Tech Half Life Plummeting

May 16, 2012 by Dave Michels

Today I looked in the glove box of my ten year old car. Among the typical glove box stuff (which never includes gloves) I saw my new/in-foil disposable camera. The package said to use it before 2006 – oops. The...

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Terry Gold May 16, 2012

I tried disposable cameras. No matter how many I threw away, I never got any pictures back.

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Tsahi Levent-Levi May 16, 2012

That’s why computers are called desk tops? Because they top once they reach your desk?

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Danm May 17, 2012

Tried to share your article an my Facebook Wall and it wouldn’t let me. Could this be the end of Facebook?

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Steve Carr May 18, 2012

sorry to correct you but….with half life and exponential decay, after the halfway point, things slow down not accelerate..as with radioactivity

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1. Dave Michels May 20, 2012
  
  Thanks Steve, you are correct.
  
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Bob May 25, 2012

If my computer is obsolete before I get it home, what’s the point? Will tech become an organic implant?

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