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SquadronROE posted:I almost bought a house with a central vacuum cleaner. There was an outlet in each room you would plug the tube into, which also made a circuit connection that turned on the vacuum. Pretty cool tech for a house, but you're right. A blockage would take forever to clear. Oh, certainly - I thought those were fairly common?
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DigitalRaven posted:That's one of the things I loved about living & working in Germany. Friends & family come to visit, and it's the word you reach for. "Don't worry, I've got mein handy with me, just give me a call." To be fair; if you ever drop your phone, yelling "MEIN HANDY" does seem pretty appropriate.
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Mar 3, 2015 17:32
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Here's an obsolete thing: a separate word for mobile phones.
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Mar 3, 2015 18:07
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Mr. Flunchy posted:Thanks. And here's an interesting thing: I love the story of how Booth came up with the vacuum cleaner. He'd gone to some demonstration a guy was giving of his revolutionary dust removing device. Booth observed that the device was merely blowing dust around the room, and that a real removing device would suck up the dust instead. "Sucking is impossible", said the rival inventor, upon which Booth demonstrated that it was not by personally sucking the dust off the settee. He proved his point, but nearly choked to death on dust in the process.
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Mar 3, 2015 18:15
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I would love to be in a store to witness a German immigrant asking the sales lady for a handy.
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Mar 3, 2015 18:29
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Jerry Cotton posted:Here's an obsolete thing: a separate word for mobile phones. Which reminds me: people referring to television sets as "flatscreens" when it's been years since they stopped selling (and probably manufacturing) new non-flat screens. Bonus if they are referring to them as though they were some kind of extravagant luxury item even though they are considerably cheaper than CRTs with similar screen sizes were back in the day.
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Jedit posted:I love the story of how Booth came up with the vacuum cleaner. He'd gone to some demonstration a guy was giving of his revolutionary dust removing device. Booth observed that the device was merely blowing dust around the room, and that a real removing device would suck up the dust instead. "Sucking is impossible", said the rival inventor, upon which Booth demonstrated that it was not by personally sucking the dust off the settee. He proved his point, but nearly choked to death on dust in the process. That's loving hilarious.
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Jedit posted:"Sucking is impossible", said the rival inventor, I knew my ex was lying.
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Kopijeger posted:Which reminds me: people referring to television sets as "flatscreens" when it's been years since they stopped selling (and probably manufacturing) new non-flat screens. Bonus if they are referring to them as though they were some kind of extravagant luxury item even though they are considerably cheaper than CRTs with similar screen sizes were back in the day. I have a flatscreen CRT screen in my room. It's mostly used for my PlayStation to sit on, or sometimes as a temporary place to leave something. Amusingly, I remember the left and right edges of whatever was showing on TV looking odd, because apparently the image that was being signaled was curved, so as to appear normal on curved screens. Not sure if that's true or not, but it always struck me as that kind of thing.
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Mar 3, 2015 18:48
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Kopijeger posted:Which reminds me: people referring to television sets as "flatscreens" when it's been years since they stopped selling (and probably manufacturing) new non-flat screens. Bonus if they are referring to them as though they were some kind of extravagant luxury item even though they are considerably cheaper than CRTs with similar screen sizes were back in the day. My parents still mention that they "taped" a show, even though they haven't actually recorded TV onto VHS in a decade. 
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Mar 3, 2015 18:52
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stealie72 posted:Those arent that obsolete. I was using one to play my iPod and then my phone through an old boombox in my workshop until a couple years ago. A few pages late, but if you want really really obsolete car tech look no further than an 8 track FM adapter: 
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Mar 3, 2015 19:03
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carry on then posted:My parents still mention that they "taped" a show, even though they haven't actually recorded TV onto VHS in a decade. I still use that too. (34). I wonder if anyone born after 2005 is going to wonder why the universal symbol for rolling down your window is moving your hand in a circle. Do they even make cars without power windows anymore?
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Mar 3, 2015 19:06
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AFewBricksShy posted:I still use that too. (34). Why's the save button in my computer this blue lego block?
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Mar 3, 2015 19:11
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Did someone mention the envelope icon yet?
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Mar 3, 2015 19:13
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Elliotw2 posted:Why's the save button in my computer this blue lego block? Yeah that's a big problem in UI, especially Apple. Pretty soon even poo poo like the shape of a non-cellphone phone is going to be alien to most people.
