Comments on: 17 Unfortunate (and, as Far as I Know, Unavoidable) Truths About Technology

By: Pedro

Pedro — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:24:19 +0000

#9 and #14 are right-on with me. It was a little creepy, almost :)

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:54:35 +0000

One of the things I like about Firewire is that the shape makes it much harder to do #6.

By: ediedi

ediedi — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:53:29 +0000

#1 & 6- very true
I’d like to add:
1 b) having tens of unlabeled cd’s/dvd’s lying around in a draewr, and never taking the time too see what’s on them, and not throwing them away because ‘who knows what could be on them’

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:20:08 +0000

#1 happened to me yesterday. Unfortunately it was a dvi>hdmi cable that costs 30 euro’s.
I had searched for it for an hour and then decided to buy a new one.
The day i had the new one i opened a drawer and there it was, right in my face.

By: Widgwiga

Widgwiga — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:17:28 +0000

Ah, I thought I was all alone.

By: DTNick

DTNick — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:27:51 +0000

I’m guilty of #6. And #7? Very true.

By: anguswong

anguswong — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:02:48 +0000

18. As soon as you have finally mastered that particular programming language / API / software, the entire industry will switch over to something completely obscure and unassuming virtually overnight.