Outdated things that have stayed

[AlexGTV]

You have but to look at the save button of the Office programs to start seing things around you that no longer are relevant but have stayed because of tradition.

For example, continuing the above, the save button of the Office programs is a floppy disk. Many younger people haven't even hold a floppy disk or even seen a picture of it.

Also, the symbol of Communism. Most of people in the west are employed in the service sector and even the farmers and workers manage the bulk of their work by machines.

What other things are no longer relevant but have withstood through tradition?

 

[mattythedog]

Religion (too harsh?).

 

[AlexGTV]

Dawkins would certainly nod in agreement.

 

[Ross]

The Porsche 911

 

[Pyle_PMG]

The Porsche 911

Eh? No.

CD's.

We have mp3's etc., yet they still sell the dumb things.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Telephones with cords, CD's and DVD's in my opinion.

 

[Liquid]

Telephones with cords, CD's and DVD's in my opinion.

Disagree. If a telephone with a cord is plugged into the mains, you won't lose it.

Discs in general are still useful to me because I enjoy the satisfaction of a tangible, physical copy of something. Back it up onto a harddrive as well if you want, but I enjoy having a massive physical collection of discs as piece of mind.

If you're arguing discs, then you could argue books too, thanks to e-readers.

 

[White & Nerdy]

May it never be.

 

[boshuter]

It's really sad to see people say CD's. It seems like people don't care if the music sounds correct anymore. Anyone with a high end audio setup wouldn't be caught dead listening to an MP3. If you can find a friend or anyone that has a really good setup, play a song on it from a CD, then play the same song in MP3 and you will see what I mean. If all you do is listen to music from your phone, ipod, in a car, etc., then it probably doesn't matter to you.

 

[Pyle_PMG]

boshuter, if you have a high quality audio format (WMA with variable bit rate) there is still high quality sound.

 

[theRealMeyer]

[offtopic] Sure, but if you put enough money into it you'll always hear the difference regardless of bitrates.
MP3 V2 may well be enough for portable players or giving something a quick listen on your PC speakers, but CD quality is only beaten by an even more expensive vinyl setup. And that's pretty subjective. [/offtopic]

But yeah, sadly, CDs are on their way out... I wouldn't mind would there be FLAC downloads, but sadly, iTunes and the likes have not come across this (yet?).

Vinyls are having a comeback, though. That's cool. I don't have a vinyl setup at the moment, but I might as well start looking for good components now...

 

[MatskiMonk]

Eh? No.

CD's.

We have mp3's etc., yet they still sell the dumb things.

Yes, they are for those of us who still own Hi-Fi, rather than tinny, plastic-y crap run off an MP3 player, that's probably made by the same manufacturer as my microwave.

MP3's themselves have become irrelevant, they *did* make sense when storage space was limited and bandwidth and download speeds were too low, these days there is no excuse for any sort of compression of Audio.



Infact...

<begin rant>

I sold medium to top-end Hi-Fi for 17 years for a man that sold it for 30 years, we survived recessions, advances in technology (Vinyl, Tape, CD, DAT/DCC, MiniDisc, LaserDisc, SACD, DVD-A, HDD-R, AM to FM to DAB to Internet Radio etc. etc. etc.) competition from chain stores and competition from online retailers with 5% margins, decreases in high street footfall and even the odd act of god... but what we couldn't survive was dumb-retarded-moronic-half-wits* who had made the assumption that iPods sounded better than conventional Hi-Fi simply because they were more fashionable. Apple really did change the world with the iPod, they took the quality out of it.

*a bit harsh, and not particularly aimed at Vandenal to whom I'm replying

<end rant>

 

[Carbonox]

Religion (too harsh?).

Great reply, I have to agree with this one.

 

[acascianelli]

Religion (too harsh?).

That's the first thing I thought of reading the topic.

 

[88FoxBodyFan]

Eh? No.

CD's.

We have mp3's etc., yet they still sell the dumb things.

CDs are dumb alright... 'til your computer crashes and all your "superior" mp3s are gone.

This is why everything that's on my iTunes is also on a CD.

 

[acascianelli]

CDs are dumb alright... 'til your computer crashes and all your "superior" mp3s are gone.

This is why everything that's on my iTunes is also on a CD.

I backup my superior MP3's, 2 copies one at home one offsite...

 

[88FoxBodyFan]

I backup my superior MP3's, 2 copies one at home one offsite...

Yeah, I guess I'm one of the few that still collects CDs.

 

[Omnis]

Religion (too harsh?).

Real creative.

 

[AOS-]

DVD players are slowly fading, non-touch iPods, and CDs.

I would collect CDs but I don't want to keep bringing in more "stuff" as I already have 2 space-hogging hobbies.

 

[opelgt1969]

It's really sad to see people say CD's. It seems like people don't care if the music sounds correct anymore. Anyone with a high end audio setup wouldn't be caught dead listening to an MP3. If you can find a friend or anyone that has a really good setup, play a song on it from a CD, then play the same song in MP3 and you will see what I mean. If all you do is listen to music from your phone, ipod, in a car, etc., then it probably doesn't matter to you.

I can make the same statement that vinyl records sound more real than mp3 or cd's. With vinyl you get to hear the music with all the cracks/pops/and hisses that were meant to be heard! But I'm over 50 too.

 

[Rossell2]

Common colds.


Got one right now

 

[Barra333]

- Level crossing signs that still have a picture of a steam train
- Signs that warn that children are crossing (who are they kidding, kids are too precious to walk to school, they get driven now)
- Hardcopy phone books

 

[AOS-]

You can argue anything that your phone can do now made the preceeding product nearly obsolete. The wording of that depicts quite a big jump, but you get what I'm trying to say.

 

[Schwartz]

James May

 

[mattythedog]

James May

No! James May is a legend.

 

[Liquid]

Not James May, no, but by extension, Top Gear UK.

It's on life support being ventilated by feigning ignorance and toilet humour.

 

[Azuremen]

Yes, they are for those of us who still own Hi-Fi, rather than tinny, plastic-y crap run off an MP3 player, that's probably made by the same manufacturer as my microwave.

MP3's themselves have become irrelevant, they *did* make sense when storage space was limited and bandwidth and download speeds were too low, these days there is no excuse for any sort of compression of Audio.

FLAC is a fine method of compression, considering it is lossless.

And iPods mostly took the quality out with the fact they generally were running 128kbps Mp3s back when they were new, so of course there was some quality loss. Mobile players now, with a decent set of headphones, can match whatever you'd get from a CD I feel.

CDs are dumb alright... 'til your computer crashes and all your "superior" mp3s are gone.

This is why everything that's on my iTunes is also on a CD.

This is why you back up stuff to a second hard drive or an external. Or now cloud storage.

 

[Ibonibo]

Coal as industrial heater.
Dumb people.
Politicans
Extreme religious people (religion is fine if you not shoving it up peoples noses)
ABC-bombs
War
Lobby's, Lobbyists
...


On CD's: I also love having a tangible object. I prefer my Cd in a box rather than a Digital downloaded copy

 

[Liquid]

PC, hard drive and CD collection keeps me happy.

Discs still have a few years in them, I think.

 

[Mike Rotch]

Travellers cheques. I suppose you can still use them, if you don't mind not having them accepted at most places and being charged exhorbitant fees.