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Mar 3, 2015 19:15
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Zaphod42 posted:Yeah that's a big problem in UI, especially Apple. Not to mention the shape of a cellphone has changed quite a bit.
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Mar 3, 2015 19:16
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AFewBricksShy posted:Do they even make cars without power windows anymore? Yes. Not a lot of them, but they make a token "base model" for your cheaper economy cars for three reasons: 1) So dealerships can charge you extra to "upgrade" to models with power windows and locks. 2) So rental agencies have literally the cheapest cars they can possibly get to rent out when you select the "economy" option. 3) When car manufacturers have to give you a new car for whatever reason. I only include the last one because it happened to a friend of mine. He had a recall on his Toyota pickup, and in trying to fix it, the dealership actually hosed it up so bad it couldn't be safely driven, so Toyota got him a new car...but damned if they were going to spend more money than they had to. No power anything, no CD player/stereo with an AUX/USB/Bluetooth input, etc... And this was in 2010 or 2011, too.
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Mar 3, 2015 19:21
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I can't think of anything that comes with hand crank windows in the US at this point. Even the cheapest Versa, which stickers for about $11K, has electric window regulators. I poked around a few other economy cars - same thing. This is because they are cheaper and significantly simplify both the supply chain and the manufacturing process.
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Mar 3, 2015 19:58
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I see broken power windows often enough that I can see the point in having manual ones.
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Mar 3, 2015 20:29
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SquadronROE posted:I almost bought a house with a central vacuum cleaner. There was an outlet in each room you would plug the tube into, which also made a circuit connection that turned on the vacuum. Pretty cool tech for a house, but you're right. A blockage would take forever to clear. this is just stupid. how much harder is it to carry a small vacuum cleaner? some don't even need a cord.
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Mar 3, 2015 20:46
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Rambling Robot posted:this is just stupid. how much harder is it to carry a small vacuum cleaner? some don't even need a cord. One selling point that was pretty valid at least ten years or more ago was that "regular" vacuum cleaners pushed most of the poo poo they sucked up straight out of their asses into the air whereas central vacuums would suck it... somewhere else so you don't have to breath it.
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Mar 3, 2015 20:52
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:I can't think of anything that comes with hand crank windows in the US at this point. Even the cheapest Versa, which stickers for about $11K, has electric window regulators. I poked around a few other economy cars - same thing. This is because they are cheaper and significantly simplify both the supply chain and the manufacturing process. I only looked at the cheapest car I could think of, but in the UK you can in fact buy a car with manual rear windows: 
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There's a huge market for super-cheap small cars in the UK - I can't think what the model's called, but the one I'm thinking of has a rear 'door' that just lifts the back windscreen with a single gas strut. It was designed to BE cheap, without cutting corners, so it includes details like that, as well as obvious cost-cutting like manual windows.
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Mar 3, 2015 21:28
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thespaceinvader posted:There's a huge market for super-cheap small cars in the UK - I can't think what the model's called, but the one I'm thinking of has a rear 'door' that just lifts the back windscreen with a single gas strut. It was designed to BE cheap, without cutting corners, so it includes details like that, as well as obvious cost-cutting like manual windows. Toyota Aygo aka Peugeot 107 aka Citroën C1, though most of the sales were probably of the higher-spec model with electric windows etc.  It also has a super-frugal 1.0L 3-cylinder that is absolutely hilarious to flog the poo poo out of.
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Mar 3, 2015 21:33
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KozmoNaut posted:Toyota Aygo aka Peugeot 107 aka Citroën C1, though most of the sales were probably of the higher-spec model with electric windows and a radio etc. Hah. I've had to drive those before, they're basically a lawnmower with bodywork made of recycled beer cans. Press the accelerator and in the lower gears you stand a chance of speeding up sometime tomorrow.
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Mar 3, 2015 21:35
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DigitalRaven posted:Hah. I've had to drive those before, they're basically a lawnmower with bodywork made of recycled beer cans. Press the accelerator and in the lower gears you stand a chance of speeding up sometime tomorrow. Handles like a go-kart though, because it's so stripped-back.
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Zaphod42 posted:Yeah that's a big problem in UI, especially Apple. I rather like this icon to signify "download":  i.e. the reverse of the "share" icon. Safari iOS already does it this way.
