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this morning i read this headline on msn.com: "10 technologies that deserve to die." curious, i clicked.

because of the department i used to work in, when i think of technology i think of gadgets. i think of electronic devices that have been invented in a futile attempt to make our lives easier -- as if we didn't already reach that peak with the remote control.

before reading the list, i wondered which technologies i would say deserve to die ... and then, because i'm such a softhearted person, i wondered if anything truly deserves to die ...

... well, yeah ... duh ... this isn't the peace corps.

so, here's a list of useless things i'd get rid of if i had a say:

• spam blockers
• the steam magic pro
• RONCO
• electric staplers
• 40-watt light bulbs
• the "close door" button in the elevator

finally, i read the msn article ... and this guy is going on about nuclear weapons, the internal combustion engine, and land mines ... i thought purging those was just implied. had i missed the mark? no. the last technology on his list was DVDs.

it was then that i realized that he's a barking lunatic and i'd wasted three minutes reading his article when i could have been working.