10 gadgets of the decade

Thursday, December 31, 2009 by Draginol | Discussion: WinCustomize News

image The decade is over in less than a day. EnGadget has a great article on the top 10 gadgets of the decade.

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Lantec
Reply #1 Thursday, December 31, 2009 1:22 PM

hmmm....what about the USB flash drive? who DOESN'T have at least one?

Ausvet
Reply #2 Thursday, December 31, 2009 1:34 PM

They need a Wii.

WOM
Reply #3 Thursday, December 31, 2009 1:35 PM

Interesting read.

Philly0381
Reply #4 Thursday, December 31, 2009 1:49 PM

I have an older digitial camera and still have a computer with XP on it.  Never had any of the other stuff.

Mebion
Reply #5 Thursday, December 31, 2009 2:53 PM
We count from 1 upwards, therefore, the decade finishes at the end of 2010.
CarGuy1
Reply #6 Thursday, December 31, 2009 3:06 PM

We count from 1 upwards, therefore, the decade finishes at the end of 2010.

Actually, by counting from 1 upward (the first day in year zero or in this case 2000), the decade finishes at the begining of 2010.

2000 - 2001 = year 1

2001 - 2002 = year 2

2002 - 2003 = year 3

2003 - 2004 = year 4

2004 - 2005 = year 5

2005 - 2006 = year 6

2006 - 2007 = year 7

2007 - 2008 = year 8

2008 - 2009 = year 9

2009 - 2010 = year 10

CharlesCS
Reply #7 Thursday, December 31, 2009 5:18 PM

Interesting to see Apply and Microsoft fighting out all decade to have a few of their gadgets on this list. Funny though, I've always considered gadgets to be electronic or manual devices but never considered software to be a gadget, except maybe those in DesktopX but not really.

Jafo
Reply #8 Thursday, December 31, 2009 6:15 PM

the decade finishes at the begining of 2010.

Or to be more accurate at the last second/minute/hour of December 31 2009 .... Spell checker

CarGuy1
Reply #9 Thursday, December 31, 2009 7:05 PM


the decade finishes at the begining of 2010.


Or to be more accurate at the last second/minute/hour of December 31 2009 ....

I bow to the master of all things technical...you are correct sir.

tazgecko
Reply #10 Thursday, December 31, 2009 7:32 PM

Lantec
hmmm....what about the USB flash drive? who DOESN'T have at least one?

If Apple came out with the iDrive it would be on that list. USB flash drive should be in there.

 

Snap Hook
Reply #11 Thursday, December 31, 2009 10:39 PM
That is only true if you assume that year 2000 was the 1st year of the decade. Because there was no 0 AD the first year was 1 AD so from 1/1/0001 to 12/31/0001 was the 1st year. That means that the 10th year did not end until 12/31/0010. Two thousand years later the decade will end on 12/31/2010. Further to claim there was a 0 AD it must also follow that there was a 0 BC. The calendar would have looked like ... -3, -2, -1, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3 ... which we all know is folly.

To embrace 12/31/2009 as the end of the 2010th year, then you must claim that year 2009 was the 2010th year which is really silly, though the French could have devised it so.

This whole argument started because people couldn't bear to wait for the end of 2000 to celebrate.

starkers
Reply #12 Thursday, December 31, 2009 11:31 PM

the decade finishes at the begining of 2010.

Technically speaking, the decade (10 full years) ends at 12.00am on Dec 31st 2010.

EG: if you count from the 1st day of 2000 until the last day of 2009, you have only 9 years... not a full decade.

However, if you count from when 1 full year into the new year has elapsed (which is correct) until 10 full years have elapsed, you arrive at the first second of 2011... the beginning of a new decade.

Back on topic....

If Apple came out with the iDrive it would be on that list. USB flash drive should be in there.

It's just like the bullshit detector... also absent from that list!!  The reason???  Apple never released it cos Jobsy didn't want people to know they didn't invent the dock; the OS; the GUI; the scroll mouse; personal computers, laptops and mobile phones.

Mebion
Reply #13 Friday, January 1, 2010 6:45 AM
I heartily agree! Since the time of tally marks, the human race has counted from 1; therefore, the first decade did not end until the end of Year 10. Now if it is a chance for a party, that is a different matter, but ignoring the fact does not invalidate the fact.
mickeko
Reply #14 Friday, January 1, 2010 10:20 AM
Top 10 gadgets that defined the AMERICAN decade though... Tivo, Motorola and palmone has little to no leverage in europe.
Lantec
Reply #15 Friday, January 1, 2010 11:56 AM

the human race has counted from 1

? I don't think so...........

fred's standing nekkid in the desert....empty handed

how many apples does he have? 0

now I hand fred an apple...how many now? 1

but by your reasoning, he has 2........

CarGuy1
Reply #16 Friday, January 1, 2010 12:15 PM

Technically speaking, the decade (10 full years) ends at 12.00am on Dec 31st 2010.

EG: if you count from the 1st day of 2000 until the last day of 2009, you have only 9 years... not a full decade.

That's pirate math.

CarGuy1 makes a note to double check the captain when splitting up the booty.

starkers
Reply #17 Friday, January 1, 2010 12:16 PM

Lantec

the human race has counted from 1

? I don't think so...........

fred's standing nekkid in the desert....empty handed

how many apples does he have? 0

now I hand fred an apple...how many now? 1

but by your reasoning, he has 2........

Still wrong!  He has ONE apple... cos his other hand is covering his tockley to stop it getting sunburned.

Fact is, a decade consists of 10 full years... no less!  Now in this case, the decade commenced at January 1st 2000, right, and when the first full year had elapsed it was midnight December 31st 2001, right, and if you count from whence the first year elapsed, ten full years expires on December 31st 2010 at 12.00am.

The only way it could have ended on December 31st 2009 is if one year (any year) was canceled due to lack of interest, but was still mathematically calculated in by the powers that be to stop people retiring a year early.

starkers
Reply #18 Friday, January 1, 2010 12:26 PM

CarGuy1

Technically speaking, the decade (10 full years) ends at 12.00am on Dec 31st 2010.

EG: if you count from the 1st day of 2000 until the last day of 2009, you have only 9 years... not a full decade.

That's pirate math.

CarGuy1 makes a note to double check the captain when splitting up the booty.

It won't matt'r none if'n ye watches I divvy up tha booty... it's still g'wen ta be "One fer you n' two fer me... two fer you n' three fer me... three fer you n' four fer me"  Why? Cos I 'aves a ship t' run... an' it ban't be cheap... not when she be in dry dock gittin' fitted wiv gadgets so's us can sail up ta Stardock's front door.

Lantec
Reply #19 Friday, January 1, 2010 12:46 PM

Now in this case, the decade commenced at January 1st 2000, right, and when the first full year had elapsed it was midnight December 31st 2001, right,

wrong...unless they now use a standard year at having 730 days...I believe December 31st 2000 (vs 2001) would be more accurate

starkers
Reply #20 Friday, January 1, 2010 12:51 PM

Lantec

Now in this case, the decade commenced at January 1st 2000, right, and when the first full year had elapsed it was midnight December 31st 2001, right,

wrong...unless they now use a standard year at having 730 days...I believe December 31st 2000 (vs 2001) would be more accurate

You are quite correct... 2000 it was!  Bugger... damned typo, and I missed it.

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