In the set of options to choose when one hasn't a truly innovative notion to review then the one that tends to top the list is: "If there's a separable technol

In the set of options to choose when one hasn't a truly innovative notion to review then the one that tends to top the list is: "If there's a separable technology which hasn't shown significant public change in ten years then you may declare it as _dead_, or otherwise broken or moribund" Selecting this option has the advantage that the majority of readers might see a point and no further research into this issue need be done by the commentator. Furthermore, the following technologies are thus "dead": (1) the desktop (2) email (3) Apple (4) linux (5) the-internet (6) the classroom (7) physical books (8) sharks ... you get the idea.