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12 outdated technologies that refuse to die - discuss and how many do you use?

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"Even though digital downloads and CDs are easier to use, more durable and hold a lot more music in a smaller space, some audiophiles just prefer the sound of vinyl."

I'll be the first to question the "durability" of digital seeing as any sort of storage failure can destroy thousands of songs in seconds.

I doubt many folks will still have their 16 GB thumb drives in 2053, but I've got records here I've had since the late 1960s and early 1970s....
 
Andyman said:
"Even though digital downloads and CDs are easier to use, more durable and hold a lot more music in a smaller space, some audiophiles just prefer the sound of vinyl."

I'll be the first to question the "durability" of digital seeing as any sort of storage failure can destroy thousands of songs in seconds.

I doubt many folks will still have their 16 GB thumb drives in 2053, but I've got records here I've had since the late 1960s and early 1970s....
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Yeah, luckily flash drives are not particularly susceptible to static discharge problems scrambling files. I always worry about the time someone tries to jam a flash drive into a USB port and damages the port with the possibility of cross wiring the contacts - have two laptops where that's happened bad enough for the laptop to indicate a short on the USB controller.

And practically, I think less people are archiving music on CD or DVD discs anymore, that technology is literally come and gone in about 15 years. With the idea of "cloud" computing and storage, even flash drives may become a thing of the past.
 
Still use:
-landline phone at home and work, although both are VoIP.
-fax at work, but primarily to troubleshoot fax issues between our small field offices and external customers.
-CRT TV: yes, we have a couple at home. Used in rooms where TV viewing is infrequent.
-Vinyl is not obsolete.
 
...I'll be the first to question the "durability" of digital seeing as any sort of storage failure can destroy thousands of songs in seconds...
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I've never lost a single recording to drive failure although I've had complete failures. Anyone who doesn't back their music up in at least one other drive (I have two backups for all music and two more for all of my photography) Is just painting a bullseye on his butt and saying, "I dare you, entropy".

My history with vinyl is not that good and let's not even talk about tape.
 
VHS, landline, film and vinyl in my house.
They all work when other formats fail,
eg;
some obscure videos just never made it digital,
wired landline for when there is a blackout,
Film not as often but still gets used for projects,
I don't need to explain the vinyl.
 
Only one of these technologies still in use on a daily basis here is the land line phone (VOIP).
 
Landline phone, tape (vid & aud), vinyl.

Time Warner Cable can't make their phone system work in my house, but then again they have trouble making TV work in my house reliably.

John
 
BBQ2
 
hwirt said:
Only one of these technologies still in use on a daily basis here is the land line phone (VOIP).
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Can a VOIP technically be called a land line (Unless via DSL?) because if the power goes out, the VOIP is useless, or is there now power with the VOIP connection to keep the phone alive? (I'm soooo out of it!)
 
Dot matrix printer - use one at work. I hate it, but its the only practical thing for our permanant hard copy error logs to be cranked out on. Its always one line at a time, so the tractor feed makes sense.

CRT TVs, I own two 1950s TV sets. I don't actually use them though.

vinyl records - I own only a few CDs, but I've got probably a thousand records and a bunch of turntables.


Skizo: I recognize a lot of that stack. I own two Robyn SB-520D's, one in woodgrain and one in black. I once owned a Silly 1011D, but it got ruined by a "tech" who then fell off the face of the earth.
 
ra7c7er said:
I still shoot with film and enjoy it.
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Me too. I see no sense in chucking a vintage Rolleiflex or top of the line Canon just because techno whiz would rather shoot a gazillion photos when I can get by with 24 well placed pics.
 
mech986 said:
Can a VOIP technically be called a land line (Unless via DSL?) because if the power goes out, the VOIP is useless, or is there now power with the VOIP connection to keep the phone alive? (I'm soooo out of it!)
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Well it's not a cell phone and the number is tied to my home address. Some of the cable companies use backup power. I have a small short term 4 hrs backup supply for my VOIP box, cable modem and router.
 
Ths364 said:
Me too. I see no sense in chucking a vintage Rolleiflex or top of the line Canon just because techno whiz would rather shoot a gazillion photos when I can get by with 24 well placed pics.
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Now that people insist on documenting every waking moment, there's bound to be a few good clicks, but it certainly isn't worth wading thru the trash to find them. I equate that to tweeting every time you fart ...
 
skizo said:
now that people insist on documenting every waking moment, there's bound to be a few good clicks, but it certainly isn't worth wading thru the trash to find them. I equate that to tweeting every time you fart ...
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qft! :D
 
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