technology sucks
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- lumedia
People are so enamored with technology and early adoption of new technology that companies feel compelled to release things that simply dont work properly.
-I sit down to watch TV and have to restart my router because the connection is lost. Fuck.
-I try to watch anything on YouTube. Buffering...Fuck.
-I feel like it should be a simple task to get that audiobook i bought onto my iPad. 2 hours later...Fuck.
-I send a friend a link to a .mov file i made. The quicktime plug-in has no progress bar for download progress and once its downloaded there is no way to watch again without re-downloading. Fuck.
Yeah yeah, i know technology is amazing but i feel like things should just work 100% of the time. I am obviously ranting but i am really getting sick of troubleshooting all the time!
What current technologies work 100% of the time? The only thing I can think of is dropbox. Dropbox is awesome.
- VEEJ770
The irony of it all.
- Raybandana0
it's just all about money and time.. so everything is fucked. If we had no timelines and endless amounts of love to put into creation - the world would not be like this.
- But then projects would never be completedGlitterati_Duane
- letterhead0
Everything is amazing and nobody's happy
- monospaced0
Your router sucks?
Your internet connection is slow?
Your friend doesn't know how to download a .mov file?- You don't know how to load an audiobook onto an iPad?monospaced
- lumedia0
yes i am aware that i am using loads of new tech to complain about it.
- sureshot0
Here's a webcam of a famous owl.
- lumedia0
yes, monospaced, its all my fault. i should just know the solution for everything all the time.
- Or you could just whine about it like a bitch. That seems to be solving it, no?Mr_Mxyzptlk
- YouTube's technology is perfect. Buffering is a symptom of your shitty connection.monospaced
- actually, forget it, keep whiningmonospaced
- I don't think watching a YouTube video does either. LOLmonospaced
- d_rek0
We've a long ways to go before we get to 100% convenience 100% of the time.
- Aa770
I'm not sure what is worse, you taking the time to post this, or me taking the time to read it.
you should have just sent this message in a bottle or thru a carrier pigeon instead.
- hellrod0
So every time technology fails, you "fuck"? And you complain about this?
- letterhead0
No matter how much technology advances, people will always be pushing it to it's fullest potential, resulting in people bitching about how it sucks
- I'm not certain his friend being unable to handle downloading a file classifies as "pushing it to full potential"Mr_Mxyzptlk
- detritus0
Stop buying cheap shit?
- and stop using a quicktime browser plugin to watch .mov filesmonospaced
- Just joshing - Im in total accord with you. First thing every morning, I take a shit on a robot.detritus
- Damn you, mono.detritus
- FUCK YES! SATISFYING AS ALL FUCK!!!Mr_Mxyzptlk
- ZOOP0
Navigation > paper maps
Google > going to the library
Fuel injection > carburetor
As a whole technology rocks, glitches and all.
- refunktion0
soon, you'll have to restart your house and then you can post a new thread.
- pressplay0
I know that feeling. But maybe it’s just a matter of expectations and perspective. Keep in mind you’re dealing with pretty complex man made systems. Nothing is perfect just because it’s »technology«. 90% of the time it works. Don’t focus so much on the 10% where it doesn’t.
- pressplay0
Actually, you should be amazed that any of that complex, ever changing stuff does what it’s supposed to do (and I’m not just talking about the stuff you’re dealing directly with like websites and your ipad... think also about, I don’t know, autopilots in planes and so on)
- chrisRG0
Everything is amazing and nobody is happy