longer catching.Conclusion: Substandard materials in a flagship product.This might have been excusable if the PS1 v1 and v2 hadn't suffered this flaw, it'd been fixed by v3. Use screws of a better material. The fact it also plagued the PS2 v1 is a bit of a pisstake, but when you consider the same laser unit as that minidisc ended up in the PSP and I aint heard o no PSP's doin' it...Well. I think I've a little right at being pissy at $ony for takin' my money and giving me a pile of shit.I'll *never* buy anything $ony ever again.In fact when I encountered Operation Payback I popped in to see what's happenin'. Seems the best they was up to was a few memes and DDoS the PSN...I *might* have something to do with 'better' targets being acquired, deep pentration of internal FTP servers, extraction of intellectual property, and a dip in their 2010 stock price that made people shit the bed...There's a lotta future. I've a lot of ill will for $ony.
>>108232560There's a specific piece of hardware I use, ten of them on the same computer actually, but I can't say what they are or breadtubers/scalpers will tell the plebs/buy all the used ones.
>>108233632lolThat's got me *real* curious. Struggin' to think of what you'd need ten of that isn't HDs. And it's pretty clearly not that.
The QWERTY layout.
>>108232560I still type www. when putting a url into the web browser
>>108232560Brain
>>108233873If you'll do the entire top row, and limit to alpha there's 10 caps... But why would you only need those ones? Aint makin' sense there...>>108233879lol. I type: https://
>>108232560Internal sound card. Simply haven't found an external DAC for the same price with the same features.
>>108233715VCRs probablyI personally have a dozen that I collected from the side of the road
>>108234016>VCRs probably>ten of them on the same computer actuallyExplain how that resolves?I suppose some niche CCTV setup. But I don't any reason why you'd digitise the fucker *and* stick with VCR... >I collected from the side of the roadlol.For why, anon, why?I mean, sure, a model from your yout that triggered a pang of nostalgia, an iconic toploader wanting to restore up for musuem grade ... But repeatedly? Most wasn't 'good' devices to begin with, strippin' for parts there's no "value" - you rip one to bits n pretty much you've ripped 'em all to bits so there's not much in the way o additional lurnink...>>108233632I'll get there. Even if I gotta brute force all possibles. lol. Not knowing what it is already, it's pretty safe I don't want it... lol.
gastrointestinal tract
>>108232560your mom
>>108232560I hate modern vehicles with passion even though they are technically better in every possible way and daily drive a 1949 Buick Roadmaster Sedanet Modell 76S (early 49, has the functioning VentiPorts on the front fenders) that me and my dad restored piece by piece between 2010 and 2016. I have spent more money on that car than what a modern, mid-range commuter car would cost new. It's a deathtrap in an accident, it lacks all modern stuff 99.9% of people expect in a car today, the old 5.2l Fireball straight-8 doesn't get great mileage compared to a modern car, only produces around 150hp and I still love it and will drive it for as long as humanly possible.
>>108234389That looks like an insanely cool car
>>108232560CDs, Books, DVDs, though it is not for no practical reason, I try to stay away from reliance on internet and subscriptions.
>>108234389>only produces around 150hpWrong metric.It could produce 1500hp. Don't mean shit.What matters is how much actionable torque can be applied....>drive it for as long as humanly possible.When they finally crack lvl5 autonomy - which is feasible in the next five years, and that's Earth years, not Musk years - they're gonna need suttin a little like ATC to sequence themselves. All well an good, cars is already balls deep in V2X - but all the manual driven cars still on the road need to TX intent for all the other cars to just stay the fuck outta they way...AFAIK plans for retrofitting this is the ODBII port. Yam in an adapater, it connects up V2X, you tap the breaks it tells the network you breakin. Pretty sure that motor aint got no ODBII... Might be some workaround for 'classics' come out - but really, early ODBII is 'classic'... When it's mere presence can risk all other cars on the road, expect it to become unlawful in your jurisdiction...That shit I was sayin' earlier about can't use stuff that kewl, deserves museums... You parked at lights and some dipshit stoves into you - this isn't an unknown event - The damage is f'kin criminal. Even a lovely perfect world, perfect maintainence schedule... shit wears... Some o them parts must have been a nightmare to obtain. That doesn't improve over time...And realistically, accident wise, you hit anything but a 1970s/80s volvo and you'll go clean thru it. Comparatively that's a tank. Modern cars has crumplezones, and eat the damage. That car just used thicker metal and caused the damage.
>>108234566Can fit 100's o DVD's on a microSD anon. DVD case sized caddy could realistically hold 80 MicroSD, 20 a side to a 'page' in the center, and inner case. Plenty of space for index and mechanism to securely retain.Wager they'll last longer than DVD...>reliance on internet and subscriptions.Kudos. But the intelliwebs is something you should need once. Then that SD card is filled. Seriously anon. You try collecting every film ever made since 1928 when the resolution started to improve... You'll need another house. Doesn't even take one DVD shelf in MicroSD... Then there's the serialised shows, documenturies, music...
