Most overhyped thing (that fell flat) in the last 10 years?

[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: birdpup
Weapons of Mass Destruction

I believe this is the correct answer.

 

[daveymark]

Originally posted by: MasterAndCommander
Democatic Party

QFT

 

[purbeast0]

beanie babies.

 

[NiKeFiDO]

Originally posted by: ntdz
Seinfeld finale?

wasnt that good, i agree, but it accomplished its goal.

Originally posted by: Budmantom
Minidisc

this is another good one i agree with (i owned a minidisck player!!!!)

 

[Glavinsolo]

John Kerry

 

[AgentEL]

Nokia Ngage

 

[Glavinsolo]

Tony Little's Gazelle

 

[phantom309]

Originally posted by: SagaLore
Yea but without the Y2K "hype", and the mad rush to either fix it or put in patches around it - it very well could have crashed a lot of important systems.

I second the Rambus.

Exactly. Y2k wasn't a disaster precisely because governments and business spent billions of dollars and countless man-hours preparing for it. They took it seriously and did their jobs well. So Jan 1 comes and goes without anything bad happening - and this huge bloc of idiots suddenly think we wasted all that time and energy over nothing - because nothing bad happened. Stupid.

 

[Glavinsolo]

Low Carb Beer

 

[newbiepcuser]

AT's ELITE status

 

[Wooglin]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
dan and dave

So true. I remember watching all those commercials up to the games, and then BUST.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: phantom309

Originally posted by: SagaLore
Yea but without the Y2K "hype", and the mad rush to either fix it or put in patches around it - it very well could have crashed a lot of important systems.

I second the Rambus.

Exactly. Y2k wasn't a disaster precisely because governments and business spent billions of dollars and countless man-hours preparing for it. They took it seriously and did their jobs well. So Jan 1 comes and goes without anything bad happening - and this huge bloc of idiots suddenly think we wasted all that time and energy over nothing - because nothing bad happened. Stupid.

Lets face it though, if the economy wasn't booming then we probably have all been like "lets wait and see" and let it blow up in our faces.

 

[hevnsnt]

Originally posted by: deftron
I nominate the Y2K Bug

Followed closely by the Segway

I would pick those two, in that order.

 

[ultimatebob]

How about the SCO group? Or, is it too early to declare that one dead?

 

[Fenixgoon]

daikitana!

 

[PHiuR]

Stealth

 

[tm37]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: sonz70
Rambus!!!!!

:|

And I was one of the people that have that crap in their PC. :thumbsdown:

It was not crap just really too expensive.

Anyone remeber the DIVx Players. Buy a movie and you can watch it for 3 days?

 

[jdub1107]

Mini Discs

 

[apac]

Whatever that date was, like May 20th 2004 or something where a guy was going to reveal the "huge secret" he found and wrote about. Turned out to be a book promo. Lame.

 

[Tremulant]

segway. rambus. dotcom revolution.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: PHiuR
Stealth

Stealth is applied to just about all new aircraft. It didn't fall flat, it just went mainstream.

 

[jjones]

A lot of people are mentioning passing fads, not things that are truly hyped. I'd say Segway is a good candidate for an over-hyped product that fell flat.

 

[Kalbi]

Lance Livestrong

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: jjones
A lot of people are mentioning passing fads, not things that are truly hyped. I'd say Segway is a good candidate for an over-hyped product that fell flat.

True. Segway was one, Y2K was another.

 

[aircooled]

:CueCat remember this?