Your Technology Related Failures?

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#1 dunl12496
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Mine would be today. I was having a very private conversation with my fiance. About babies and all. Then I realized the kinect does voice chat. :( What's yours?

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#3 dunl12496
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I once seriously cut my leg with an axe. That was probably my most painful technology related failure.

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I did something like that. When I was a kid, there was a huge ice storm, and I was shooting paintballs and one hit the trampoline. I thought "i'm screwed!" and took some paper towels and a pick axe to climb back up. I slipped and the axe slid down on my leg. No penetrations but it hurt. I hit my head. I couldn't walk back up, it was too steep. So my dad came out and slid down in a bath robe, after a flash we tried going back up. Then my little brother came down. He slipped too. And then my dog. :lol: It was hard.

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#4 NCsmallCHILDS
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Having my TV fall on me.

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#5 dunl12496
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Having my TV fall on me.

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My little brother was messing around with my tv once, fell on his head and it broke. As a teenager, all I cared about was my tv.

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#6 Suzy_Q_Kazoo
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A few weeks ago at the gym: I was on the treadmill and my arm got caught on the wire from my headphones, sending my iPod flying in another direction. I quickly jammed the pause button and jumped off, pretty much falling on the way. It wasn't so bad, but I'm sure my clumsiness didn't go unnoticed.

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#7 no_more_fayth
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Looking thirty minutes for my phone when I have it in my hand.

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#8 comp_atkins
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i mistook ps for ns. i'm such a noob..
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Looking thirty minutes for my phone when I have it in my hand.

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I used to do that. But with stuffed animals. No joke. Mom keeps reminding me of the time I looked 2 hours for my stuffed otter when I was holding it.

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#10 jaqulle999
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Looking thirty minutes for my phone when I have it in my hand.

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50% my phone is in my pocket when im looking for it.
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#11 Vax45
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My technology failures for today: I couldn't figure out a way to rework the code in my Android app to maintain a continuous connection with the server :( I also spent an hour trying to figure out how to SSH into my university's student server until I realized I needed a VPN
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#12 DJ_Lae
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I once spent two hours trying to diagnose a problem with my wireless network before realizing that I had simply typed the password incorrectly.
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#13 JigglyWiggly_
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TEchnology win? I almost got arrested, but then I didn.
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#14 worlock77
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Today: started the evening with two working computers, a desktop and a laptop. Installed new power supply and new graphics card in desktop. Now down to one working computer, the laptop. Don't ask details.

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#15 Dudewrsmygame
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I thought that my X360 had the RROD then after talking with microsoft tech support i realized the power supply wasn't well connected.

Duh! that's why they say read the manual carefully.

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Windows Vista hating on everything I try to run.
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Phone wasn't working so I went to a local Verizon store..... Just had to be turned on.

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#18 BreakTheseLinks
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The other day I freaked out because my PSP wouldn't turn on. The thing is I had removed the battery earlier and just forgot to put it back in. So stupit. Yes, stupid with a "t."
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#19 maryal
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I couldn't figure out how to get the movie I rented from Red Box to play on my PS3 ... I must have spent nearly 20 minutes going through the PS3 menus / sub-menus and was unable to find a "play movie" menu. After getting extremely frustrated and having visions of throw the darn thing out the window, it suddenly dawned on me that I actually had to insert the movie first.