>>108232560 I got aan old sony micro hifi unit ive had for like dozen years or more qnd now i use it as my pc speakers since it has aux in.Sony xperia tipo. I use it as my daily phone. But only few weeks in a year.Nokia 8800. I want to use it like i do with the sony i mentiomed prior. Im euro so we still got 2g. But good luck getting the battery.Old panasonic camdoder. Mainly to take photos of car meets. I need to get firewire pcie board for my desktop so i could digitise videos and start using video function.Ill post more when im home
>>1082325601960s radio, could be 1950s, was $10 at a flea market. Is it the best radio? No, but I like it.Early transistor model. Still works just fine, has a nice wood case.
>>108234992>Im euro so we still got 2gWhere that @?Not for long...Tho good news as even third world countries isn't deploying it and everyone is getting rid, second hand prices for basestation hardware are through the floor...
Flash Drives / USB sticks(any other names for these is invalid, gay and retarded)
PS/2 keyboard, and a mobo that has PS/2 ports.
20 year old 4GB USB stick for updating my MB BIOS. Similarly old Sony AV receiver that's used as my main audio driver. Both still work and I've never seen a need to replace them.
IRC. Because every alternative just sucks.
>>108232560I installed EAC last night to rip a CD to .flac.
>>108232560Vinyl records, vacuum tubes, and lots of em
>>108232560Nixie tubesThey are gorgeous and incredibly easy to read in person (way better than 7-segment), but there are modern technologies that outperform them in virtually every way other than simply looking cool.A damn shame the price has skyrocketed in the last few years, hard to justify them now.
>>108232707>Legit suprised that functions.Back then things were much higher quality and easier to service.
>>108235249It's called a zip disquette.
>>108234992So ill expand bit moremicro hifi>SONY CMT-EH25Camcorder >Panasonic NV GS280I also got>Sonus faber amp i was gifter(not using)>laptop with windows 7 i plan to use for car diagnostics.>CDs I burn CDs to listen music in my car.id like to get>an CRT.>>108235048>Not for long...Who knowsbut afaik some euro countries keep 2g as kinda a backup especially for emergency services.Kinda makes sense since its long range so there is no need for loads of towers.
>>108232617Based. Fuck smart appliances
>>108236816Now, anon, I know it's real easy to be gettin' confuddled with the similar form factors n all, by try to spot the difference...https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393443749507 <- Zip Discvshttps://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/143385376102 <- USB stick>>108237632>but afaik some euro countries keep 2g as kinda a backup Runs directly contradictory to narrative I've heard outta gobs of all ISPs, globally. 'As backup' full o shit, 'cause aint 2G doin' anything 3G isn't, which is also largely recinded now, and most places have *already* dumped the equipments. Kinda why I asked where still had a 2G network. Only places I knew was a few third world countries. But most of them on at least 4G now. >since its long rangeFunction of wavelength. Shit bounce up to ionosphere -> Eart -> ionosphere -> eart - creating a sine wave in the process... Distance to the ionosphere isn't something you'd wanna walk, that's where most of the energy gets eaten, mile after mile of atmosphere.Wavelength - oddly enough - is how long that wave is. As in it's bounce there just descriped 'up/down' - but just like ripples in a pond it's radiating from source, there's linear motion. As it moves up, it pushes out - angular reflection... Naturally, a longer wavelength will cover more horizontal distance. A wave ten meters long will require less oscilations to cover 100 meter, than a one meter wave. The one meter wave needs to up/down several miles to the ionosphere 10x more times... 10x atmospheric absorbtion...Now... I'll assume you ackshually meant the 850Mhz / 900Mhz bands...Is now the time to tell you 4G goes down to 700Mhz, and 5G goes down to 600Mhz?It's only the "high speed" connections that need the higher frequencies... To cram more data in, you need more pulses per second... shorter waves... This tends to get expressed in hertz - how many times per second this wave repeats itself.
>>108234566I collect books too, but CDs I don't really understand. A single HDD can hold many times more digital data as a CD can.I guess CDs do have a physical presence. You get a tangible cover art and maybe bonus stuff like booklets and posters. But is that enough to go full on CD?
>>108238190so regarding frequencies and shit.I dont know, im not an expertWhat ive said is based on stuff ive heard.I know the 2g signal works hereI recently made a call via that nokia to see if it works(still needs a new battery since old one bloated to shit)
>>108238347>What ive said is based on stuff ive heard.Just tryin' to show you *why* it's bullshit... Should be enough clues to run with there, you have the greatest archive of knowledge at your fingertips know for literally thousands of years. You can independantly verify my claims. You really *shouldn't* trust the word of some intelliwebs random blindly. >still needs a new battery since old one bloated to shitCan't be *that* old anon. I can recall 'em in a hard plastic shell...
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>>108238347>still needs a new batteryThinkin'... 3310 grade lump o crap ... That was, what? 3.7V 1300mAh? If y'can be bothered I wager you can find a Li-Ion pouch cell that'll steal the connector...