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Mar 3, 2015 21:54
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DigitalRaven posted:Hah. I've had to drive those before, they're basically a lawnmower with bodywork made of recycled beer cans. Press the accelerator and in the lower gears you stand a chance of speeding up sometime tomorrow. This isn't my experience of them, albeit I've driven in one with I think the 1.4 engine - even with four people, one of whom is around 200lb, it still have a god amount of go to it. I thought it was the Aygo, but the newer models are a lot bigger and less cheap-looking.
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thespaceinvader posted:This isn't my experience of them, albeit I've driven in one with I think the 1.4 engine - even with four people, one of whom is around 200lb, it still have a god amount of go to it. The car club here has the lowest possible spec from about 2012. It's fine 0-25, but beyond that it refuses to do anything. Worse, as soon as you start going up a hill (and everywhere here is uphill), forget it.
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Grim Up North posted:I only looked at the cheapest car I could think of, but in the UK you can in fact buy a car with manual rear windows: Good news!
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Mar 3, 2015 23:41
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AFewBricksShy posted:I wonder if anyone born after 2005 is going to wonder why the universal symbol for rolling down your window is moving your hand in a circle. Do they even make cars without power windows anymore? pretty sure they're going to understand rollup windows unless every kid born after 2005 is upper-middle class, dude new cars aren't exactly cheap for most people
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or they'll understand it because they're not retarded and can figure it out. and I'd imagine a new signal will emerge anyhow, eventually.
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Jerry Cotton posted:One selling point that was pretty valid at least ten years or more ago was that "regular" vacuum cleaners pushed most of the poo poo they sucked up straight out of their asses into the air whereas central vacuums would suck it... somewhere else so you don't have to breath it. My brother installed one in his house. He has two cats and a dog, so he has to vacuum a lot and likes the fact that the central vacuum is quieter than a regular one. His pets are still terrified of it though.
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Jasper Tin Neck posted:My brother installed one in his house. He has two cats and a dog, so he has to vacuum a lot and likes the fact that the central vacuum is quieter than a regular one. His pets are still terrified of it though. He should train them to like being vacuumed. Of course that doesn't make things easier for the cleaner.
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Christmas Present posted:pretty sure they're going to understand rollup windows unless every kid born after 2005 is upper-middle class, dude That's why I said 2005. The bulk of cars on the road are from 1995 on (based purely upon only my personal drive every day, the actual statistics are probably way lower), and I'd venture to say that easily 90% of cars made from 2000 on have electric windows, again pulling statistics out of my rear end. Just looked it up and the average age of a car is 11.5 years old. My lovely '89 lesabre had them, so that's what I'm going off of. Edit: according to a news report, 80% of cars sold in 2004 had power windows, and in 2012 it was 95%. This backs up anything I posted above 0% AFewBricksShy has a new favorite as of 01:31 on Mar 4, 2015 |
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AFewBricksShy posted:That's why I said 2005. The bulk of cars on the road are from 1995 on (based purely upon only my personal drive every day, the actual statistics are probably way lower), and I'd venture to say that easily 90% of cars made from 2000 on have electric windows, again pulling statistics out of my rear end.
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Humphreys posted:'Cell phones' were the original given name to a cordless phone that could be accessed on certain public areas like a hotspot (think cordless payphone booth). That reminds me. My local train station has what must be one of the last surviving Rabbit signs left in the country.
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Jasper Tin Neck posted:My brother installed one in his house. He has two cats and a dog, so he has to vacuum a lot and likes the fact that the central vacuum is quieter than a regular one. His pets are still terrified of it though. There's one in my current house and it's pretty good. It has strong suction and never clogs.
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pienipple posted:There's one in my current house and it's pretty good. It has strong suction and never clogs. Yeah my parents have a central vac in their house, it's pretty awesome and hasn't clogged once in 17 years. They've had one problem, the motor wore out last year but it was covered under warranty. Every so often my dad feeds it a handful of walnut/hazelnut/pistachio shells or some pennies to help ream out the lines, just in case.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:I can't think of anything that comes with hand crank windows in the US at this point. Even the cheapest Versa, which stickers for about $11K, has electric window regulators. I poked around a few other economy cars - same thing. This is because they are cheaper and significantly simplify both the supply chain and the manufacturing process. At least the SMART and Fiesta have crank windows as standard.
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