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

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: dquan97
jessica alba

<-- runs and hides from the lynch mob

bah, she's bigger than she's ever been right now.

:camera:'s

 

[Toasthead]

Originally posted by: Yossarian
Segway easily. "It will change the way cities are designed" hahaha yeah right. Now they're used by rich idiots to play polo.

haha Did he really say that??? what a moron

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: dquan97
jessica alba

<-- runs and hides from the lynch mob

bah, she's bigger than she's ever been right now.

:camera:'s

you must've missed her recent beach pics.

 

[Nick5324]

Originally posted by: Budmantom
Minidisc

:thumbsup: At first, i thought a little CD would be great, but i never bought one. Almost nobody else did either. Oh, thanks JParker001 for your input.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

ricky martin.

2003-2004 Lakers.

and of course:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php?date=1999-11-22&res=l

 

[Whitecloak]

DNF

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

Originally posted by: sonz70
The end of oil

where have you been? it's just taking a little longer than people expected. look at oil prices now.

and i nominate AOL. didn't timewarner buy it for like 100 billion or something?

 

[HumblePie]

Star Wars episodes 1-3
Matrix episode 2-3

 

[tw1164]

broadband

 

[luckysnafu]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
the bush 'presidency'

QFT to the max

 

[Steve]

Itanium

 

[Calin]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: sonz70
Rambus!!!!!

:|

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

Rambus is very good for some devices (low pincount - good for cheap designs). It doesn't matter that RAMBUS was 900$ for a 128MB stick when your device only needs 1MB, and a DDR design would need a much more expensive (more than 9$ more expensive) printed circuit board.
However, on the PC side it had a slow start and took a big nosedive, mainly based on cost considerations (having at most the same performance as the DRAM of the days never helped).

 

[Ktulu]

Originally posted by: tw1164
broadband

NO WAY!!, i'm now able to download pr0n at speeds i could only dream of as a kid

 

[SouthPaW1227]

African Killer Bees wiping out America *sigh*

 

[Malladine]

segway

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Blayze
some would say Star Wars Episode I

im going to say episode 3, since i think it was still terrible despite so many good reviews.

 

[electricJ]

Originally posted by: Stefan
PS2?

I hope you aren't serious....

 

[woowoo]

AM Stereo

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Calin

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: sonz70
Rambus!!!!!

:|

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

Rambus is very good for some devices (low pincount - good for cheap designs). It doesn't matter that RAMBUS was 900$ for a 128MB stick when your device only needs 1MB, and a DDR design would need a much more expensive (more than 9$ more expensive) printed circuit board.
However, on the PC side it had a slow start and took a big nosedive, mainly based on cost considerations (having at most the same performance as the DRAM of the days never helped).

Right, so it made more sense to buy a stick of $900 memory to save $9 on the motherboard?

 

[imported_ceefka]

Originally posted by: Nick5324

Originally posted by: Budmantom
Minidisc

:thumbsup: At first, i thought a little CD would be great, but i never bought one. Almost nobody else did either. Oh, thanks JParker001 for your input.

MD has its purpose and it's a niche. They wouldn't admit it then. I guess digital media players have taken over. I use MD to record rehearsals with the band. I don't mind it being a little compressed data. There wasn't anything more handy available then. DAT recorders were good, but not as handy. Today's mediaplayers weren't available or in its infancy. I still like the idea of the floppy-like housing. Something DVDs really mis in my opinion. Ever rented one?

 

[Patt]

I'll vote for Segway ... followed by Doom 3. These are tech. busts though.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: ceefka

Originally posted by: Nick5324

Originally posted by: Budmantom
Minidisc

:thumbsup: At first, i thought a little CD would be great, but i never bought one. Almost nobody else did either. Oh, thanks JParker001 for your input.

MD has its purpose and it's a niche. They wouldn't admit it then. I guess digital media players have taken over. I use MD to record rehearsals with the band. I don't mind it being a little compressed data. There wasn't anything more handy available then. DAT recorders were good, but not as handy. Today's mediaplayers weren't available or in its infancy. I still like the idea of the floppy-like housing. Something DVDs really mis in my opinion. Ever rented one?

I would use MDs if freaking Sony would make a player capable of playing mp3s, instead of converting to that ATRAC crap.

 

[ultimatebob]

I'll vote for the Segway, along with the dozens of failed .com businesses that specialized in online grocery and pet food delivery.

 

[ManyBeers]

I'll go with 4-wheel steering.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

dan and dave