Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for June 08, 2024

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    angelolady Premium Member 5 months ago

    So sad….

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    Ivy Valory Premium Member 5 months ago

    That’s some truth, right there.

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    Yakety Sax  5 months ago

    Somewhere in every one’s house there is a box of cables. No one knows what they go to but just toss them and you will find out!

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    MeanBob Premium Member 5 months ago

    I’m an engineer, my job was to make things obsolete. It’s in the rule book.

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    tudza Premium Member 5 months ago

    I find my SATA to USB adapter is still very useful after many years.

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    The Reader Premium Member 5 months ago

    They adapted to it.

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    wongo  5 months ago

    Who wants to adopt these adorable adaptors?

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    jr1234  5 months ago

    Maybe John Titter will come back for these too.

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  5 months ago

    So, enjoy each others company. It’s okay.

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    Brass Orchid Premium Member 5 months ago

    The bridge to the 21st century lay in flames behind them.

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    dflak  5 months ago

    Apple and Fitbit.

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    ladykat  5 months ago

    I have a whole box of assorted stuff. I’m scared to throw any of it out.

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    Ed The Red Premium Member 5 months ago

    This was true a decade or so ago. Now, not so much. These days, my cables tend to wear out before they get obsolete.

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    Spence12 Premium Member 5 months ago

    You may not be used anymore but you’ll never be thrown away.

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    EMGULS79  5 months ago

    Thanks, Tim Cook!

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    Sherlock007 Premium Member 5 months ago

    I can’t help but think of the Twilight Zone episode, The Obsolete Man. Fortunately, librarians are not yet obsolete, but these days they are being threatened like never before.

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    Spiffy  5 months ago

    You had ONE JOB!

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    chief tommy  5 months ago

    I have dozens that I am afraid to toss

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    David Rickard Premium Member 5 months ago

    In electronics, it’s adapt and die.

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    mistercatworks  5 months ago

    I was into electronics and computers my entire working life. After I retired I threw out about twenty cables and forty audio adapters.

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    Bill The Nuke  5 months ago

    I keep one box labeled “usb cables”, another “power supplies”, another “adapters”., etc. When the MIB need an obsolete whatever to save the world, they know where to come.

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    namelocdet  5 months ago

    I have a cardboard “Bankers Box” of obsolete tech. Wires, cables, adaptors etc. Can’t seem to throw it away.

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    Moonkey Premium Member 5 months ago

    None of my adapters are that adorable!

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    Mary Sullivan Premium Member 5 months ago

    So very, sadly true. Luckily I now have a laptop, ipad and phone that all use the same cable. (and only the ipad is an apple product).

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