“RealPlayer: like the Black Death, but made of software”

Feeling ranty? Techradar’s just uploaded “48 things we hate about tech“, which enabled yours truly to cheer himself up by being nasty about things. Any I’ve missed?

8 Responses to ““RealPlayer: like the Black Death, but made of software””

  1. Tony Kiernan  on September 18th, 2008

    Very good. Got me out of my proposal writing ennui.

    Why only 48? Was it written in such a frothing frenzy you had to have a lie down at that point?

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  2. Gary  on September 18th, 2008

    It just descended into expletives at 49 :)

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  3. Kyle MacRae  on September 18th, 2008

    Nice one. No.23 is my favourite:

    Wireless networks. They work through walls, you say? Our router can’t throw a packet through a hamster.

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  4. tm  on September 18th, 2008

    But what a perfectly cooed hamster you’re left with…

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  5. tm  on September 18th, 2008

    cooked, dammit, cooked!

    49. My impossibly intermittently broken keyboard.

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  6. Squander Two  on September 19th, 2008

    Bit of a Bloom County reference in the strapline there, I notice.

    Penguin lust is not immoral and wicked, and anybody that thinks so is just an old prude … it’s beautiful! and natural! and I for one fully support penguin lust!

    Great, but today’s topic is “nun beating.”

    Good Lord, man … I can’t support that.

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  7. Armin  on September 19th, 2008

    50. List linkbait
    51. Linkbaiting lists
    52. Lists designed so that everyone links to them
    53. Boring lists people still link to

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  8. Gary  on September 20th, 2008

    Armin, that’s one of the 58 best comments you’ve ever posted. I’ll be revealing the remaining 57, one per day, when I get back ;)

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