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Topic: The Top 100 Gadgets of All Time
Posted: February 22 2005 at 16:26

The Top 100 Gadgets of All Time
http://www.mobilepcmag.com/features/2005_03/top100gadgets.ht ml

Old memories

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Posted: February 22 2005 at 17:19

Very interesting.

personally I would put the Tv remote control at No 1 ! Big smile

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Posted: February 22 2005 at 19:25

Just bizarre that the telephone has been placed so low...

And what about the ordinary Personal Computer??

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Posted: February 22 2005 at 20:07

CD player. #14. That's my tops. I know some of you love vinyl, but I hated all the pops and skips. Digital made life fun.

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Posted: February 22 2005 at 20:47

WHAT! The Singing Bass isn't on there? (the fish, not the instrument)

"O' lady look up in time o' lady look out of love
'n you should have us all
O' you should have us fall"
"Bill's Corpse" By Captain Beefheart

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Posted: February 23 2005 at 03:07

Correct me if I am wrong, but is a gadget not something useless that we do not really need but acquire for the hell of it? This would have therefore a negative ring to it.

Well I saw a few of those in that list but most of them are actually very usefull and the Swiss army knife actually saved lives - mine among others as I had forgotten the corkscrew on a picnic (pique-nique) and friends were about to kill me. That was a close brush with death!!! It is my top one.

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Posted: February 23 2005 at 03:41

All hail to the Zippo lighter and the Leatherman multi-tool

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Posted: February 23 2005 at 08:22

The Joda Pez Dispenser it will be, I got the Donald Duck version. But this is still the Top of modern design. and let the force be with you.

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Posted: February 23 2005 at 12:29

I got a leatherman for Christmas many years ago. I have kept up with it and it still gets frequent use around the house. Hail Hail.

How the mattel magic 8 ball was ranked higher is beyond me. My step son's hasn't worked since it was dropped. What good is a kid's toy that cannot take a good blow?

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Posted: February 23 2005 at 23:52

81. ZIPPO WINDPROOF LIGHTER, 1932

I thought I was the only lunatic that collected this items, I have 95 but most bought about 5 years ago because the stores are crazy about today's prices.

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Posted: February 24 2005 at 11:56

I think I still have my HP-35 lying round under a pile of papers somewhere. The pocket calculator, what a great invention.

Speaking of which, if I could invent a device that would allow me to slap people over the internet, I'd be a rich man.

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Posted: February 24 2005 at 15:57

3. SONY WALKMAN, 1979

This with a pair of headphones to block out the world, was nothing but an ingenious solution to much of my problems back then.

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Posted: February 24 2005 at 16:06

sigod wrote:

if I could invent a device that would allow me to slap people over the internet, I'd be a rich man.

Ooh! A slap on the internet - I have to pay a fortune for that!

Jon Lord 1941 - 2012

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Posted: February 24 2005 at 16:09

sigod wrote:

Speaking of which, if I could invent a device that would allow me to slap people over the internet, I'd be a rich man.

and I'd be punch-drunk! Ouch

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Posted: February 24 2005 at 16:24

sigod wrote:

I think I still have my HP-35 lying round under a pile of papers somewhere. The pocket calculator, what a great invention.

Speaking of which, if I could invent a device that would allow me to slap people over the internet, I'd be a rich man.

That would turn pervey the moment it got out. My girlfriend would have an arse redder than a baboons, by the time I'd finished work.

Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!

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Posted: February 25 2005 at 06:45

- Jim, Reed & Blacksword.

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Posted: February 25 2005 at 08:59

70. ATARI PONG C-100, 1976
It played only one game, and that game sucked, but how much time did we burn in front of our little black and white TVs, spinning paddles and watching that tiny block bounce around? Ah, memories.

DAMN I LOOOOVE TECHNOLOGY

hahaha this remote control really looks retarded!

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Posted: February 25 2005 at 12:42

My favorite gadget of all time is the string winder for guitars. It cuts the time I spend on re-stringing my guitar in half. Very useful and very clever.

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Posted: February 27 2005 at 17:09

I also like the Widget.

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Posted: February 27 2005 at 17:11

redbar89 wrote:

I also like the Widget.

I'm dyslexic..

Wink Wink

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