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Annoying hardware: a rogues' gallery

Rupert Goodwins ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 06 Jun 2008 17:35 BST

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Graphics cards
The SUVs of the IT world, high-end graphics cards are symbols of the tasteless greed and mindless spec-mongering that will haunt our species until the heat death of the planet. Sucking up huge amounts of power, stressing bus connectors and overloading cooling systems like a Texas heatwave, these things cost a fortune and cram truly obscene amounts of processing under our desks — and then devote it to playing with pretend guns. Didn't we grow out of pointing our fingers at each other and going 'bang bang' by age ten? And don't try to justify it by talking of supercomputer applications, medical imaging and all that guff — as if you care. There are better things to do with our time, money and technology. Grow up.