What gadget, product or thing has been a major disappointment?

[Fordulike]

Following along the lines of my other thread, I thought I would create this one, so members can post a gadget, product or thing that hasn't lived up to their expectations.

I'll start the ball rolling with Super Glue.

I have no idea why it ever got the name Super Glue, because in reality, it rarely ever sticks two things together that lasts longer than a day.

Plastic to plastic usually lasts the longest, but try metal to metal and yer better off using chewing gum

Even when I accidently broke the other arf's cherished NatWest Pig, which I believe is ceramic, it failed to provide a lasting bond, and I got rumbled and received a sound beating

 

[Croxden]

I thought the same but I have had success with other makes of superglue.

The glue from markets is usually poor, good stuff from Ideal World. I hope to get my fingers apart one day.

 

[Fordulike]

Thought I'd add another.... Windows 8

 

[mike killay]

My smart phone.
Except for the camera, life is complicated enough without this, and I never need mobile internet etc.
Back to the carrier pigeons.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

My smart phone.
Except for the camera, life is complicated enough without this, and I never need mobile internet etc.
Back to the carrier pigeons.

Unfortunately, you're doomed to extinction like the dynosaurs., and all those people without the mobile phone gene in their DNA will die out with you, said a guy called Darwin.

My most disappointing gadget was one of those Traffic Master thingies that told you about imminent traffic jams before we had Google Maps. It worked really well, but only for one year. After that, you had to pay a susbscription cost that wasn't clear at the time of purchase of the device. For that reason, I didn't want to pay the subscription. The disappointment was because I really missed it.

Don't forget that if you have Google Maps on your smartphone, you can switch on "traffic" and see in realtime where there's slow moving or stationary traffic anywhere in the country. That's reason 423 to have a smart phone.

 

[Croxden]

So I'm doomed, but not my children & grandchildren. Darwin missed a trick there.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Genes that jump generations are called recessive genes. It's really bad luck that it jumped you. Your grandfather probably had it, but it was his bad luck that smartphones hadn't been invented then. Anyway, most of your genes will live on in your offspring, but you, unfortunately, will eventually die taking your missing gene with you, or not, as is the case.

 

[flecc]

Unfortunately, you're doomed to extinction like the dynosaurs., and all those people without the mobile phone gene in their DNA will die out with you, said a guy called Darwin.

More likely the opposite, as all those people walking around with faces continuously buried in their smartphones get run over by traffic or killed by wild animals, depending on which country they are in.
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[Deleted member 4366]

More likely the opposite, as all those people walking around with faces continuously buried in their smartphones get run over by traffic or killed by wild animals, depending on which country they are in.
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That means that only people that can't hack it with smarphones will survive, so there won't be any smartphones in the world. I'm doomed. I might as well top myself now, then.

 

[mike killay]

So, if I pay good hard earned money out of my pension, I can find out where all the traffic jams in the country are?
Fascinating.

 

[flecc]

That means that only people that can't hack it with smarphones will survive, so there won't be any smartphones in the world. I'm doomed. I might as well top myself now, then.

Maybe, there are many who believe for various reasons that our modern technological civilisation will eventually collapse and society will revert to a primitive state.

I don't agree with that though and recognise the usefulness of smartphones for large numbers. I just think the obsessive use of them unhealthy and can't see the point for someone like myself who cannot realistically have much use for one. That's especially true since I have no usable signal here at home or at the place I visit most.
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[mike killay]

If we do revert to primitive conditions, I can eat the carrier pigeons.
Try that with a smart phone.

 

[SteveRuss]

Wireless debit/credit card payment cards.

To me. This is a start of something bad for the end user..

Typing in four numbers that only you know was one thing. Passing by a machine that can debit your account by up to £20/30 per transaction is just crazy..

 

[Fordulike]

Wireless debit/credit card payment cards.

To me. This is a start of something bad for the end user..

Typing in four numbers that only you know was one thing. Passing by a machine that can debit your account by up to £20/30 per transaction is just crazy..

I'm wondering if it's possible to rustle together a device that can swipe peoples cash in crowded places?
If you only need to be close to the card, then maybe it's possible, or indeed already happening

BTW, I'm not after building one myself lol

 

[SteveRuss]

I'm wondering if it's possible to rustle together a device that can swipe peoples cash in crowded places?
If you only need to be close to the card, then maybe it's possible, or indeed already happening

BTW, I'm not after building one myself lol

Almost everything is possible and in this case very probable.

To these transaction companies, it's a profitable transaction for them regardless if it's legitimate or not. I'm not fan at all..

 

[selrahc1992]

Following along the lines of my other thread, I thought I would create this one, so members can post a gadget, product or thing that hasn't lived up to their expectations.

I'll start the ball rolling with Super Glue.

I have no idea why it ever got the name Super Glue, because in reality, it rarely ever sticks two things together that lasts longer than a day.

Plastic to plastic usually lasts the longest, but try metal to metal and yer better off using chewing gum

Even when I accidently broke the other arf's cherished NatWest Pig, which I believe is ceramic, it failed to provide a lasting bond, and I got rumbled and received a sound beating

under "thing" (in the frankenstein's monster or "what is that thing?" as one gaze into the cuvette sense), how about elections?

 

[flecc]

how about elections?

And by extension, politicians.

They've never lived up to expectations.
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[Croxden]

And by extension, politicians.

They've never lived up to expectations.
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They always do flecc, they disappoint.

 

[neptune]

The transaction companies, and many politicians, dream of the cashless society. It is the taxman`s wet dream, everything recorded and controlled. Ed Miliband spoke of requiring a receipt for every transaction, no matter how small.

The cashless society is not going to happen. Think of the implications for people on the fringes of society. Imagine a busker having to stop playing to record every donation. And what about prostitutes, and the homeless.

The result will be the use of alternative currencies, of one kind or another. It could take a number of forms, like Bitcoin, or even cigarettes. In Germany, before the war, and for a time after the war, cigarettes were the currency of choice. It is said that some packets had been in circulation so long as to be unsmokable, They were still accepted as currency.

In the unlikely event that smoking drops below 10% for whatever reason, their use as currency becomes less likely. But there are other possibilites, from canned food to other basic necessities.

 

[Cyclezee]

Following along the lines of my other thread, I thought I would create this one, so members can post a gadget, product or thing that hasn't lived up to their expectations.

I'll start the ball rolling with Super Glue.

I have no idea why it ever got the name Super Glue, because in reality, it rarely ever sticks two things together that lasts longer than a day.

Plastic to plastic usually lasts the longest, but try metal to metal and yer better off using chewing gum

Even when I accidently broke the other arf's cherished NatWest Pig, which I believe is ceramic, it failed to provide a lasting bond, and I got rumbled and received a sound beating

When using super glue, or use it's correct name cyanoacrylate, for sticking porus materials like a NatWest Pig, dampen both parts first with water, apply a minimal amount to one surface and position the parts accurately first time, you won't get a second chance.

Moisture needs to be present for it work effectively.

It is a brilliant product if used correctly on the right materials.

In my previous profession I used it for several tasks and in many cases the joint was stronger than the material itself.

There are many grades of super glue so you need the right one for the right task.

For obvious reasons it needs to handled with care and the container must be sealed when not in use otherwise the shelf life will be very short.

If you want a really strong joint that will last, epoxy resin the the adhesive of choice.