2006-08-10 01:01:50 · 12 answers · asked by Scottie 4 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics
A sure fire way of making revenue. They have invented a light bulb that doesn't burn out under normal conditions, but if they sold that then their business would crumble. Mass Production/Mass Consumption depends on disposable technology.
But there is a down side. Decades ago before the VIC20 was around, computer memory was extremely precious - a Gigabyte was not even a pipe dream. So when it came to installing the computer's internal calendar program, they set the year at two digits instead of 4, thinking that the computers they were making would be obsolete by 2000AD when it would cause a problem. They were, but the makers of new computers thought the same thing, and Y2K crept up on us before we were aware it needed fixing. (Y2K did exist, it wasn't urban legend. I myself lost some files because of it. Y2K causing worldwide catastrophes, and planes falling out of the skies was the urban legend.)
So disposable technology is both a blessing and a curse.
2006-08-10 01:45:35 · answer #1 · answered by d_f_cornish 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cell phones
Computers
Walkmans, mp3 players
Mini-disc players
8 track players
All technology is eventually disposible, but consumer electronics are particularly disposable. The monkeys want to play, so we make toys. The monkeys get bored and so we constantly need new toys.
2006-08-10 08:08:37 · answer #2 · answered by NordicGuru 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say things that become obsolete almost as soon as they are developed..like the mini disc players or the old disc player where the discs were the size of plates. The 8 Track.
2006-08-10 08:08:13 · answer #3 · answered by Catty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
CD's, cell phones, floppy disks and any other digital media that is commonly used for a relatively short period of time and disposed.
2006-08-10 08:10:49 · answer #4 · answered by answers999 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pretty much anything that has been created in the past decade and a half. Everything is designed to be outdated and replaced in a year; cell phones, cars, TVs......
2006-08-10 08:06:54 · answer #5 · answered by FaerieWhings 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Obsolete software, and a computer that is older than 6 months.
2006-08-10 08:22:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
disposable nappies (diapers), thank you technology.
2006-08-10 08:08:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Garbage that will be around for along time.
2006-08-10 08:07:57 · answer #8 · answered by catnap 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
VCR'S. TV's. DVD players.
2006-08-10 08:07:12 · answer #9 · answered by casey_leftwich 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u use it & get rid of it.
2006-08-10 08:10:26 · answer #10 · answered by Celestine N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