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It saddens me that machines like this are still functional after so many years while modern technology is just a piece of garbage that cannot be expected to wor

It saddens me that machines like this are still functional after so many years while modern technology is just a piece of garbage that cannot be expected to work after five years or less. It saddens me because with my current skills I am completely sure that whatever I try to build right now will disappear in a couple of years and people will forget about me, I cannot even imagine Google being alive in a century, or who knows, maybe when the AI evolves to the point where we will have a walking/talking machine in every house named GoogleBot :D

JoeAltmaier 10y ago
It took the treasury of a cathedral to create that one clock. Silicon foundaries today make 100's of millions of timepieces each year. I like the modern approach.
lisper 10y ago
That's more a function of the market than of our technology. I have a ~40 year old calculator that still works just fine. Partly because of that, I haven't bought a new calculator since then. Planned obsolescence produces more revenue.
13of40 10y ago
If you think about it, most folks from that time weren't making clocks either. They were making lots of junk that has since been burned, buried, broken, or tossed down the out house hole. If you want to leave a legacy, you should stop being Yorman the Web Site Developer and try being Yorman the Artist or Yorman the Architect.
- inimino 10y ago
  Most art and achitecture hasn't survived either.
icantdrive55 10y ago
We are letting them take take our money, and ruin this planet. We bought into the "It's cheaper to buy a new one!", and it was a huge gift to corporations, and certain individuals. It started with Laptops; then just seemed to spread like a disease. Apple products are not impossible to repair, but Apple has hidden that repair information--to even Apple Service Techs. A tech sees a bad cap on a mother board, or gets a specific error code. (A code that would map out the resistor, cap, etc. on the mother board.). The Apple tech looks up the code, and knows the repair is under a dollar in parts. But Apple says to replace the entire board, at a usually around $750. A new computer is a few hundred dollars more. We buy the new computer, and Apple has more money to hide in Ireland? Beyond crazy? (And yes, I'm using an Apple product to write this, but the minute Apple gets cute, and plans for obsolescence; I'm gone forever. I think they are doing it right now, but can't prove it.) We buy these rediculiously complicated vechicles, like they will last forever. We never buy on the basis of repairability. I know a dealership mechanic. He said he learns to repair on customer time. He is one of the better mechanics I went to automotive school with. It's a running joke at the dealership. Don't get me started on Independant shops. "Sure--we can fix!" And then the call, "Oh yea, it needs an infarcukayir. I tink?" We blindly buy two year durable goods, and lucky if they last two years. In school, years ago, I laughed at two year durable goods, in a marketing class. "I would never buy a washing machine that only lasts two years." I said back then. My current Bosh washer rings, uses very little water, but doesn't clean the clothes. Do I plan on fixing it. I currently have a extra drum, but when I looked into tearing it apart; no way. When that washer stops ringing--it will be thrown out, and I'll buy another another one? We need to start demanding companies provide all repair information, and sell us parts if they want to do business in America. Vechicle repair information--make every state demand they turn over repair information. (Massachusetts is, I believe, the only state that has a Right to repair law.) All electronics--make all repair/service information available online. If you don't have repair information, just post the schematics. All mechanical devises(like those fancy Swiss watches)--sell parts to consumer. I honestly don't care if you think they can't repair your gizmo. And I know, at this point on history, we are all just pawns. I hope we look back in ten years, and the top post on HN is "In 2016, they we Not allowed to repair stuff they bought."
nicky0 10y ago
Why does it matter if you are forgotten?
nicky0 10y ago
Why does it matter if you are forgotten?
pjc50 10y ago
There are people thinking about this question: http://longnow.org/clock/ http://longnow.org/clock/

JoeAltmaier 10y ago

It took the treasury of a cathedral to create that one clock. Silicon foundaries today make 100's of millions of timepieces each year. I like the modern approach.

lisper 10y ago

That's more a function of the market than of our technology. I have a ~40 year old calculator that still works just fine. Partly because of that, I haven't bought a new calculator since then. Planned obsolescence produces more revenue.

13of40 10y ago

If you think about it, most folks from that time weren't making clocks either. They were making lots of junk that has since been burned, buried, broken, or tossed down the out house hole. If you want to leave a legacy, you should stop being Yorman the Web Site Developer and try being Yorman the Artist or Yorman the Architect.

inimino 10y ago
Most art and achitecture hasn't survived either.

icantdrive55 10y ago

We are letting them take take our money, and ruin this planet. We bought into the "It's cheaper to buy a new one!", and it was a huge gift to corporations, and certain individuals. It started with Laptops; then just seemed to spread like a disease. Apple products are not impossible to repair, but Apple has hidden that repair information--to even Apple Service Techs. A tech sees a bad cap on a mother board, or gets a specific error code. (A code that would map out the resistor, cap, etc. on the mother board.). The Apple tech looks up the code, and knows the repair is under a dollar in parts. But Apple says to replace the entire board, at a usually around $750. A new computer is a few hundred dollars more. We buy the new computer, and Apple has more money to hide in Ireland? Beyond crazy? (And yes, I'm using an Apple product to write this, but the minute Apple gets cute, and plans for obsolescence; I'm gone forever. I think they are doing it right now, but can't prove it.) We buy these rediculiously complicated vechicles, like they will last forever. We never buy on the basis of repairability. I know a dealership mechanic. He said he learns to repair on customer time. He is one of the better mechanics I went to automotive school with. It's a running joke at the dealership. Don't get me started on Independant shops. "Sure--we can fix!" And then the call, "Oh yea, it needs an infarcukayir. I tink?" We blindly buy two year durable goods, and lucky if they last two years. In school, years ago, I laughed at two year durable goods, in a marketing class. "I would never buy a washing machine that only lasts two years." I said back then. My current Bosh washer rings, uses very little water, but doesn't clean the clothes. Do I plan on fixing it. I currently have a extra drum, but when I looked into tearing it apart; no way. When that washer stops ringing--it will be thrown out, and I'll buy another another one? We need to start demanding companies provide all repair information, and sell us parts if they want to do business in America. Vechicle repair information--make every state demand they turn over repair information. (Massachusetts is, I believe, the only state that has a Right to repair law.) All electronics--make all repair/service information available online. If you don't have repair information, just post the schematics. All mechanical devises(like those fancy Swiss watches)--sell parts to consumer. I honestly don't care if you think they can't repair your gizmo. And I know, at this point on history, we are all just pawns. I hope we look back in ten years, and the top post on HN is "In 2016, they we Not allowed to repair stuff they bought."

nicky0 10y ago

Why does it matter if you are forgotten?

nicky0 10y ago

Why does it matter if you are forgotten?

pjc50 10y ago

There are people thinking about this question: http://longnow.org/clock/ http://longnow.org/clock/