Comments on: Don’t Believe the Hype: The 21 Biggest Technology Flops http://www.fabricegrinda.com/personal-musings/don%e2%80%99t-believe-the-hype-the-21-biggest-technology-flops/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:59:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: JAB http://www.fabricegrinda.com/personal-musings/don%e2%80%99t-believe-the-hype-the-21-biggest-technology-flops/comment-page-1/#comment-3809 JAB Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:58:45 +0000 http://www.fabricegrinda.com/?p=187#comment-3809 Another funny one; Happy Anniversary to the first Hard drive ever. The 50 yo 1956 IBM RAMAC 305, $50,000, 1 Ton, 50 24" discs @ 1200/3600 RPM, 8KB/s and a stunning 5 MB total capacity. Yes! 5 Megabytes for $50,000. Obviously, less than 1000 units sold in 5 years. Pics and more details in French here. Enjoy our luck to be born in the seventies. http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/30477-Anniversaire-le-tout-premier-disque-dur-a-50.htm Another funny one; Happy Anniversary to the first Hard drive ever. The 50 yo 1956 IBM RAMAC 305, $50,000, 1 Ton, 50 24″ discs @ 1200/3600 RPM, 8KB/s and a stunning 5 MB total capacity. Yes! 5 Megabytes for $50,000. Obviously, less than 1000 units sold in 5 years. Pics and more details in French here. Enjoy our luck to be born in the seventies.
http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/30477-Anniversaire-le-tout-premier-disque-dur-a-50.htm

]]> By: Steve E http://www.fabricegrinda.com/personal-musings/don%e2%80%99t-believe-the-hype-the-21-biggest-technology-flops/comment-page-1/#comment-3532 Steve E Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:35:06 +0000 http://www.fabricegrinda.com/?p=187#comment-3532 Who can forget DigiScents, which got laudatory reviews in 1999 for developing an "iSmell" hardware device to add fragrances to websites? http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,13263-page,1/article.html Who can forget DigiScents, which got laudatory reviews in 1999 for developing an “iSmell” hardware device to add fragrances to websites?

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,13263-page,1/article.html

]]> By: Cristian B http://www.fabricegrinda.com/personal-musings/don%e2%80%99t-believe-the-hype-the-21-biggest-technology-flops/comment-page-1/#comment-3531 Cristian B Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:34:59 +0000 http://www.fabricegrinda.com/?p=187#comment-3531 It was indeed a trip down memory lane! It was cool to revisit some of those concepts or appliances that went the way of the dodo. In a random note, the sock puppet from Pets.com is now used in commercials by an auto loan company 1 800-BAR-NONE. :) It was indeed a trip down memory lane! It was cool to revisit some of those concepts or appliances that went the way of the dodo. In a random note, the sock puppet from Pets.com is now used in commercials by an auto loan company 1 800-BAR-NONE. :)

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