June 11th, 2002



The Top 10 Signs
Your Computer Is Obsolete


9> NASA has offered you $50,000 and a seat on the next shuttle mission in exchange for it.

8> The beads keep falling off.

7> At computer chess competitions it’s routinely trounced by the Univac.

6> The Babbage Difference Engine Company, Ltd. is no longer accepting tech support calls for this model.

5> Not only does it take forever to print out porn pics but the subtle skin tones aren’t reproduced faithfully by punch cards.

4> The Amiga is dead. Deal with it, Chester.

3> The wooden computer case is starting to rot.

2> Two words: coal-powered.

and the Number 1 Sign Your Computer Is Obsolete…

1> Instead of ones and zeroes, it only has zeroes.




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Credits:

Selected from 51 submissions from 18 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Mark Zinck, Grand Rapids, MI — 1, 8
Kim Moser, New York, NY — 2, 5, 7 (Hat trick!)
Kevin van Houten, The Colony, TX — 5, 6
Bruce Kane, Boynton Beach, FL — 3
Allen Lindsey, Cincinnati, OH — 4
Doug Crews, San Diego, CA — 6
Jack Scheer, Falls Church, VA — 9
Matt Van Opens, Kenosha, WI — 9
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator