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Some of these entries are questionable... Calling the Iridium network a failure is wrong. Iridium has been in consistent active use by the military and ships a

Some of these entries are questionable... Calling the Iridium network a failure is wrong. Iridium has been in consistent active use by the military and ships at sea from its inception to now and they are still launching new satellites as recently as last year. And the blurb on No Man's Sky ends with "the game later managed a major turnaround from its disastrous launch and became a great success". Great Success is not the same as Failure.

ortusdux 3y ago
I'd love for this site to have an entry about itself full of critiques like yours.
- BugsJustFindMe 3y ago
  Lol. You know what, if that were the first entry I'd be pleased. "All museums are inherently failures, including this one. Here are the accumulated critiques from visitors just like you..." This is a real thing that real museums really do struggle with. Including it would be honest and introspective.
RajT88 3y ago
In fairness... The military bought it in a fire sale after it failed. Totally agree on No Man's Sky. Minidisc was questionable because it definitely found a few niches, of which I knew a bunch of people in college: - Music Fans / Bootleggers - Radio station DJ's - People who thought portable CD players were too big (before MP3 players) - Audiophiles(?) It had some good use cases, it just didn't live up to Sony's Dream of becoming the new standard. Sony, for its part, had a few huge successes, but their past is littered with failed formats they hoped would be the Next Big Thing.
- secretsatan 3y ago
  Always disappointed to see minidisc on these lists, especially as it was much more successful outside the US (I think the perception is often US centric). But OTH, you can still buy CDs, it did fail as a replacement.
ajsnigrutin 3y ago
And not just them... you can still buy a lot of consumer devices, that are quite popular with people who travel to areas with spotty cell reception. eg: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/c/outdoor-recreation/satellite-communicators/ https://www.garmin.com/en-US/c/outdoor-recreation/satellite-...

ortusdux 3y ago

I'd love for this site to have an entry about itself full of critiques like yours.

BugsJustFindMe 3y ago
Lol. You know what, if that were the first entry I'd be pleased. "All museums are inherently failures, including this one. Here are the accumulated critiques from visitors just like you..." This is a real thing that real museums really do struggle with. Including it would be honest and introspective.

RajT88 3y ago

In fairness... The military bought it in a fire sale after it failed. Totally agree on No Man's Sky. Minidisc was questionable because it definitely found a few niches, of which I knew a bunch of people in college: - Music Fans / Bootleggers - Radio station DJ's - People who thought portable CD players were too big (before MP3 players) - Audiophiles(?) It had some good use cases, it just didn't live up to Sony's Dream of becoming the new standard. Sony, for its part, had a few huge successes, but their past is littered with failed formats they hoped would be the Next Big Thing.

secretsatan 3y ago
Always disappointed to see minidisc on these lists, especially as it was much more successful outside the US (I think the perception is often US centric). But OTH, you can still buy CDs, it did fail as a replacement.

ajsnigrutin 3y ago

And not just them... you can still buy a lot of consumer devices, that are quite popular with people who travel to areas with spotty cell reception. eg: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/c/outdoor-recreation/satellite-communicators/ https://www.garmin.com/en-US/c/outdoor-recreation/satellite-...